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Anticipation
My first time serving as a lay Eucharistic minister, one of the things that most caught me by surprise was how people of all different sorts approached the altar rail with a sense of Eucharistic anticipation. Little kids giggled with… Continue reading
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Calling and Clarity
Calling and Clarity is how I named my blog when I was actively discerning a calling to the priesthood and to ministry; once I was ordained, I realized that it still fit because we are always discerning God’s call and… Continue reading
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The (Overwhelmingly) Great Cloud of Witnesses
In a tunnel, in what seems somehow both like a thousand years ago and yesterday, I began to voice my call. It was a dark, isolating place in which I quietly and timidly voiced the first stirrings of my calling… Continue reading
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On Being Quiet
Words are powerful. Beautiful, moving, and inspiring words motivate us to seek change, to become better versions of ourselves. Harsh, damaging, and derogatory words have the power to stop us in our tracks, giving us pause as to how we… Continue reading
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The Foolishness of Courage
A sermon delivered to the people of St. John’s Norwood Episcopal Parish in Chevy Chase, MD on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 on January 29, 2017. There is an unfolding trend among wealthy technology executives and the super rich: doomsday shelters. These… Continue reading
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A Life Worthy of Our Calling
A sermon delivered to Virginia Theological Seminary, Friday, November 18, 2016 on Ephesians 4:1-6: I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and… Continue reading
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Mary’s Song of Faithfulness
Sermon delivered to the people of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Germantown on Luke 1: 46-55 on Sunday, August 14th in celebration of the Feast of Saint Mary. An additional 250 police and paramilitary officers are being brought into the… Continue reading
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Welcoming Hope
A sermon on Mark 9:33-37, 42 delivered the volunteers, counselors, and supports of the ministry of City Camp, an urban day camp ministry with the Office of Youth and Family Ministries of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, at their closing Eucharist on… Continue reading
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That Time I Did That Thing.
My thoughts raced as fast as my nervous eyes as they darted from one bib number to the next. What did I do and why on earth did I think that I could actually do this? Why am I… Continue reading
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A Resurrection Peace
Sermon delivered to the people of the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest in Abilene, Texas on the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 1, 2016. Listen Here My time in the hospital as a chaplain has allowed me many opportunities to… Continue reading
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.
Becca Kello 