sermon

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She will deliver her first sermon in the role at Canterbury Cathedral to a congregation featuring the Prince and Princess of Wales, representing the King at the historic ceremony.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 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

By the end of the sermon, the pastor had convinced himself that he’d converted my dad, because my dad kept nodding and saying yes to everything.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri