Peter Levenstrong

An Episcopal priest reimagining preaching, play, and the human part of ministry.

I'm Peter Levenstrong, an Episcopal priest in the Bay Area. I build ways for people to gather, tell stories, and make meaning together, and I write about keeping people at the center as AI reshapes religious life.

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Trinity Leadership Fellow · Episcopal Church Foundation Fellow · M.Div., Yale Divinity School

Books

Collaborative Sermons

A Guide to Authentic, Interactive Worship through Living Stories

Church Publishing · August 2026

A practical guide to turning the sermon from a monologue into something the whole room makes together.

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Also on the way: Embracing AI in Ministry (Church Publishing, 2027). More about both books →

From The Human Part

How to Read a Well (Sermon)

July 6, 2026

Proper 9 A 2026 July 5

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Paul Had a Ghostwriter, Too

June 30, 2026

When I tell people AI helped me write something, I watch them decide whether to be disappointed in me.

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The Sermon Was Never the Manuscript

June 23, 2026

Imagine this: two people in your local congregation.

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Preaching the whole room can join

Living Stories Sermons is a hands-on way of preaching: simple wooden figures, a felt cloth, and open questions that pull the whole room into the story. It started at my church and is now used by preachers across many traditions.

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Working on something where ministry, human connection, and technology meet? I'd love to hear about it.

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