A glimpse of Joseph Wesley Mathews – the founding leader of the Institutes and Order: Ecumenical:
- His dissertation on John Wesley: One story is that H. Richard Neibuhr rejected the dissertation; and it was never rewritten: Chapter 1: The Human Constitution; Chapter 2: The Life of Love; Chapter 3: The Knowledge of Faith; Conclusion Concluding Remarks
- “How My Theology has Changed in the Last Decade”, December 19, 1946
- “The Greatest Day of My Life“
- “Grief“, following death of his son, John, August 10, 1972
- “The Time My Father Died“
- “On Being a Son of God“, August 1975
- Advent Reflections, December, 1975
- “The Future“, July 18, 1976
- “Profound Humanness as Integrity“ – July, 1977
- Introduction of Joe by his brother, Bishop James Mathews, November 19, 1971
- “The Final Mystery“, Bishop James Mathews witness at JWM funeral, October 20, 1977
- A Chart of JWM Chronology, 2015