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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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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.

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June 10, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, Church Traditions
Trinity Sunday C, relationship, doctrine
June 03, 2019

Understanding

June 03, 2019/ Elsa Worth

We could all use a little more understanding these days.

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June 03, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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April 08, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Church History, reflections on Scripture
Palm Sunday, submission, obedience, humility
April 03, 2019

Change

April 03, 2019/ Patrick

Deacon Intern Derek Scalia reflects on how God is constantly creating something new, even in the face of apparent decline.

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April 03, 2019/ Patrick/ Comment
March 25, 2019

Rival

March 25, 2019/ Elsa Worth

I have a choice, really, on whether to work together with God or to self-sabotage.

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March 25, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Theology
Lent 4C, companionship, rivalry, self sabotage
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.

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reflections on Scripture
Lent 3C, patience, bearing fruit, repentance
March 11, 2019

Belly

March 11, 2019/ Elsa Worth

A life filled with the peace that passes all understanding does not always look peaceful in the way we might expect.

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March 11, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
Lent 2C, cravings, fear, cross
March 04, 2019

Near

March 04, 2019/ Elsa Worth

Much of our lives are spent in auto pilot without much conscious listening at all, but Lent invites us to intentionally carve out some time and space to be quiet and listen better.

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reflections on Scripture, practices, Church Traditions
Lent 1C, word of God, listen, practice
February 25, 2019

Freedom

February 25, 2019/ Elsa Worth

From the moment we are born, the world gives us all kinds of limitations, and trains us in what we cannot do. But with God nothing is impossible.

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February 25, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Epiphany Last C, Freedom, boundaries, transfiguration
February 18, 2019

Love

February 18, 2019/ Elsa Worth

Clearly the kind of love Jesus is talking about goes beyond the kind of love we mean when we say we love chocolate or puppies.

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February 18, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, practices
Epiphany 7C, love, healing, reconciliation, forgiveness
February 11, 2019

Small

February 11, 2019/ Elsa Worth

If all you knew about church was what you read in the paper or saw on the news, you’d certainly have a hard time understanding why anyone would want to be a part of such a small minded organization..

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February 11, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Epiphany 6C, faith, self improvement, mission
February 04, 2019

Less

February 04, 2019/ Elsa Worth

When a bright spotlight is turned on you, you can’t escape seeing both your real and perceived shortcomings, and that does not feel very good.

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February 04, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Thoughts on Scripture
Epiphany 5C, shame, less, call
January 28, 2019

Protection

January 28, 2019/ Elsa Worth

From my heated home with the comfortable, soft furniture, the idea of a ‘high rock’ or a ‘cleft’ or a ‘crag’ doesn’t seem like much comfort or protection.

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January 28, 2019/ Elsa Worth/ 1 Comment
Thoughts on Scripture
Epiphany 4C, archeology, rocks, safety
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