My paternal grandmother had this habit; having grown up in the foothills that rolled off the Appalachian Mountains in East Tennessee, she was barely educated. When I went off to college, my folks had a bit of advice, as parents are known to do. Their advice was to write my grandmother hand-written notes. I pickedContinue reading “Running Toward Hope Together”
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.
Missioner Monday: August 11, 2025
Missioner Monday: Ninth Sunday After Pentecost with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Newport, Kentucky). It was a joy to be with the people of St. Paul’s yesterday: getting to meditate on Christ’s urgency to share God’s kingdom with us in Father Matt Young’s sermon, the quiet contemplation of the 8:30 service and the music of theContinue reading “Missioner Monday: August 11, 2025”
Missioner Monday: July 28, 2025
An inaugural meeting of the Tates Creek Church Coalition hosted by @tcpca, @graceunitedlex, and @fcpsky on Wednesday and the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost with St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Do you know that our best ministry efforts pull on our strengths, our communities strengths, weave them together, and try to make our weaknesses stronger? The goodContinue reading “Missioner Monday: July 28, 2025”
Praying and Trusting Like Jesus
Before I went to seminary to become a priest, I was a preschool teacher. Now, there are many surprisingly transferable skills between the two, but I think my favorite way in which my past connects with my present is how it helps me understand that we are all learning and growing and changing. I rememberContinue reading “Praying and Trusting Like Jesus”
Missioner Monday: July 21, 2025
Wednesday with Frankfort Reading Camp at Church of the Ascension (Frankfort, KY) and the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost with St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Lexington, Kentucky When I tell you that Frankfort Reading Camp was a joy to be at, let me start by casting a vision of a week filled with activities built around growingContinue reading “Missioner Monday: July 21, 2025”
Worried and Distracted? Do Less
One of the delightfully weird gifts of being Christians in the year of Our Lord 2025 is that we get to reflect on some of the more unique and quirky Christian narratives that have made up our religious history. The people, stories, and power of our sacred text did not survive 2,000 years without someContinue reading “Worried and Distracted? Do Less”
Missioner Monday: July 14, 2025
A full day on Saturday with a Deacon’s Retreat at The Close Retreat Center in Mount Victory, Kentucky and the Fifth Sunday After Pentecost with Christ Church Harlan. A full weekend, dreaming, praying, and planning! Saturday I got to join the Deacon’s Retreat lead by Bishop Mark at The Close, and we all enjoyed theContinue reading “Missioner Monday: July 14, 2025”
Radical, Expansive Mercy
I walked into Ms. Ruth Ann’s funeral – my first Episcopal funeral – and it was the moment that I knew that Episcopal Church was my spiritual home. As a relatively new Episcopalian, I was surprised that the vestments and altar hangings were the same color that were used for baptisms or high holyContinue reading “Radical, Expansive Mercy”
Missioner Monday: July 7, 2025
Praying with all of Texas, and especially the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas – Bishop Jones Center. So much of my heart is in Texas, having spent my seminary years there. I have prayed on the edge of Lake Travis, swam in Barton Springs, and traveled over the Colorado River, usually a tiny trickle ofContinue reading “Missioner Monday: July 7, 2025”
Missioner Monday: June 30, 2025
Chaplain at Mini Camp I & II at The Cathedral Domain! I believe the best way to put it is that The Domain is a thin place. It’s a place of closeness with nature, with each other, and with God. And I believe the best way to describe Mini Camp is so much energy, noContinue reading “Missioner Monday: June 30, 2025”
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