Sermons

I have listened to Church of England clergy and authorised laity  deliver hundreds of sermons: long, short, boring, interesting, challenging, sleep inducing, droning, erudite, stupid, informative, unintelligle ones.  The one thing they have in common is that I barely remember the content or argument of any of them, sometimes before I have left the church after the service.

I am delighted to note that some preachers commit their sermons to paper and thus it is possible to read and re-read at leisure without the discomfort of hard pews, distractions or poor sound amplification systems. 

I don't know the extent to which budding priests are exposed to methods of delivering a speech.  My experience is it must be very little. No matter  how well researched and crafted the sermon it will be waste  of time if poorly delivered.