Episcopal
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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… Continue reading
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The Darkness Will Not Overcome the Light
Anytime I hear the words of John 1:1 read aloud, I am instantly taken back to the Sunday School classroom where a group of pre-teens were working on memorizing our weekly Bible verses. Like many perfectionist children, I loved being… Continue reading
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Waiting in the Dark
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… Continue reading
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The Task of Advent
Long before I became an Episcopalian or had thoughts of being a priest who might be tasked with preaching, I was a preschool teacher. And while there are many surprising things that overlap between being in ministry and the daily… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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Missioner Monday: November 3, 2025
Missioner Monday: Thursday Bible Study with St. Augustine’s Chapel and All Saints’ Sunday with Saint Alban’s Morehead It was a delight to wade into the Gospel according to Matthew with the students at St. Augustine’s as they picked up in… Continue reading
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Messy, Imperfect, Abundant Love
When I lived in Abilene, Texas, I was deeply involved in the local interfaith group. Which, in northwest Texas, as you may imagine, was largely just many different varieties of Christian traditions and a handful of other religions. At… Continue reading
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Missioner Monday: September 22, 2025
Missioner Monday: Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost with St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Lexington, Kentucky and the kickoff to In One A-Chord at @ccclex Sunday with St. Andrew’s continues to be a wonderful joy in my monthly rhythm! This week, in particular,… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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Missioner Monday: September 15, 2025
Missioner Monday: Wednesday Evening Prayer with The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, Jessamine County and Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost with Saint Raphael the Archangel Episcopal Church, Lexington. It was a beautiful and calm evening with the small gathering of folks… Continue reading
Becca Kello 