Sermons Built From Legos

“I used to feel guilty about the sermon which seemed to have its own demands and desires . . . Of course I was violating the rules of sermon making — for many years before I had been taught the engineering science of sermon construction! To change the metaphor, I had been taught sermonic architecture (science), had learned to organize the pieces, and had hope the parts would look like they belonged together (art). They seldom did!” (Lowry, The Homiletical Plot, p. 9)