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.

  • Separate but Equal

    Women’s rights and religion have long been in battle, and it’s not just one religion, sect, or group that has the market on misogyny cornered. In the particular heritage I come from, this has become some what of a landmark issue; a matter of… Continue reading

  • Sometimes the most prayerful thing I can do is to quietly sit on a rock and be warmed by the sun. Continue reading

  • Both

    tylerknott: I overheard the manwhisper“I am a lovernot a fighter,”and to myselfI thought,I, am in fact,both.For is it loveat allif it’s not worthfighting for? -Tyler Knott Gregson- Continue reading

  • My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer. Neil deGrasse Tyson (via dustyoldbook) (I’ve never adored an atheistic astrophysicist more.) Continue reading

  • http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf Value of Spoken Word and embracing life in your own way.  “When I meet you, in that moment, I am no longer part of your future, I am quickly become part of your past. But in that instant, I… Continue reading

  • A hand embroidered silk handkerchief from a student’s family, who just returned from a visa visit to China. He MIGHT think I have cancer and I tried to explain it, but the language barrier made it impossible. (Taken with instagram) Continue reading

  • The Vitality of Dr. Seuss

    I love Dr. Seuss. Not because his illustrations are intriguing or because the rhymes just don’t stop, although I do sincerely love that. I love Dr. Seuss’ work because he does what fiction does best and he does it really… Continue reading

  • Happy vs. Divinely Favored

    Ever since the knowledge was shared with me that blessed, the word used repeatedly in the Beatitudes, orginaly meant happy rather than how we use it now to mean divinely favored, it has bothered me when people use them interchangablly.  Countless times friends… Continue reading

  • So far, North Carolina and Winston-Salem have offered me tunnel bridges, breakfast nachos, hiking, and one super excellent game of Jenga. My interview is tomorrow and while I haven’t been interviewed for something in a long time and I’m not super excited… Continue reading

  • This is a subtle truth: whatever you love. you are. Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi) Continue reading