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”
My Cup Overflows?
Throughout my life, I’ve gone to a lot of funerals; easily more than 50 before I entered college. Death has been a very present part of how I have navigated this life, and in fact, it is in part, how I initially discerned a call to ministry. I’m very comfortable sitting with death and withContinue reading “My Cup Overflows?”
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”
Tiny Faith
In the world of early childhood education, there are inevitably a variety of personalities that begin to emerge early on in life; there is no greater space to discover if a kid will be a challenger or a people pleaser than a preschool classroom. Every year that I taught Pre-K, I had students who struggledContinue reading “Tiny Faith”
A Holy Invitation
Generally, the Sunday after Easter is something that we in the church call “low Sunday,” but this past year, the Sunday after Easter was the Sunday that we hosted the Bishop. So, on the Sunday that typically sees the lowest attendance in the year, Christ Church was buzzing with activity. Those being Confirmed were excitedlyContinue reading “A Holy Invitation”
Teach Us To Pray
Sitting in a sterile conference room, the speckled green carpet below and the high back chairs loosely arranged around circular tables, I walked into the session on meditation at the Lubbock Regional Interfaith Conference several years ago; the session was taught by a Buddhist monk and a Presbyterian minister. To open the hour-long discussion, theContinue reading “Teach Us To Pray”
Sharing and Receiving
Sitting in the intern’s office in the Pastoral Care department of Hendrix Hospital, I spent most of my first day as a hospital chaplain intern filling out paperwork, trying to get a handle on the layout of the hospital, and learning how to read patient print outs. On my second day, however, my supervisor tookContinue reading “Sharing and Receiving”
Urgent Discipleship
There is a certain, deeply felt joy in returning to Heavenly Rest and to get the chance to preach in the church that sponsored me for ordination; I am so grateful for this sacred space and the congregation of people that fill it each week to say their prayers and receive God’s Holy Communion. YouContinue reading “Urgent Discipleship”
Becca Kello 