Becca Kello

Day Five

Lord, take this away from me! I have given everything to you and I need you to pull this away from me; Lord, why?? Why do I have to do this? Please, God!

Day Four

The Bible tells you not to worry, but. . .

Day Three

God has carried me through stage four cancer twice, and I know he’ll carry me through this, too.

Day Two

I don’t know what I’m going to do without my leg, but the Good Lord knows. I’m always looking to him.

Day One

Why did God keep my baby safe, but let their baby die?

Spending the summer working at a local hospital in the pastoral care department, I got to hear people talk about God often. Sometimes the things people say are painful, sometimes painfully true, occasionally trite, raw, or insightful. Their stories may be unknown to you, but their pain, fears, faith, or doubt are not. This isContinue reading “Sayings on God”

Nostalgia

Sitting outside of a coffee shop today, talking with a friend, a car passed, and once the street outside the shop was revealed again, I was awash with nostalgia for Brasil. It happens often in Abilene that I experience nostalgia, it makes sense: this place is not my home, although it is becoming that, thisContinue reading “Nostalgia”

Aftershocks of Hierarchy

Staring at the Gospel of John, chapter 8 specifically, my eyes began to water and the weight of the burden sat on my chest; not of the content, but the expectations held for me in this week’s Greek II assignment. Each week, we divide up the labor of translation within our translation team. As we’veContinue reading “Aftershocks of Hierarchy”

And I Prayed: A Woman’s First Time

Somehow, this is different. All week long I’ve been wrestling with why this is different. I have prayed and served communion before in a variety of settings, but somehow I knew today would be different. Yesterday, as my thoughts swam around what today would hold, I posed the question to my facebook friends: why isContinue reading “And I Prayed: A Woman’s First Time”