On Easter, preachers behind the pulpit look out on congregations that are larger, better-dressed and more colorful than on any other Sunday in the year. The sanctuary is full, and there are people in ...

The Right Rev. Mark S. Sisk, Episcopal Bishop of New York and Pastor David Crosby of the First Baptist Church in New Orleans talk about the messages of their Easter Sunday sermons. In a word: Hope.

Marriages. Funerals. Counseling. The annual budget. Faith leaders undertake many responsibilities, but nothing compares to writing and presenting a sermon. It’s a task that demands more than the ...

On Easter, Scott Jones will attempt to give a sermon that prompts parishioners to think, to laugh and to cry. “To pause, to reconsider, to say I’m sorry and to change,” says Jones, pastor of ...

Pastor Stan Allcorn believes he will give another Easter sermon in the years ahead, but there never will be another one quite like Sunday's message. After 22 years at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, and ...