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At What Cost And To What End?
It may be no surprise that when I was in elementary school, I was what was known as a “teacher’s pet,” because teachers generally liked my attention to detail, obsessive rule following, and my general quiet nature. Public speaking… Continue reading
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Called to the Table
There is something particularly curious about how phrases and cultural ideas change and taken on new forms and meanings, and they move through the decades and centuries. Certain images or phrases tend to take on their own life and become… Continue reading
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Becoming What We Receive
Before I went to seminary, I taught preschool, and I’m so grateful for those years. I loved that time of life and I’ve been able to carry so many lessons from that work. Whether it’s having to use my teacher… Continue reading
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We Need Each Other
There is perhaps nothing I love more than a good, solid metaphor. A good metaphor can both shows how a principle applies to a situation and tells a story about how it might link to a larger narrative as… Continue reading
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God’s Rest and Healing
Throughout my life, I can reflect back on the ways in which I have been privileged to have many different teachers and how many of my most important lessons in life have come from unexpected places. One continual, and… Continue reading
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Uncomfortable Places
The lessons one learns on the Camino span the gamut of complex, soul-deep lessons that take years to unpack and obvious ones like learning to be careful about how much stuff you carry in your pack. You tend to… Continue reading
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Pokeweed and the Kingdom of God
This sermon can be listened to here. One of the most powerful things I have ever seen in my life was watching Tibetan Buddhist Monks slowly tap colored sand out to paint a giant ten-foot by ten-foot mandala at the… Continue reading
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Do Not Loose Heart
In the south rose window of the Chartres Cathedral in France about 60 miles from Paris, there is a particularly unique depiction of the writers of the four Gospels from the early 13th Century. Below the giant circle rose window… Continue reading
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Abide With Us
This sermon can be listened to here. One of my favorite hymns, of which there are many, that I haven’t been able to get out of my head this week is “Abide with Me.” It’s a haunting beautiful hymn,… Continue reading
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Knowing and Being Known
While on sabbatical two years ago, I found myself sick with COVID, canceled plans, and an extended stay in Porto, Portugal because I could not fly home. By the grace of God, the Air BnB that I had rented was… 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 