A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018 on 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 and Matthew 6:1-6,16-20. It is often noted that there is a brilliant paradox of reading Jesus’ warning in the sermon on the mount, “Beware of practicing your piety before others inContinue reading “The Grace of God”
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Listen to Christ
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on the Last Sunday After the Epiphany, February 11, 2018 on Mark 9:2-9. A significant part of my discernment and life was the three months I spent living in Brasil with a family that didn’t speak English. During this time, IContinue reading “Listen to Christ”
Being Found by God
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on John 1: 43-51 on the Second Sunday after Epiphany, January 14, 2018. In 2010, Marina Abramovic, an experiential artist who creates exhibits that challenge and engage the viewer, had an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art entitled “The ArtistContinue reading “Being Found by God”
God’s Grace at Work
Sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Sunday, September 24, 2017 on Matthew 20: 1-16, it can be heard here. Perhaps I have spent too much time in seminary, but when I first read the gospel passage earlier this week, I had one visual that I could notContinue reading “God’s Grace at Work”
The Gifts We Have Been Given
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Sunday, August 27, 2017. Proper 16 – Year A: Romans 12:1-8; this sermon can be heard here. In your Christian experience, you may or may not be very familiar with Paul’s New Testament letters outside of hearing sections of themContinue reading “The Gifts We Have Been Given”
Invitation to the Impossible
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”
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”
Becca Kello 