Books
Steeped in the Holy: Preaching as Spiritual Practice (Cowley Publications, 2007).
Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalog, edited with Beth Maynard. (Cowley Publications, 2003).

Recent Articles and Chapters
"Church in Public Space," in Wonderfully and Confessedly Strange : Australian Essays in Anglican Ecclesiology, ed. Bruce Kaye (ATF Press, 2006).
"Preaching Trouble," The Reader 101, no.4 (Winter, 2004): 5-6.
"Cyber-Preaching," Church Times (UK), 17 September, 2004.

Published Sermons and Liturgical Resources
"The Marriage of Debra Torrone and Robert Kilkenny." In Preaching 1 Corinthians 13, ed. Susan K. Hedahl and Richard Paul Carlson (Chalice Press, 2001).
Sermons and worship resources for Palm/Passion Sunday and Ordinary Time 20. In The Abingdon Women's Preaching Annual, Series 2, Year A, ed. Leonora Tubbs Tisdale (Abingdon Press, 2001).
"Innocent by Association." In Preaching through the Year of Luke: Sermons That Work IX, ed. Roger Alling and David J. Schlafer (Morehouse Pub., 2000).
"Prayer for Bronte." In Women's Uncommon Prayers: Our Lives Revealed, Nurtured, Celebrated, ed. Elizabeth Rankin Geitz, Ann Smith and Marjorie A. Burke (Morehouse Pub., 2000).

Professional experience
Rector, Saint James Episcopal Church, Saint James, NY, USA (2007- present)
Faculty, Mercer School of Theology, Garden City, NY, USA (2007- present)
Adjunct Faculty, Online Program (Homiletics), Trinity School of Theology, Melbourne, Australia (2005-present)
Visiting Faculty (Homiletics), Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, USA (2003)
Vicar, Trinity Episcopal "Old Swedes" Church, Swedesboro, NJ, USA (2002-2006)
Associate Priest, Trinity Cathedral, Trenton, NJ, USA (2001-2002)
Interim Assistant Episcopal Chaplain, Episcopal Church at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA(2000)
Associate Priest, Trinity Church, Princeton, NJ, USA (1998- 2001)
Assistant Priest, Anglican Parish of Charlestown, Newcastle, Australia (1998)
Adjunct Faculty (Homiletics, Theology), St John's College Centre for Ministry, Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia (1997-1998)
Assistant Minister, Anglican Parish of Hunters Hill, Sydney, Australia (1995-1997)
Research Officer, Victorian State Government, Public Service, Australia (1989-1991)

Ordination
Deacon, Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, 1996
Priest, Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, 1998

Education
Princeton Theological Seminary, Ph.D. in Practical Theology, 2003
Australian College of Theology, Bachelor of Theology and Bachelor of Ministries, 1994
University of Melbourne, Master of Arts in Women's Studies, 1992; Bachelor of Arts, Honours, in Psychology, 1988

Continuing Education
CREDO, 2006
Clergy Leadership Project, Class XVIII, 2004-2007
Core Curriculum, College of Preachers, 2002

Membership and Honors
Fellow, Cathedral College of Preachers, Washington DC
Honorary chaplain, Australian Consulate General, New York, NY
Academy of Homiletics
Frank Woods Fellow, Trinity College School of Theology, Melbourne, Australia
Commission on Ministry, Diocese of New Jersey (2005-2006)
Clergy Alternate, Province II Synod, Episcopal Church (2003-2006)
Nominating Committee, Diocese of New Jersey (2005-2006)
Board of Missions, Diocese of New Jersey (2003-2006)
Co-chair, Diocesan Youth Council, Diocese of New Jersey (2003 - 2004)
Member, Consecration Committee, Diocese of New Jersey (2003)

Recent Presentations
Preacher, Campbell University College, SC, 2007
Paper presenter, Academy of Homiletics, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Clergy Day Speaker, Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, 2005
Keynote Speaker, Episcopal Diocese of Washington, 2004

Family
Born July 23, 1966, to Susan Prentice and Andrew Whiteley, in Sydney, Australia. Extended family include brother John, Andrea, and baby Laughlin in England, and (step/half) siblings Damien, Natasha, Damien, Kristy, Sally, Fiona, and Alec, scattered around the world! And of course, Bede, my beloved cat.

Other Interests
Kayaking, knitting and quilting, hiking, photography, gardening, reading.

 

Raewynne J. Whiteley was born and raised in Australia. After completing degrees in Psychology, Women's Studies and Theology and being ordained an Anglican priest, she moved to the United States to work on a PhD in Homiletics. She was recently installed as Rector of the historic Saint James Episcopal Church in Saint James, NY; she has also ministered in cathedral, college chaplaincy, and multi-center church contexts. Her passions in ministry are preaching, teaching, working with children and young families, structural analysis and redesign and visioning.

Raewynne loves preaching: it has been a passion since she took her first preaching class at the age of 19. As well as preaching most Sundays in Saint James, she has been guest preacher at a numerous other churches, including Campbell University College, the Princeton University Chapel, the General Theological Seminary in New York, and the Cathedral of St John in the Wilderness in Denver. She has taught homiletics and theology at seminaries in Australia and the US, and has presented continuing education programs, retreats, academic papers, public lectures and adult education events.

Raewynne has contributed sermons, articles and reviews to a range of books and other publications. With Beth Maynard, she coedited Get Up Off your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalog (Cowley Publications, 2003); in November 2007, her first solo book, Steeped in the Holy: Preaching as a Spiritual Practice was published by Cowley Publications, an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield. Her current project is a collection of reflections tentatively entitled Walking the Edge of Silence: Reflections on Despair, Discernment, and Hope.

When not working, she enjoys hiking, knitting, kayaking, reading mystery novels, driving her Beetle, and spending time with her beloved cat, Bede.