Reflections on Scripture
and the life of faith
by the Rev. Elsa Worth and others
from St. James Episcopal Church in Keene, NH
This verse from Amos keeps sticking with me. Who are these loungers?
Read MoreGod alone is more powerful than slaveowners, kings or queens, presidents, senators, governors or mayors.
Read MoreWhich came first, the chicken or the egg?
Read MoreWhat 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 MoreIt is easy to allow life sweep me up in to-do lists, busy schedules and day to day demands.
Read MoreIt was interesting to watch the United States from across the ocean for a few weeks.
Read MoreThese days, a good neighbor is someone who is quiet and leaves you alone.
Read MoreSometimes it’s easy to assume that that you don’t really have what it takes to step up in your faith. I
Read MoreLiving 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 MoreEveryone has demons in life, and we can sometimes get pretty used to them.
Read MoreIf 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 MoreI 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 MoreWas 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 MoreNew 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 MoreI consider myself to be a pretty faithful person, but I have never gone to someone’s deathbed and told them to get up.
Read MoreHow 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 MoreThere would be no such thing as faith without doubt.
Read MoreLoss is an unavoidable part of human life. While God is always doing a new thing, the changes are not always sunny.
Read MoreSubmission 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 MoreYou never know when a tower may fall on you as you walk innocently down the street.
Read MoreWeekly at 9:30 at St. James.
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