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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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September 05, 2022

Paul's Wisdom

September 05, 2022/ Elsa Worth
Paul's Wisdom

Paul is a towering figure in Christian history, but I didn’t like Paul for a long time.

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September 05, 2022/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, Church History
Proper 19C, Paul, sin
October 25, 2021

God's Commandments

October 25, 2021/ Elsa Worth

The annoying aunt. The loudly partying neighbor. The disrespectful teenager. The crooked politician. These neighbors are often downright hard to love - just how are you supposed to do that?

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October 25, 2021/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, practices
Proper 26B, commandments, sin, trust, follow
June 14, 2021

Humility

June 14, 2021/ Elsa Worth

We can plead, whine, pray and complain, but when push comes to shove, God’s going to do what God’s going to do, and our lives are going to be what our lives are going to be, whether we like it or not.

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June 14, 2021/ Elsa Worth/ 1 Comment
reflections on Scripture
Proper 7B, theodicy, suffering, humility, sin
April 19, 2021

Boldness

April 19, 2021/ Elsa Worth

St. Augustine once wrote, “Sin, but sin boldly!” It sounds like a strange thing for Augustine - SAINT Augustine, to be saying, doesn’t it?

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April 19, 2021/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Easter 4B, sin, guilt, shame, confidence, Augustine, Merton
June 22, 2020

Sin and Death

June 22, 2020/ Elsa Worth

My tradition is not much for talking about fire and brimstone, sin and punishment

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June 22, 2020/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, Theology
Proper 8A, sin, punishment, death, thelology, religion
March 12, 2018

Penitence

March 12, 2018/ Elsa Worth

Psalm 51 is the kind of psalm that we may not enjoy saying. Because it admits we're a mess.

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March 12, 2018/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Thoughts on Scripture
Lent 5B, self esteem, limitations, sin
July 04, 2017

Wretched

July 04, 2017/ Elsa Worth

In a culture that highly values good self esteem,  we'd like to sweep this kind of talk right out of our vocabulary.

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July 04, 2017/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Thoughts on Scripture
sin, death, salvation, self improvement, good intentions
June 20, 2017

Hard

June 20, 2017/ Elsa Worth

There is never a satisfactory enough answer to the question of 'why' when it comes to loss, suffering and pain

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June 20, 2017/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Thoughts on Scripture
theodicy, suffering, sin

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