January 23, 2023

Poverty

January 23, 2023/ Elsa Worth

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

January 16, 2023

Power

January 16, 2023/ Elsa Worth

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.

January 09, 2023

Lamb of God

January 09, 2023/ Elsa Worth

If you were one of John’s disciples, and heard him repeatedly point out certain man and call him the Lamb of God, what would that name begin to conjure up in you?

January 02, 2023

Powerful

January 02, 2023/ Elsa Worth

These readings remind me that whenever we think we’re in charge, we’d better think again.

December 19, 2022

Getting on the Bus

December 19, 2022/ Elsa Worth

This week has not gone at all like I expected. I suppose a priest getting sick with covid would be worst during Holy Week, but Christmas is a close second.

November 28, 2022

It's Coming

November 28, 2022/ Elsa Worth

If you have a Norway maple tree in your year, you know about tree shoots.

November 07, 2022

Fearsome

November 07, 2022/ Elsa Worth

The prophets spoke hyperbolically to get people’s attention. In some ways this is really a horrifyingly violent passage. But then again, it is also a deeply assuring one.

October 31, 2022

Flesh

October 31, 2022/ Elsa Worth

I guess it is in our human DNA to try to explain things for ourselves and then to turn around and judge the explanations of others.

October 18, 2022

Stewardship

October 18, 2022/ Elsa Worth

Sometimes it is hard to remember that stewardship is also about being stewards of divine experiences we’ve had a glimpse of but do not fully understand, of seeds to be planted for a harvest we may never realize, and of a faith witness that God calls us to proclaim.

October 02, 2022

Gratitude

October 02, 2022/ Elsa Worth

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

September 26, 2022

Telling Our Stories

September 26, 2022/ Elsa Worth

"Who among you would say to your new college intern who has just come in from filing and delivering coffee on the third floor, `Come here at once and chair our board meeting'?

September 20, 2022

Comfort

September 20, 2022/ Elsa Worth

Many of us in the Episcopal Church and here in Keene live comfortable lives. How comfortable is too comfortable?

September 12, 2022

Lament

September 12, 2022/ Elsa Worth

What is going on among us, anyway? Why does there seem to be no way to break through the brokenness we see all around us? Where on earth will all this lead? How are we supposed to fix it?

September 05, 2022

Paul's Wisdom

September 05, 2022/ Elsa Worth

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

August 29, 2022

Hate?

August 29, 2022/ Elsa Worth

What’s up with that, Jesus?

August 22, 2022

Pride

August 22, 2022/ Elsa Worth

As we prepare for Keene Pride week in our community and in our church, this reading gives us the chance to clarify what we mean when we use the word pride.