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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 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
August 09, 2021

Truth

August 09, 2021/ Elsa Worth

This Sunday we will mark the feast day of Jonathan Daniels. He was no stranger to overwhelming problems.

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August 09, 2021/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, Justice, Ministry
Feast of Jonathan Daniels, justice, climate change, suffering, courage
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
June 02, 2021

Heart

June 02, 2021/ Elsa Worth

How can anyone possibly not lose heart as drought spreads through the west and we’re back to arguing about voting rights in the United States of America? Paul reminds us nonetheless that as people of faith, we do not lose heart.

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June 02, 2021/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Proper 5B, suffering, faith
March 15, 2021

Written on our hearts

March 15, 2021/ Elsa Worth

We read a lot of Jeremiah during Lent, and frankly it’s no picnic.

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March 15, 2021/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, Church Traditions, practices
Lent 5B, sacrifice, suffering, trust, faith, new life
October 06, 2020

Waiting and Trusting

October 06, 2020/ Elsa Worth

Here in October of 2020, we are collectively grieving.

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October 06, 2020/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture, Church Traditions
Proper 23A, trust, suffering, grief, lament, Advent, Christmas
March 23, 2020

Change

March 23, 2020/ Elsa Worth

I think it’s safe to say that we are all living through a time of swift and varied changes.

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March 23, 2020/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Church Traditions, practices
Lent 5A, change, why, resurrection, suffering
April 29, 2019

Joy

April 29, 2019/ Elsa Worth

How can the psalmist, who also lived during tumultuous times, make the audacious claim that God’s favor is with us all our lives and that joy always comes in the morning?

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April 29, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Easter 3C, joy, hope, suffering, resurrection
April 15, 2019

Loss

April 15, 2019/ Elsa Worth

Loss is an unavoidable part of human life. While God is always doing a new thing, the changes are not always sunny.

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April 15, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Holy Week and Easter 2019, loss, Notre Dame, resurrection, suffering
December 12, 2018

Joy

December 12, 2018/ Elsa Worth

Paul commends us, as faithful people, to rejoice always. Could this mean that if we’re sad or grieving or worried or discouraged that we are not being faithful?

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December 12, 2018/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Thoughts on Scripture
Advent 3C, joy, suffering, pain
February 19, 2018

Savior

February 19, 2018/ Elsa Worth

How do we understand God to be present to us in the midst of life's persistent struggles?

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February 19, 2018/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Thoughts on Scripture
cross, Lent 2B, branding, struggle, suffering
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
May 15, 2017

Refreshment

May 15, 2017/ Elsa Worth

When life is going poorly it is important to remind yourself that it won't always be like this.

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May 15, 2017/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Thoughts on Scripture
suffering, refreshment, change
April 05, 2017

Suffering

April 05, 2017/ Elsa Worth

Sometimes things just seem to keep degrading or getting worse.  And we find ourselves wondering: When will resurrection arrive?

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April 05, 2017/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices
Holy Week, suffering, peace, darkness

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