In the years before I went to seminary, I was an early childhood educator; in my years teaching Pre-K, one of my favorite parts of that vocation was telling stories. I loved seeing kids react with the same joy, wonder, and amazement at a story that they knew backward and forward. In telling stories, IContinue reading “Knowing Christ Alone”
Category Archives: Sermons
These Eyes of Mine
Something that continually fascinates me is how a language unfolds; as someone who used to work in early childhood development, seeing how kids would intuit sentence construction never failed to amaze me. “Her did something,” or “it happened yesterday night” are all stepping stones to getting a grasp on the English language. I’m also incrediblyContinue reading “These Eyes of Mine”
A Beloved Invitation
Like many people, I began this new year with the intention to read more, and while I’ve often held this intention or hope, I don’t often live into it, but this year I had a stack of books that I was excited to jump into and two of them have been particularly striking this weekContinue reading “A Beloved Invitation”
Three Days’ Time
One of the gifts of endings and beginnings is that we can take a moment to pause and reflect on where we have been and where we are going. Maybe you have done this this past week as you reflecting on the last year, or even on the last decade as we start a newContinue reading “Three Days’ Time”
Just the Beginning
Today we hear the beginning of the greatest story ever told; in the gospel accord to Luke, Luke offers a surprisingly boring start: governmental systems and taxation. Caesar Augustus put out a decree that all in the world should be taxed; everyone had to travel to the nearest city of lineage. For Joseph and Mary,Continue reading “Just the Beginning”
Faith that Changes the World
When I was a teacher, some of my favorite stories to read to a group of five-year-old’s were stories that flipped common narratives on their head. Stories which could be told backward and forward, but when you added a different perspective, things changed quite a bit. Our gospel lesson today, while you have probably heardContinue reading “Faith that Changes the World”
We Start in the Dark
When I take really long road trips, I like to start in the wee morning hours while it is still dark out, when I would drive from Texas back to the southeast, I would always leave around 3 or 4 in the morning so that I could easily fit the 15-hour drive into one day.Continue reading “We Start in the Dark”
Give Thanks and Rejoice
When I first starting walking the labyrinth as a way to focus my prayer, one of the things that struck me was just how many twists and turns and the path took before I reached the center. With some practice, these turns and changes, quickly became my favorite part of this style of prayer, becauseContinue reading “Give Thanks and Rejoice”
The Resurrection of the Dead
Every week on Tuesday evenings, our campus ministry meets here at the church, piles into cars, and makes our way to a parishioner’s house; those who have been around for a while will know that this is a change that I made this year in our ministry. Rather than having dinner and worship here atContinue reading “The Resurrection of the Dead”
Have Mercy
In my ten-week hospital chaplaincy internship, I took on a task on paying attention to what people had say about God in a hospital room. Some were so hope filled, that they were saccharine sweet and some were so dark that you could feel the cloud that hovered over the room. At the end ofContinue reading “Have Mercy”
Becca Kello 