Articles
The weekly work of preaching, taken seriously.
Sermon craft, preparation rhythms, and honest thinking about the tools—written for pastors who want Sunday's message clearer, not automated.
Sermon Craft
Sermon Application: How to Answer 'So What?' Before Sunday
Most sermons die at the landing. Four questions that turn generic sermon application—pray more, trust God—into something a person can actually do on Monday.
September 4, 2026 · 6 min read
AI & Ministry
Can AI Actually Learn Your Preaching Voice? What 'Sounds Like You' Really Takes
Every tool now offers to train AI on your sermons and sound like you. Here's what a model can learn from your archive—and the part of your voice it can't.
September 2, 2026 · 7 min read
AI & Ministry
How to Get Honest Feedback on Your Sermon Before Sunday (and Where AI Fits)
Nobody tells preachers the truth. Here's how to get honest feedback on your sermon before Sunday—a human rhythm that works, and where AI sermon feedback fits.
August 31, 2026 · 7 min read
Tools
Pulpit AI Alternatives: 6 Ways to Repurpose Your Sermon (2026)
Looking for Pulpit AI alternatives? Six honest options for turning Sunday's sermon into clips, devotionals, and discussion guides—each matched to a real job.
August 28, 2026 · 7 min read
Tools
Pulpit AI Review: What It Does Well—and What It Assumes About Your Sermon
An honest Pulpit AI review from public info: what Subsplash's repurposing tool does well, what it costs in 2026, and what it quietly assumes about your sermon.
August 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Sermon Craft
Last Minute Sermon Prep: A Saturday Night Rescue Plan That's Still Yours
It's Saturday night and the sermon isn't done. A three-hour last minute sermon prep plan that finds the idea you already have—and keeps the message yours.
August 24, 2026 · 7 min read
Tools
Sermonary Pricing in 2026: What $49/mo Actually Gets You (and What It Doesn't)
A third-party breakdown of Sermonary pricing in 2026—both tiers, the annual math, what's paywalled where, the free trial fine print, and who the bundle actually serves.
August 21, 2026 · 6 min read
Sermon Craft
Sermon Prep for the Bivocational Pastor: A Real-World Rhythm
Bivocational pastor sermon prep doesn't fit a 13-hour week. A rhythm built on commute thinking, lunch-break study, and voice notes—one that protects family.
August 19, 2026 · 6 min read
AI & Ministry
AI Sermon Generators: What You're Really Buying
An AI sermon generator promises a finished message in minutes. Here's what that actually buys a preacher—and the editing, theology, and testimony it can't.
August 17, 2026 · 6 min read
Sermon Craft
How to Prepare a Sermon Faster—Without Cutting the Study
How to prepare a sermon faster without gutting the study—front-load the big idea Monday, batch your reading, talk it out before drafting, edit by subtraction.
August 14, 2026 · 6 min read
AI & Ministry
ChatGPT for Sermon Prep: A Pastor's Honest Guide
An honest guide to ChatGPT for sermon prep: what it's genuinely good at, where it fails pastors, and prompts that make it question you instead of write for you.
August 12, 2026 · 6 min read
Tools
The Best Free Sermon Prep Tools in 2026 (That Are Actually Free)
The free sermon prep tools that are actually free—study sites, note apps, free tiers—sorted by prep stage, plus an honest account of where free runs out.
August 10, 2026 · 7 min read
Sermon Craft
How Long Should Sermon Prep Take? What the Data Says
Surveys put average sermon prep at 10–18 hours a week, but the range hides the real story. What the data shows, which hours compress well, and the one stage you should never rush.
August 7, 2026 · 3 min read
AI & Ministry
Should You Tell Your Congregation You Use AI?
Nearly nine in ten pastors use AI somewhere in ministry, and almost none have said so from the front. A practical, pastoral answer to the disclosure question—what to say, when, and why the silence costs more.
August 5, 2026 · 4 min read
AI & Ministry
How Many Pastors Use AI? What the Numbers Actually Show
Barna's late-2025 research says 87% of pastors now use AI somewhere in ministry, and about a quarter let it touch the sermon itself. Here's what the numbers actually show—and the tension inside them.
August 3, 2026 · 3 min read
AI & Ministry
Is Using AI for Sermons Cheating?
Pastors keep asking whether using AI for sermon prep is cheating—or just lazy. The honest answer depends on one question older than the technology: who did the work?
July 31, 2026 · 3 min read
Tools
The Best Sermon Preparation Software in 2026: Real Pricing, Honest Tradeoffs
The sermon prep software pastors actually choose between in 2026—study suites, builders, coaches, generators, and free tools—with current pricing and an honest account of what each one can't do.
July 29, 2026 · 5 min read
Tools
Sermonary vs Logos: Builder or Study Suite—Which Fits How You Prepare?
Sermonary and Logos solve different halves of sermon prep—one builds, one studies. An honest 2026 comparison of features, pricing, and AI, plus the third category neither one covers.
July 27, 2026 · 4 min read
Tools
Sermonary Alternatives (2026): What to Use Instead—and When to Stay
Looking for a Sermonary alternative after the price increase? Six honest options for 2026—study suites, free tools, AI coaches, and the case for staying—matched to where your sermon prep actually stalls.
July 24, 2026 · 4 min read
Tools
Sermonary Review (2026): What's Changed Since the Ministry Pass Acquisition
An honest 2026 review of Sermonary—the drag-and-drop sermon builder—after its acquisition by Ministry Pass: what it does well, where it falls short, current pricing, and who should (and shouldn't) buy it.
July 22, 2026 · 5 min read
Tools
What Is an AI Sermon Coach? (And Why It Won't Write Your Sermon)
An AI sermon coach helps you find your big idea, sharpen your structure, and get honest feedback—without writing a word for you. Here's what that means in practice, and how a coach differs from a generator, a builder, and a study suite.
July 20, 2026 · 12 min read
Sermon Craft
How to Write a Sermon: A Weekly Rhythm That Beats the Saturday Panic
A practical, week-long rhythm for sermon writing—from first reading to final edit—that gets you to Sunday settled instead of scrambling.
July 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Tools
The Best Sermon Writing Apps for Pastors (2026)
An honest look at the sermon writing apps pastors actually use in 2026—builders, study suites, general AI, and coaching tools—and how to pick the one that fits how you prepare.
July 1, 2026 · 4 min read
AI & Ministry
Should Pastors Use AI to Write Sermons? Where the Line Actually Is
AI can now write a passable sermon in thirty seconds. The real question isn't whether it can—it's what parts of sermon preparation were never yours to hand off.
June 24, 2026 · 3 min read
Tools
Sermon Builder or Sermon Coach? They're Not the Same Tool
Sermon builder apps assemble your message from blocks and templates. A sermon coach asks the questions that surface it. Which one you need depends on where you actually get stuck.
June 17, 2026 · 3 min read
Sermon Craft
How to Find Your Sermon's Big Idea (Before Saturday Night Does)
Five ways to surface the one sentence your whole sermon hangs on—early in the week, while there's still time to build something worthy of it.
June 10, 2026 · 3 min read