God's Ones (Faith Sharing ETC, #6)

GOD's ONEs: Living in the Lord, so-what Ponderings for the Baptized, including the folks in the Generous Single Vocation - As Jesus the Christ was anointed Priest, Prophet, and Royal, so may we live always as members of his body. Here is an exploration of what mature Baptism is about, centered on the Baptism of Jesus where he knows he is the Beloved Son and the archetypes of the soul, leading to our identity as Lifegiver Priests, Soldier Prophets, Footwasher Royals, and Beloved Lovers. The book concludes around Charisms, God's gratuitous gifts, and our personal vocations.

Stephen Joseph Wolf is retired, a former parish priest (22 lents and holy weeks), spiritual director and retreat leader, and before that a certified public accountant (14 tax seasons), who before that worked as a landscaper, desk clerk, laundry worker, janitor, paper boy, and student, growing up the second of eight sons of a parish secretary and Nashville's best television repairman. He completed a B.S. at MTSU, an M.B.A. at Belmont University, and an M.Div. at Mundelein Seminary. He continues to write poems and songs and paint folk art icons, sing baritone for the LGBTQ+ chorus Nashville in Harmony, play the ukulele with Music for Seniors and others, volunteer as a bookkeeper for two non-profits, serve on the board of PFLAG Nashville, and gather with the LGBTQ+Catholic group Always God's Children. He lives in Nashville with his husband Billy.