Treasures for the Partially-Connected: Offline Ideas for an Online Forum Fr. Paul Wheatley March 27, 2020 Contributors, The Episcopal Church By Paul D. Wheatley I begin this reflection on the nature of connection to the life of the church in a socially-distanced and virtually hyper-connected time in era of COVID-19 with a story of my own physical... Read More...
Words of Eternal Life Fr. Paul Wheatley January 19, 2020 Bible, Contributors, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church Just as baptism leads to identification with Jesus’s divine Sonship, making us by adoption what belongs to Jesus by nature, so too in John this baptism-like scene provokes an understanding of our ongoing identification with and consideration of our life in Christ.
On Apocalyptic Evergreening and the Re-use of Sermons Fr. Paul Wheatley December 19, 2019 Bible, Commentary, Contributors, Ministry, The Episcopal Church The Gospel of the Lord does not change, though its proclamation may sound forth in new places to new faces in every era.
Learning to Sing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land Fr. Paul Wheatley October 9, 2019 Bible, Commentary, Contributors, Ministry, Sermons, The Episcopal Church Living with faith, hope, and courage in the time between Jesus’ resurrection and the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come, our life is “on the way.”
The Destiny of the Beloved: Baptism, Transfiguration, Adoption, and Assumption Fr. Paul Wheatley August 15, 2019 Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church The destiny of a human life, given over to God’s purposes, united with Christ, and adopted into his family is glory. The church commemorates the glorious entrance into heaven of the Virgin as a reflection of the glory of Christ that was revealed in his Transfiguration, manifest in his Resurrection and Ascension, and will be at last given to those who have been united with his divine Sonship through baptism.
Offering Our Selves Fr. Paul Wheatley February 11, 2019 Commentary, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church As Christ offered himself, we offer ourselves to God as a living sacrifice in Christ.
Fear at the Resurrection Fr. Paul Wheatley April 3, 2018 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church It’s a little uncomfortable, perhaps even embarrassing, that the disciples were afraid on Easter Day.
Bob Dylan: Advent songwriter? Fr. Paul Wheatley December 19, 2017 Music, Reviews & Culture The central theme of “When He Returns” is not the dynamics of personal conversion, but the cosmic scale of the divine last word.
