Calling & Clarity

The Rev. Becca Kello is an Episcopal priest living and serving in Lexington, Kentucky. She often finds God’s presence in nature while hiking or out playing with her dogs, Coakley and Oliver. She is passionate about the intersections of faith and justice, and all sorts of discernment that leads to a clarity of calling.

  • The sounds at the beach in the morning are the best. Continue reading

  • My goodness….this is going to be awful. cajunboy: The Louisiana beach! More heartbreak here. Continue reading

  • Spirituality exists wherever we struggle with the issue of how our lives fit into the greater cosmic scheme of things. This is true even when our questions never give way to specific answers or give rise to specific practices such… Continue reading

  • Lessons on moving out of hatred, from someone who’s still stuck there.

    Hatred is consuming and awful; and unfortunately, I’m in the bogs of it. Well, not really the bogs, but more the outer rim. As much as I despise the word and the meaning, I really do hate someone. I am consumed with how… Continue reading

  • Floods, Coping, and Pride.

    Nashville flooded. I’m sure that everyone knows this by now; locally we experienced it, friends of locals saw it on Facebook, and nationally, it made news a few days ago. During the floods, while I watched a building float down… Continue reading

  • You probably won’t agree with me, but that’s okay.

    Don Miller recently posted a blog about whether God has a plan or not for you. This is one of those “blogs in response to another blog” things, so I apologize for that. The article is short, so go read it. The gist of… Continue reading

  • 23 Things

    I just did a quick tally of the things I use every single day. Only 23. However, I grouped things like sheets and blankets together, so it’s more than that single number. I also will probably stumble across more things… Continue reading

  • Read your Bible, Stay in School.

    This is how my grandmother ended each letter. When I went to college, my parents thought it was important that I write letters to my grandmother. I didn’t really get it then, but I didn’t have an issue with it… Continue reading

  • The C Word

    Commitment. It is not the concept of commitment alone that terrifies me, the word alone can do that to me. If you’ve ever studied psychology, then you understand a few things that most other people don’t get: depression is not… Continue reading

  • Finding Space

    I am the type of person that needs to be with myself a lot. It’s not that I don’t want to be around people, but that I spend a lot of time in my head trying to work things out.… Continue reading