scripture
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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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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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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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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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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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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… Continue reading
Becca Kello 