As pastors in the Desert Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church, we have found that we have dog-eared a few books which were simply a collection of sermons. Over twenty years ago I sat over coffee with a colleague and drafted the idea of compiling the best preaching the Desert Southwest Conference of The United Methodist Church. We invited clergy to submit a sermon to the work called, "The Voices in the Desert Southwest." The sermons in this work were preached over twenty years ago - a homiletical time capsule. The net proceeds of this work will go to the Desert Southwest Conference of The United Methodist Church.