A local church is without a pastor and I'm filling in with preaching duties until they can find someone. I had a brief stint in seminary, but it was focused upon biblical languages, and I really wasn't anticipating preaching at that time. Would appreciate anyone sharing their sermon crafting process and thoughts: inspiration, development, refinement, etc. Does the process for you start out as a germ of an idea that is developed into a sketchy outline and then fleshed out, or are there other ways of approaching the process? I suspect the very idea will make some recoil in horror, but is there any homiletical study that takes a formalist approach by analyzing sermons for typical patterns and structures? Any book recommendations would also be welcome. Thank you.