Sermons That Work

Our 2026 Sermon Writers

D. Rebecca Hansen

The Rev’d D. Rebecca Hansen is the rector of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in San Diego, and is the Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officer for the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. She has served faith communities in Oregon, Missouri, Michigan, and Ohio. She discovered her call to ministry while serving as a missionary in Chiang Mai, Thailand, as a young adult. She shares her life with her husband, three children, and their multiple furbabies. Read her sermons here.


Charles Hoffacker

The Rev. Charles Hoffacker lives in Greenbelt, Maryland with his wife Helena Mirtova. He is the author of A Matter of Life and Death: Preaching at Funerals from Cowley Publications. Many of his sermons appear on sermonwriter.com. Read his sermons here.


Phil Hooper

The Rev. Phil Hooper serves as rector of St. Anne Episcopal Church, West Chester, in the Diocese of Southern Ohio. He is a regular contributor to several Episcopal projects including Sermons that Work and the Prophetic Voices preaching podcast. You can find his sermons and other writings at byanotherroad.com. Read his sermons here.


Amy Hodges Morehous

The Rev. Amy Hodges Morehous is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director, mental health advocate, fiber artist, and native east Tennessean. Read her sermons here.


Erin Morey

The Rev’d Erin Morey has served as Assistant Rector at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, since July 2022. She is currently enrolled in a D.Min. program at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. In addition to sharing in the pastoral and sacramental leadership of St. Paul’s, she supports the ministry of the Pastoral Care, Social Justice and Anti- Racism, and Outreach Commissions. Erin graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2002. She previously served as an Assistant Public Defender in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and an Advocate at Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh. In addition to her full-time work in ordained ministry, Erin serves as a volunteer attorney with Neighborhood Legal Services. Read her sermons here.


Whitney Rice

The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice (she/her/hers) is an Episcopal priest who serves as the Canon for Evangelism & Discipleship Development for the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. She is a graduate of Yale Divinity School, where she won the Yale University Charles S. Mersick Prize for Public Address and Preaching and the Yale University E. William Muehl Award for Excellence in Preaching. She has taught undergraduate courses at the University of Indianapolis and has contributed to Lectionary Homiletics, the Young Clergy Women’s Project journal Fidelia’s Sisters, and other publications. She has served as a researcher and community ministry grant consultant for the Indianapolis Center for Congregations and is currently a member of The Episcopal Church’s Evangelism Council of Advice. A communicator of the gospel at heart, she writes and teaches on a wide variety of topics, including rethinking evangelism, stewardship, leadership, women’s theology of the body, mysticism, and spiritual development. When she’s not thinking about theology, particularly the intersection of evangelism and justice work (which is all the time, seriously), you’ll find her swing dancing. Find more of her work at her website Roof Crashers & Hem Grabbers (www.roofcrashersandhemgrabbers.com). Read her sermons here.


Amy Richter

The Rev. Dr. Amy Richter is an Episcopal priest and serves as dean of the School for Ministry of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire, a role she shares with her husband, the Rev. Dr. Joseph Pagano. She is the author and editor of several books, including “Common Prayer: Reflections on Episcopal Worship” and “Saving Words: 20 Redemptive Words Worth Rescuing,” published by Cascade. Read her sermons here.


Adam Shoemaker

The Rev. Dr. Adam Shoemaker serves as Rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Prior to coming to St. Stephen’s, he has served churches in North Carolina and Massachusetts and was a missionary to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Adam is an Egyptian American with Christian, Jewish, and Muslim roots in his family of origin. He is originally from New York and is married to the Rev. Courtney Davis-Shoemaker. Together they have three children. A rabid sports fan, he enjoys cheering on his beloved New York Mets in the summer and the Liverpool Football Club, of the British Premier League, in the winter. Read his sermons here.


Michael Toy

Michael Toy is an assistant professor of practical theology at the School of Theology at Moravian University, a seminary formed by the merger of Lancaster Theological Seminary and Moravian Theological Seminary. He has been involved in lay ministry professionally and as a volunteer for over a decade. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, writing, running, and searching for the best noodles in town. Read his sermons here.


Regina Walton

The Rev. Dr. Regina Walton is a poet, scholar, and teacher. Her poetry collection, “The Yearning Life,” won the Phyllis Tickle Poetry Prize and was published by Paraclete Press in 2016. An Episcopal priest, she is denominational counselor for Anglican/Episcopal and Lutheran students and a lecturer at Harvard Divinity School. She serves as the editor and content developer for the Center for Episcopal Discipleship and Renewal at Forward Movement. Read her sermons here.

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