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Returning and Rest

 

 

 

 

 

Reflections on Scripture

and the life of faith

by the Rev. Elsa Worth and others

from St. James Episcopal Church in Keene, NH

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March 11, 2024

The Priesthood of All Believers

March 11, 2024/ Elsa Worth
The Priesthood of All Believers

This is a mystical idea, really - that God’s presence with us in our suffering, vulnerability and pain shows us the way to new life - not just as individuals, but as a whole world.

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March 11, 2024/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Lent 5B, priest, communion
March 04, 2024

Healing

March 04, 2024/ Elsa Worth
Healing

I wondered, as a child, why people in medicine used a snake on a pole as their symbol.

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March 04, 2024/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Lent 4B, healing, suffering
February 27, 2024

Commerce

February 27, 2024/ Elsa Worth
Commerce

Is there no place to escape advertising?

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February 27, 2024/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, practices
Lent 3B, consumerism, advertising
February 19, 2024

The Way

February 19, 2024/ Elsa Worth
The Way

Lent is the season in which we are most aware of God’s own suffering - both for us and with us.

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February 19, 2024/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Church Traditions, reflections on Scripture
Lent 2B, violence, bullying, peace, love, way of Jesus
February 12, 2024

Lent

February 12, 2024/ Elsa Worth
Lent

If you feel like Lent has totally snuck up on you, you are not alone.

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February 12, 2024/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Church Traditions, practices, prayers of the church
Lent 1B, repentence, date of Easter
February 05, 2024

Glow

February 05, 2024/ Elsa Worth
Glow

The light of Christ is even more powerful than sunlight and perhaps also a little scary.

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February 05, 2024/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, prayers of the church
last Epiphany B, glow, light, practice
January 29, 2024

Becoming

January 29, 2024/ Elsa Worth
Becoming

How does he even think that one can become all things to all people? And why would anyone except a raging narcissist want to?

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January 29, 2024/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, Ministry
epiphany 5B, annual meeting, change, growth
January 22, 2024

Blunt Words

January 22, 2024/ Elsa Worth
Blunt Words

Many people hate this verse because they were raised in a tradition that portrays God as a fearsome judge

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January 22, 2024/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Thoughts on Scripture
Epiphany 4B, fear of the Lord, punishment, humility, awe
January 15, 2024

What is First?

January 15, 2024/ Elsa Worth
What is First?

Paul’s words seem rather Buddhist in their recommendation to ‘let go’ of the things that tether us to earth.

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January 15, 2024/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Epiphany 3B, discipleship, priorities
January 08, 2024

Gifts

January 08, 2024/ Elsa Worth
Gifts

With open hearts and minds to both wisdom and change, we can be a gift to one another, no matter what our points of view.

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January 08, 2024/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Epiphany 2B, wisdom, perspective, youthful energy, openness, change
January 01, 2024

Beloved

January 01, 2024/ Elsa Worth
Beloved

Did anyone else see the dove? Did anyone else hear God’s voice?

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January 01, 2024/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
Epiphany 1B, baptism, love, community
December 18, 2023 December 18, 2023/ Elsa Worth

Sometimes people think Mary is the highest example of faith because she was able to truly believe things that are practically unbelievable.

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December 18, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Advent 4B, trust, believe, consent, women, faith
December 11, 2023

Rejoice

December 11, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Rejoice

Becoming resentful and bitter and squelching the Spirit in this world can be as easy as rolling downhill.

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December 11, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, prayers of the church
Advent 3B, advice from the saints, rejoice, gratitude, prayer
December 04, 2023

John the Baptist

December 04, 2023/ Elsa Worth
John the Baptist

We hear John’s words repeatedly every year in Advent, and so perhaps we are not always hearing them anymore.

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December 04, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, practices
Advent 2B, John the Baptist, awake, prepare
November 27, 2023

Advent

November 27, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Advent

How do you practice putting on God’s armor of light?

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November 27, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Church Traditions, prayers of the church, reflections on Scripture
Advent 1B, light, divine love, kingdom of God, solstice
November 20, 2023

The Cosmic King

November 20, 2023/ Elsa Worth
The Cosmic King

What do you do with all the strange imagery in the Bible of heaven and earth, of eternal rewards (or punishments) and of Christ as cosmic ruler?

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November 20, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, Church Traditions
Proper 29A, cosmic, apocalyptic, humility, awe, worship
November 06, 2023

Encouragement

November 06, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Encouragement

We’ll have to see where the Spirit leads.

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November 06, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Ministry
Proper 27A, encouragement, ministry, ordination, internship
October 31, 2023

Taste

October 31, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Taste

In our western post-enlightenment culture, we spend most of our energy thinking about things.

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October 31, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
All Saints Sunday, embodiment, saints, thinking
October 23, 2023

Wholeness

October 23, 2023/ Elsa Worth

I’ve come to think of being ‘nice’ as really thin gruel as a spiritual goal.

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October 23, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
proper 25A, wholeness, holiness, nice, energy, money
October 09, 2023

Putting on Christ

October 09, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Putting on Christ

My initial reaction upon sitting down to read this passage and write this blog was one of relief that the bishop is taking care of the preaching this Sunday

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October 09, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Proper 23A, bishop's visitation, kingdom of God
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