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St. James Episcopal Church

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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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 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 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 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
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 02, 2023

Downsizing

October 02, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Downsizing

Sometimes it is a delight to discover a forgotten treasure, but mostly you ask yourself, “Why do I still have this thing?”

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October 02, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
proper 22A, priorities, Christ, loss, downsizing, moving
September 11, 2023

Forgiveness

September 11, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Forgiveness

This must be one of the tallest orders in the gospels!

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September 11, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
Proper 19A, forgiveness, practices
August 28, 2023

Season of Creation

August 28, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Season of Creation

Some of the things happening in this world seem almost too terrible to face or talk about, but of all places, the church is not a place for wishful thinking or denial.

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August 28, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Ministry, practices, reflections on Scripture
proper 17A, creation care, climate change, ministry, Season of Creation
August 21, 2023

Saving Faith

August 21, 2023/ Elsa Worth

The kind of faith that is only felt in good times is often called “fair weather faith.” Perhaps that phrase is more accurate than ever in the days of climate change.

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August 21, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
Proper 16A, climate change
July 03, 2023

I am not God

July 03, 2023/ Elsa Worth
I am not God

I’ve heard a lot of people say they don’t like how full of himself Paul seems to be.

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July 03, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, practices
Proper 9A, humility, help, Paul
June 12, 2023

Paraphrasing as a Practice

June 12, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Paraphrasing as a Practice

If you heard my sermon on Sunday, you know sometimes I stop to really take a deep look at a familiar biblical phrase to better grasp what it might be saying to me.

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June 12, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
Proper 6A, paraphrase, practice, faith, justification, justified
April 17, 2023

Bread

April 17, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Bread

For practiced bakers, making bread can be a very meditative and spiritual ritual

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April 17, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
Easter 3A, bread, communion, body of Christ
February 20, 2023

Temptation

February 20, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Temptation

Temptation is always all around us - temptation to do things that feel good in the moment but are not necessarily good for us in the long run - or good for the rest of the world, either.

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February 20, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, Church Traditions, reflections on Scripture
Lent 1A, temptation, time
February 06, 2023

Psalm 119

February 06, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Psalm 119

Psalm 119 is so long that even in monasteries they split this psalm up into sections instead of trying to pray it all at once.

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February 06, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
epiphany 6A, psalms, psalm 119, bible study
January 30, 2023

Celebration

January 30, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Celebration

All our members are part of this body - and you are needed in the body at Annual Meeting.

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January 30, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Church Traditions, practices
Annual Meeting
January 23, 2023

Poverty

January 23, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Poverty

Many of our unhoused neighbors are not only economically poor, but they have never had the kinds of riches some of us have taken for granted

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January 23, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ 1 Comment
community ministry, reflections on Scripture, practices
Epiphany 4A, poverty, respect
January 16, 2023

Power

January 16, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Power

When I was first ordained back in 1996, whenever I wore my clerical collar into the grocery store, I made it into kind of a sociology experiment.

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January 16, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, practices
Epiphany 3A, foolishness, faith, cross, community
October 02, 2022

Gratitude

October 02, 2022/ Elsa Worth
Gratitude

The man was now made well not only in body, but in mind and spirit as well.

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October 02, 2022/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
proper 23C, gratitude, thanks, healing
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