My Preaching
Welcome!
I am Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP, a traveling preacher, theologian, and web-developer. Here you will find the bulk of my internet postings, stretching back to 1999. The Blog postings are housed here, the Videos are mostly from the website of the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great USA (my province), and the Podcasts are mostly my contributions to theWord, a daily podcast from Dominicans around the world.
You will also find on this site a list of Questions & Answers about Liturgy in the Roman Catholic tradition, created by a great liturgist and friend, Fr. John Thomas Lane,SSS.
The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The video powerfully connects ancient biblical themes of prophetic courage with contemporary challenges.
11 August • Care for the Immigrant, for We Are Immigrants
In today's first reading, Moses tells us that what God wants from his people: to "befriend" the immigrant, because we were once ours
The Work the Needs Doing
For 4 August 2025, Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time, based on Numbers 11:4b-15, Matthew 14:13-21
30 July • A Broader Vision of Preaching the Good News
In the Letter to the Ephesians, we see Paul's vision that the Church is called to proclaim Christ to the entire universe, even the "princ
Wondering about Signs
For 21 July 2025, Monday of week 16 in Ordinary Time, based on Exodus 14:5-18 (Photo by Bjørn Bulthuis)
19 July • Managing Diversity
When the Israelites left Egypt, they also left with "people of various ancestry" who joined them in the desert.
18 July • "I Desire Mercy, Not Sacrifice"
In our Gospel today, Jesus argues with the Pharisees and declares definitively that God desires mercy more than following the letter of the law.
The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Join Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP in this Know Before You Go video for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
30 June • Be a person of life, and let the dead bury the dead
On this Memorial of the First Martyrs of Rome, we hear Jesus tell a reluctant disciple, "Let the dead bury the dead, you come follow me,"
19 June | Prayer of the Awareness of the Presence of God
When giving us the "Our Father," Jesus exhorted his disciples not to use so many words, as the pagans do.