St. James Episcopal Church
  • Home
  • Worship This Sunday
  • Bible Challenge Pocket of Peace Music Our Ministries 2 Min Prayer Prompts Clergy Leadership & Staff Christian Formation A Special Welcome for Families with Children Confirmation/Reception Weekly eNews Jonathan Daniels Safe Church
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
St. James Episcopal Church
  • Home/
  • Worship This Sunday/
  • About St. James/
    • Bible Challenge
    • Pocket of Peace
    • Music
    • Our Ministries
    • 2 Min Prayer Prompts
    • Clergy
    • Leadership & Staff
    • Christian Formation
    • A Special Welcome for Families with Children
    • Confirmation/Reception
    • Weekly eNews
    • Jonathan Daniels
    • Safe Church
  • Donate/
  • Contact Us/
IMG_2487.jpg
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

St. James Episcopal Church
  • Home/
  • Worship This Sunday/
  • About St. James/
    • Bible Challenge
    • Pocket of Peace
    • Music
    • Our Ministries
    • 2 Min Prayer Prompts
    • Clergy
    • Leadership & Staff
    • Christian Formation
    • A Special Welcome for Families with Children
    • Confirmation/Reception
    • Weekly eNews
    • Jonathan Daniels
    • Safe Church
  • Donate/
  • Contact Us/
September 23, 2019

Loungers

September 23, 2019/ Elsa Worth

This verse from Amos keeps sticking with me. Who are these loungers?

Read More
September 23, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ 1 Comment
reflections on Scripture
Proper 21C, lounging, complacency, cell phones, social media
September 17, 2019

Power

September 17, 2019/ Elsa Worth

God alone is more powerful than slaveowners, kings or queens, presidents, senators, governors or mayors.

Read More
September 17, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, Church History
power, faith, Proper 20C, leadership, justice
September 10, 2019

Both/And

September 10, 2019/ Elsa Worth

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Read More
September 10, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, Church Traditions, Theology
proper 19C, both/and, koan, grace
September 04, 2019

Dreadful

September 04, 2019/ Elsa Worth

What does it mean to take the Bible as a whole - both the lovely bits we quote on Facebook and stitch on samplers for our walls -and the dreadful bits that make us squirm and wonder just who this God of ours is.

Read More
September 04, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, Theology
Proper 18C, Scripture, wrestling, Bible, Misogyny
August 26, 2019

Right Sized

August 26, 2019/ Elsa Worth
Right Sized

It is easy to allow life sweep me up in to-do lists, busy schedules and day to day demands.

Read More
August 26, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, practices
Proper 17C, humility, pride, nature, God, quiet, Right sized
August 19, 2019

Vacation

August 19, 2019/ Elsa Worth

It was interesting to watch the United States from across the ocean for a few weeks.

Read More
August 19, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ 2 Comments
practices, reflections on Scripture
Proper 16C, news, politics, detachment
July 15, 2019

Hospitality

July 15, 2019/ Elsa Worth

These days, a good neighbor is someone who is quiet and leaves you alone.

Read More
July 15, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
Proper 11C, hospitality', neighbors, refugees, St. Benedict
July 09, 2019

Walk

July 09, 2019/ Elsa Worth

Sometimes it’s easy to assume that that you don’t really have what it takes to step up in your faith. I

Read More
July 09, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ 1 Comment
reflections on Scripture, practices
Proper 10C, walking the walk, faith
June 24, 2019

Safety

June 24, 2019/ Elsa Worth

Living in our times is almost defined by living in a constant state of anxiety and fear, but yet, the eternal message of the gospel is not to be afraid.

Read More
June 24, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Proper 8C, fear, safety, trust, psalms
June 17, 2019

Fear

June 17, 2019/ Elsa Worth

Everyone has demons in life, and we can sometimes get pretty used to them.

Read More
June 17, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Proper 7C, fear, freedom, healing, demons
June 10, 2019

Trinity

June 10, 2019/ Elsa Worth

If you think I can sum the Trinity up in a few sentences in this week’s blog, well. I can’t. And Derek’s sermon this Sunday won’t manage to sew it all up tight either.

Read More
June 10, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, Church Traditions
Trinity Sunday C, relationship, doctrine
May 28, 2019

Saved

May 28, 2019/ Elsa Worth

I like how this passage shows that the change we most need to make is not anything we can do or fix on our own.

Read More
May 28, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Easter 7C, salvation, community, repentence
May 20, 2019

Peace

May 20, 2019/ Elsa Worth

Was Jesus telling us to deny the existence of a natural human emotion? I don’t know about you, but I feel fear quite often.

Read More
May 20, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Easter 6C, fear, peace, trust, faith
May 13, 2019

New

May 13, 2019/ Elsa Worth

New Hampshire has beautiful water tumbling over rocks and stones, cascading through waterfalls, and filling springs that are swirling and dancing and alive. But I imagine that God’s spring of the water of life is even more cool, clear and sparkling than any water I’ve seen.

Read More
May 13, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Easter 5C, rain, hope, new
May 06, 2019

Miracles

May 06, 2019/ Elsa Worth

I consider myself to be a pretty faithful person, but I have never gone to someone’s deathbed and told them to get up.

Read More
May 06, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Easter 4C, miracles, healing, resurrection
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?

Read More
April 29, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Easter 3C, joy, hope, suffering, resurrection
April 23, 2019

Doubt

April 23, 2019/ Elsa Worth

There would be no such thing as faith without doubt.

Read More
April 23, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Easter 2C, doubt, Doubting Thomas, faith, trust
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.

Read More
April 15, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Holy Week and Easter 2019, loss, Notre Dame, resurrection, suffering
April 08, 2019

Submission

April 08, 2019/ Elsa Worth

Submission to Christ is not something we talk about all that much in our modern liturgy, and it is a topic that feels rather…uncomfortable.

Read More
April 08, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Church History, reflections on Scripture
Palm Sunday, submission, obedience, humility
March 19, 2019

Patience

March 19, 2019/ Elsa Worth

You never know when a tower may fall on you as you walk innocently down the street.

Read More
March 19, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Lent 3C, patience, bearing fruit, repentance
  • Previous
  • Next

Sunday Service

Weekly at 9:30 at St. James.

We hope you can join us for Sunday worship

The service is also streamed on our Facebook page and our website

Church Office Hours:

Tues-Fri: 10-2

st james episcopal logo
View recent E-News and announcements
Visit us on Facebook

                                © St. James Episcopal Church    44 West Street    Keene, NH 03431    (603) 352-1019    office@stjameskeene.com