Christian
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Missioner Monday: September 8, 2025
Missioner Monday: Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost with Church of the Holy Trinity, Georgetown A beautiful day with the good people of Holy Trinity, where I got to serve alongside Bishop’s Office colleague and transitional deacon, the Rev. Melanie Yankey, who… Continue reading
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Do Good and Share What You Have
This week as I prepared to get my hair cut for the first time since moving to Lexington, I braced for the task that many introverts fear: the haircut small talk. But in my forty-something years of life, I’ve chosen… Continue reading
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Running Toward Hope Together
My paternal grandmother had this habit; having grown up in the foothills that rolled off the Appalachian Mountains in East Tennessee, she was barely educated. When I went off to college, my folks had a bit of advice, as parents… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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Radical, Expansive Mercy
I walked into Ms. Ruth Ann’s funeral – my first Episcopal funeral – and it was the moment that I knew that Episcopal Church was my spiritual home. As a relatively new Episcopalian, I was surprised that the vestments… Continue reading
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God is At Work – Will We Join In?
One of the easiest ways in which I connect with God is through nature, and I love when I can be with those I love out in God’s beauty. One of the best things about exploring nature with others is… Continue reading
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The Measure We Give
There are times when I turn to the Holy Scriptures and God’s comfort is undeniable, but sometimes, on the first read, I can read our sacred texts as an impossible bar to clear. In today’s gospel, I have to… Continue reading
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A Hard Edges and Dark Corners Christmas
When I had the opportunity to walk the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, an ancient pilgrimage across Northern Spain a few years ago, I shared stories and pictures from that journey with this congregation. One of the conversations I had… Continue reading
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My Advent Prayer
I count it one of my life’s great gifts that I went to the same small, liberal arts college as my younger brother. For most of our lives up until our college years, I was painfully quiet and shy, and… Continue reading
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Baptized into Love
The way the story goes in my family history, it was my grandmother who first noticed. My dad’s mom raised five boys on the southside of Indianapolis, in a two-bedroom home so she got pretty good at paying attention. But… Continue reading
Becca Kello 