CHICAGO — A new website, VitalSermons.com, is seeking to share noteworthy sermons beyond the walls of local churches.
The project is spearheaded by publisher David Murray, a veteran speechwriter who also owns Vital Speeches of the Day, an 84-year-old magazine that has long captured important addresses from figures in politics, the arts and elsewhere.
Murray said the goal is to “find a timely and widely engaging sermon every single week to put out in the world” and to promote the sermons to a public hungry for meaningful messages.
The home page of VitalSermons.com features an array of recommended sermons, curated from sources including YouTube, Vimeo and church websites.
Laura Truax, senior pastor of interdenominational LaSalle Street Church in Chicago, is a member of the new website’s advisory board. She said there is a longing for meaning among the public, “a hunger to know your life matters.”
Truax said the selection of messages for potentially new audiences is important as a “way to be introduced to new voices.” (RNS)
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