has noticed a pattern for his sermon preparation process. Scazzero calls it "The Life Cycle of the Sermon," and he claims that his sermons follow this cycle at least 95 percent of the time.

In my experience, I have found that all of life is preparation ... Sunday school lessons, sermons heard, conversations with our pastor/priest and our own experiences of losing a loved one.

This week’s clergy discuss Mother’s Day sermons that touch on motherhood ... Mothers have a profound role in the cycle of life, of birthing and nurturing new generations.

While not planning an Easter sermon — in the hospital it will be ... “Seasons are a parallel process to our life cycle,” said Vice. “We have summer and light, and then fall.

SOME of the advice Jesus offers in the Sermon on the Mount seems to be about as far from prudent thinking on life as it's possible, almost, to get. Faced with the evangelical counsel of perfection ...