Sermon delivered August 13, 2017 to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Matthew 14: 22-33; this sermon can be heard here. Setting out for the long drive between West Texas and Tennessee during my time in seminary, I would often leave Texas in the early morning hours, long beforeContinue reading “Invitation to the Impossible”
Category Archives: Sermons
The Things that Shape Us
A sermon delivered on July 9, 2017 to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Romans 7:14-25a. The camera pans across the inside of a small, quaint house as jolly piano music plays; the wooden front door opens and in walks a pleasant looking man with a friendly smile dressed inContinue reading “The Things that Shape Us”
The Foolishness of Courage
A sermon delivered to the people of St. John’s Norwood Episcopal Parish in Chevy Chase, MD on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 on January 29, 2017. There is an unfolding trend among wealthy technology executives and the super rich: doomsday shelters. These are not shelters far out in the woods owned by those who are disconnected fromContinue reading “The Foolishness of Courage”
A Life Worthy of Our Calling
A sermon delivered to Virginia Theological Seminary, Friday, November 18, 2016 on Ephesians 4:1-6: I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain theContinue reading “A Life Worthy of Our Calling”
Mary’s Song of Faithfulness
Sermon delivered to the people of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Germantown on Luke 1: 46-55 on Sunday, August 14th in celebration of the Feast of Saint Mary. An additional 250 police and paramilitary officers are being brought into the site of the Assumption of Mary in Lourdes, France near the Spanish border. This isContinue reading “Mary’s Song of Faithfulness”
Welcoming Hope
A sermon on Mark 9:33-37, 42 delivered the volunteers, counselors, and supports of the ministry of City Camp, an urban day camp ministry with the Office of Youth and Family Ministries of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, at their closing Eucharist on July 30, 2016, the feast day of William Wilberforce, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Germantown.Continue reading “Welcoming Hope”
A Resurrection Peace
Sermon delivered to the people of the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest in Abilene, Texas on the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 1, 2016. Listen Here My time in the hospital as a chaplain has allowed me many opportunities to sit with people in their last moments. These last moments contain a variety of emotionsContinue reading “A Resurrection Peace”
But Mary Stood Weeping
Sermon on the text of John 20:1-18 delivered during Holy Week, March 23, 2016 to the Abilene Christian University Graduate School of Theology Chapel. There are days in hospital chaplaincy that are smooth and easy; days when God’s presence is obvious and abundant, and days when lives are saved, families reunited, and prayers answered. But there areContinue reading “But Mary Stood Weeping”
Where is the Hope?
We were all sitting around our curry dishes in an annual birthday celebration, when we noticed that the rain that had been going for days took a turn toward the troubling. The rain fell so thick that seeing even a short distance became impossible, so my friends and I decided to cut ourContinue reading “Where is the Hope?”
Becca Kello 