Prepare in the Wilderness Author:Richard L. Eslinger From the Common (Consensus) Lectionary. Prepare in the Wilderness introduces clergy using the new Common Lectionary to the most salient feature of that new text series: a newly revised Old Testament (first lesson) set of pericopes. The author of these sermons for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany served on the trans-denominational commission which ... more »assembled the new three-year Common Lectionary. Clergy who have not focused on preaching from the Old Testament will find in these texts a rich resource for homiletical work and worship enrichment.« less