Nothing in this world will make your life consistently harder than being committed to showing up fully, to refuse to numb and to retreat into a secluded world that narrows with each drink. And when I tell you that I’m grateful every day for the difficulty, it is true. I’m grateful for the the harshContinue reading “Empowered, Grateful, Strong”
Category Archives: Musings
What does it mean?
Recently, our Senior Warden, Shawn Rhodes, asked the congregation to think about what Christ Church means to them. It was an exercise that he did in preparing his short words about why his family gives financially to our church for his remarks about Stewardship. His words were powerful and moving, and made me begin toContinue reading “What does it mean?”
Returning
Tiny baby steps are the only way out. The only way out of a depressive episode is to take the tiniest steps back to yourself. It doesn’t make sense, this hazy shuffle; it shouldn’t work, it doesn’t feel like it will work. But it does, every time. Every time I’ve been willing or able toContinue reading “Returning”
What have I missed?
I have asked this tree many questions over the five years it’s been my window’s view. I have looked to it when I have writer’s block and when I’m overwhelmed. This simple tree is always there, just to the right of my desk at work. It’s always there to catch the snow, or to budContinue reading “What have I missed?”
Unsteady Ground
What if the unsteady ground is exactly where I’m supposed to be? What if the unsteady ground is necessary in this in between time. The soft, tender earth that lies between where I once was and where I am now, is anything but steady. But this unsteady ground is where I grow; one fragile stepContinue reading “Unsteady Ground”
October
Even in grief, I have found amazement. Even in recovery, I am strong. Even in healing, I will find bravery. 🍂October 🍂 I love this month, but it’s also the month where I remember the depth of pain of Not Cancer. My body remembers my oncologist sitting on my hospital bed and telling me thatContinue reading “October”
Don’t Wish It Away
It’s going to be a long winter. This has been a refrain in my head on every dreary cold day; I’ve said it almost like it’s an inevitable curse. The heavy sigh that has become my pandemic side-kick finds its way out of my mouth, and I typically say it again, adding a couple ofContinue reading “Don’t Wish It Away”
Holding a Mountain
I knew it wouldn’t be long because the faraway look I have known since I was a child did not look like it was resolving a problem that someone mentioned in passing. When his eyes closed it was not to get lost in a story playing out in his head, but it was theContinue reading “Holding a Mountain”
On Belonging and Sanctification
A truth that has been present in every context in which I have served, is that for the most part, we all just want to belong. It has been true in working with college students and congregants who have spent decades in their communities; it’s been true in working with our neighbors experiencing homelessness andContinue reading “On Belonging and Sanctification”
Love and Wrath
John 3:16-21 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might beContinue reading “Love and Wrath”
Becca Kello 