“Tell me you remember you are still a human being, not just a human doing. Tell me you’re more than just a machine, checking off items from your to-do list.” This is one of the ways in which the director of Duke University’s Islamic Studies Center, Omid Safi, writes about what he calls “The DiseaseContinue reading “Remember and Keep”
Author Archives: Becca Kello
Becca Kello is an Episcopal priest serving the Diocese of Lexington as Canon Missioner, and is passionate about discipleship, community, and justice.
Sighs Too Deep
I was surrounded and the room filled with the loud sound of a family presenting to God their fears, their hopes, and their anxieties. In many ways, it was like any other day; I knocked on the non-descript hospital door and introduced myself. I listened as the family shared the terrible news about the patriarchContinue reading “Sighs Too Deep”
Transitions in Late Spring
The southeast met me with air heavy with humidity, magnolias in bloom, and the ubiquitous smell of wild honey suckle. It met with all the memories of who I once was in light of who I am becoming. Refusing to let this new life be all that mattered without first being grateful for all thatContinue reading “Transitions in Late Spring”
Joyful Mourning: My First Mother’s Day
This is my first year as a mother. It’s my first year as a dog mom, that is. When I got Coakley, I thought I would refrain from using parental language around being a pet owner, but then I became a pet parent. Because having a pet is very different than being, say, a plantContinue reading “Joyful Mourning: My First Mother’s Day”
We Have No Other Choice
In an article published in March of this year in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, it was discovered that it takes about 90 hours to make friends. They studied different groups of people like students or those who have recently moved, and the researchers took careful note that friendships are not unilateral. OneContinue reading “We Have No Other Choice”
Six Months Later
A little before five in the morning I woke to the quiet whispers between the two women. One, my exhausted, weary mother who stayed by my side, the other, my dear friend, mentor, and priest. One had slept in the chair beside my hospital bed, the other arrived early, the oil of holy unction inContinue reading “Six Months Later”
Resurrection People
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Easter 2B, April 8, 2018 on John 20:19-31 “I want to know three things about you: what’s your name, what’s your mama’s name, and where did your grandmother grow up?” This was the question posed to a group of usContinue reading “Resurrection People”
We Know the Ending
A sermon preached to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY at the celebration of the The Great Vigil of Easter, March 31, 2018 on Mark 16:1-8 “A long, long time ago…” is how some of my favorite stories start. Folk tales and legends are some of my favorite stories because theyContinue reading “We Know the Ending”
Concrete Acts of Love
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Maundy Thursday – March 29, 2018 on John 13:1-17, 31b-35. On a warm, late-March Texas day, I sat in my normal pew; I had taken off my shoes as instructed and was ready to leave them behind when I wentContinue reading “Concrete Acts of Love”
Dying into a Life of Faith
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Lent 5B on March 18, 2018 on John 12:20-33. It was a bright, clear early spring morning in Nashville, and a happy five-year-old donned in a bright kelly-green shirt came marching into my classroom. “Ms. Kello,” he said with seriousContinue reading “Dying into a Life of Faith”
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