Seeing a computer create sermons in mere seconds has led faith leaders to wrestle with an intriguing problem: Can AI replicate a truly human, spiritual message? And if it can, is the computer just ...

Rabbi Joshua Franklin told ChatGPT to write him a 1,000-word sermon about intimacy and vulnerability. Franklin told his congregation he was "deathly afraid" when applause broke out after his sermon.

East acknowledged that AI makes sermon-writing easier but said he doesn't necessarily want all the struggles surrounding it to be relieved, because that's part of the vocation.