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Praying to the Web Gods: the vicar delivers his sermon at the last minute and for $18 bucks. (Rumour and Humour).
Those readers who get a sense of deja vu when they attend church might be on to something. Busy vicars are being offered a helping hand with their Sunday services through a Web site. that provides a selection of ready-to-use sermons.
Lastminutesermon.com describes itself as "a fast-response service designed to help busy Christian ministers and teachers with sound, readymade sermons."
Vicars can browse the site and buy a sermon of their choice for around $18. Each piece is written to last between 10 and 12 minutes. Selections cover such topics as The Good Samaritan, The Baptism of Jesus and Remembrance Sunday. The site even offers a free Palm Sunday sermon that visitors can download.
According to site owner Bob Austin, a professional writer and preacher in the Church of England, the site aims to help vicars feel confident about their sermons.
"To be honest, how many of us have secretly wished that we could come up with something different to say about Palm Sunday, Easter, Harvest, the Good Samaritan et al this year?" he writes on the site.
Now, if only there was a similar site for missed birthday or anniversary excuses--because let's face it, those ...
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