There are those moments wherein which someone says something so striking and so compelling that you have to sit with it for a while and let it wash over you. I had a moment like early in the COVID pandemic, when the clergy of the Diocese of Kentucky had our first Zoom call with BishopContinue reading “Hope and Faith to Go Out”
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With Fear and Great Joy
There is so much to love about Easter morning, but one thing I love about St. Mary’s unique tradition of offering the community a “glow in the dark” egg hunt after sundown on last night is that is true to what I love most about Easter: that Easter starts in the dark. I love Easter;Continue reading “With Fear and Great Joy”
Working Toward the Dawn
There is something holy about the break of dawn. Like most folk, my life has had ebbs and flows, but one of my most favorite seasons of life allowed me to witness the slow overwhelm that the day has as night fades away. Dawn tends to happen sort of all at once; it’s aContinue reading “Working Toward the Dawn”
Fools Looking for the Light
When I was a teenager and in youth group, my, very scripture-heavy tradition, we would go and compete, sometimes twice a year in what was called a “Bible Bowl.” Now some of y’all probably did something very similar, a Sword Drill, or other names it is known by, but for us, it was a veryContinue reading “Fools Looking for the Light”
Sanctified and Called to be Saints
There are things that I have gathered throughout my life that hold special significance. The heavy and effective depression-era quilt that my grandmother sowed with scraps of fabric that would not be valuable to anyone else other than my family. But I love that quilt, and used it everyday until the threads began toContinue reading “Sanctified and Called to be Saints”
Warning! The Beginning is Near!
We stood side by side in silence at the bottom of the massive steps. It was at the end of a long journey: only a few days on the calendar, but months in planning and years in prayer. My friend, Whit, who co-led our Diocese Pilgrimage to Montgomery and Selma with me last month,Continue reading “Warning! The Beginning is Near!”
Prism of Hope and Mercy
By now, many of you know that before I went to seminary to become a priest, I was a preschool teacher, and I will never stop being surprised at the ways in which the skills from that work have enriched my vocation as a priest. Everything from storytelling to getting the attention of aContinue reading “Prism of Hope and Mercy”
God’s Care and Provision
It happened with such regularity that by the 3rd or 4th grade, both my parents and I planned on it. I was such an anxious and shy child that every first day of school, from kindergarten to my first day of classes in college, I went home, my body and mind so tangled with anxious,Continue reading “God’s Care and Provision”
Praying and Trusting Like Jesus
Before I went to seminary to become a priest, I was a preschool teacher. Now, there are many surprisingly transferable skills between the two, but I think my favorite way in which my past connects with my present is how it helps me understand that we are all learning and growing and changing. I rememberContinue reading “Praying and Trusting Like Jesus”
Worried and Distracted? Do Less
One of the delightfully weird gifts of being Christians in the year of Our Lord 2025 is that we get to reflect on some of the more unique and quirky Christian narratives that have made up our religious history. The people, stories, and power of our sacred text did not survive 2,000 years without someContinue reading “Worried and Distracted? Do Less”
Becca Kello 