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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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April 17, 2023

Bread

April 17, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Bread

For practiced bakers, making bread can be a very meditative and spiritual ritual

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April 17, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
Easter 3A, bread, communion, body of Christ
April 10, 2023

Leaning In

April 10, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Leaning In

What does it mean to lean into the unprovable story of the resurrection and Jesus and faith?

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April 10, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Easter 2A, Doubting Thomas, Doubt, trust, believe
April 03, 2023

Holy Week

April 03, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Holy Week

I hope you will take the trip through all the Holy Week services with St. James this year, in person or online.

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April 03, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Church Traditions
Holy Week
March 27, 2023

Palm Sunday

March 27, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Palm Sunday

Liturgical reforms have left us with kind of a split personality on Palm Sunday.

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March 27, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Church Traditions
Palm Sunday, passion, liturgical reforms
March 20, 2023

Dry, Dry Bones

March 20, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Dry, Dry Bones

I grew up in a place full of rivers, lakes and green trees, so I had not been able to fully imagine this famous story in Ezekiel

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March 20, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Thoughts on Scripture
Lent 5A, new life, death
March 13, 2023

Shine

March 13, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Shine

Sometimes people are led to feel they are not lovable enough to shine.

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March 13, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ 1 Comment
March 06, 2023

Temptation and Quarrel

March 06, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Temptation and Quarrel

It’s tempting to wonder what was wrong with those people. I mean - they used to be slaves in Egypt and harshly oppressed.

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March 06, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Lent 3A, complaining, whining, gratitude, transition
February 28, 2023

3:16

February 28, 2023/ Elsa Worth

As the story of the Tower of Babbel shows us, God has always prefered diversity to conformity.

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February 28, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Thoughts on Scripture
Lent 2A, John 3:16, salvation, grace
February 20, 2023

Temptation

February 20, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Temptation

Temptation is always all around us - temptation to do things that feel good in the moment but are not necessarily good for us in the long run - or good for the rest of the world, either.

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February 20, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, Church Traditions, reflections on Scripture
Lent 1A, temptation, time
February 13, 2023

Attentive

February 13, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Attentive

You will do well to be attentive to this - as a lamp shining in a dark place.

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February 13, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
last Epiphany A, transfiguration
February 06, 2023

Psalm 119

February 06, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Psalm 119

Psalm 119 is so long that even in monasteries they split this psalm up into sections instead of trying to pray it all at once.

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February 06, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
practices, reflections on Scripture
epiphany 6A, psalms, psalm 119, bible study
January 30, 2023

Celebration

January 30, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Celebration

All our members are part of this body - and you are needed in the body at Annual Meeting.

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January 30, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Church Traditions, practices
Annual Meeting
January 23, 2023

Poverty

January 23, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Poverty

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

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January 23, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ 1 Comment
community ministry, reflections on Scripture, practices
Epiphany 4A, poverty, respect
January 16, 2023

Power

January 16, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Power

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.

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January 16, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture, practices
Epiphany 3A, foolishness, faith, cross, community
January 09, 2023

Lamb of God

January 09, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Lamb of God

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?

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January 09, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Epiphany 2A, sacrifice, names, meaning
January 02, 2023

Powerful

January 02, 2023/ Elsa Worth
Powerful

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

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January 02, 2023/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Church Traditions, reflections on Scripture
Epiphany 1 A, baptism, word of God, the voice of God
December 19, 2022

Getting on the Bus

December 19, 2022/ Elsa Worth
Getting on the Bus

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.

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December 19, 2022/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
reflections on Scripture
Christmas, Advent, Covid, fear nor, trust
December 12, 2022

Preparing a mansion

December 12, 2022/ Elsa Worth
Preparing a mansion

Just like Mary, we are called to bear Christ into the world through our own words and actions. Just like Joseph, we are called to say yes, even when the future is unclear.

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December 12, 2022/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
prayers of the church
Advent 4A, Mary, shame, conscience
December 05, 2022

The Third Sunday of Advent

December 05, 2022/ Elsa Worth
The Third Sunday of Advent

The third Sunday of Advent is the one on which we’ll light the pink candle in the advent wreath. What’s that all about?

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December 05, 2022/ Elsa Worth/ Comment
Church Traditions
Advent 3A, Gaudete Sunday, Advent, penitence, Rose Sunday, Stir Up Sunday
November 28, 2022

It's Coming

November 28, 2022/ Elsa Worth
It's Coming

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

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November 28, 2022/ Elsa Worth/ 1 Comment
reflections on Scripture
Advent 2A, New life, waiting, continuity, hope
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