A little before five in the morning I woke to the quiet whispers between the two women. One, my exhausted, weary mother who stayed by my side, the other, my dear friend, mentor, and priest. One had slept in the chair beside my hospital bed, the other arrived early, the oil of holy unction inContinue reading “Six Months Later”
Resurrection People
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Easter 2B, April 8, 2018 on John 20:19-31 “I want to know three things about you: what’s your name, what’s your mama’s name, and where did your grandmother grow up?” This was the question posed to a group of usContinue reading “Resurrection People”
We Know the Ending
A sermon preached to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY at the celebration of the The Great Vigil of Easter, March 31, 2018 on Mark 16:1-8 “A long, long time ago…” is how some of my favorite stories start. Folk tales and legends are some of my favorite stories because theyContinue reading “We Know the Ending”
Concrete Acts of Love
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Maundy Thursday – March 29, 2018 on John 13:1-17, 31b-35. On a warm, late-March Texas day, I sat in my normal pew; I had taken off my shoes as instructed and was ready to leave them behind when I wentContinue reading “Concrete Acts of Love”
Dying into a Life of Faith
A sermon delivered to the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY on Lent 5B on March 18, 2018 on John 12:20-33. It was a bright, clear early spring morning in Nashville, and a happy five-year-old donned in a bright kelly-green shirt came marching into my classroom. “Ms. Kello,” he said with seriousContinue reading “Dying into a Life of Faith”
Psalm 91: I Will Be with Them in Trouble
Oh Psalm 91. Many people have recited these words and many people have misused them. Psalm 91 is a brilliant and beautiful song of trust and faith in God’s provision for God’s people, But that it can mistakenly be understood that those who profess a belief in God and a devotion to God will haveContinue reading “Psalm 91: I Will Be with Them in Trouble”
Psalm 86: Incline Your Ear, O Lord
In a Book Three surprising twist, Psalm 86 claims to be a psalm of David, which, one many noticed, were declared to have ended in Book Two. Likely this is not a prayer composed by David himself, but rather Psalm 86 takes David’s words and repurposes them for a new age, and gives them aContinue reading “Psalm 86: Incline Your Ear, O Lord”
Psalm 81: Raise a Song
It might be easy to forget what a gift the Psalter is; the fact that we still have some pre-exilic songs of worship of the Jewish people is amazing. One of the psalms set for this evening, Psalm 81 is a window into the ways in which the Israelite people worshipped God. It starts withContinue reading “Psalm 81: Raise a Song”
Psalm 78: They Tested God Again and Again
Psalm 78 is a psalm that is out to teach a lesson. This psalm, which is broken up in the readings for the morning and the evening Daily Office, is a recounting of Israel’s history and the psalmist wants to use the history lesson contained therein to teach the people a lesson. The history recountedContinue reading “Psalm 78: They Tested God Again and Again”
Psalm 77: I Cry Aloud to God
When I read through the psalms, there are psalms that fall flat on my ears; there are those psalms that are so bouncy and happy and just hardly seem entirely true. Then there are psalms that strike deep in my soul and wreck me with the truth that they contain and the truth that IContinue reading “Psalm 77: I Cry Aloud to God”
Becca Kello 