sermon

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Meanwhile, Sunday marked the first time the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally delivered an Easter sermon.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

It’s a sermon we’ve heard plenty of times before and possibly even delivered ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

One Connecticut pastor in 1784 preached a sermon that compared the Continental Army’s soldiers’ deaths to martyrs whose blood should “be ever treated as sacred.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

"The feelings are mixed. Every word of the pastor's sermon made us want to cry," he told AFP after the Christmas mass.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

Occasionally she goes “Mmm” at some line the same way my grandma does during a sermon.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas