Water.  It is an essential element in our lives.  It is also a powerful and evocative symbol.  We think of water for its gift of slaking our thirst and keeping us hydrated.  We think of water and its ...  Read More

A wise person once said that ministry is more about interruptions than anything else. The same can be said for each of our spiritual journeys.  In other words, the Holy Spirit always arrives in guises...  Read More

Never has the same story been told in two more distinctly different tellings.  Although both of these texts are immensely familiar, the juxtaposition of them is slightly disorienting.  In our story of...  Read More

John was wrong.  John was wrong.  John was wrong.  Now, I love John the Baptist.  I respect John the Baptist.  He is fiercer than I am.  He is more faithful than I am.  He is a chosen prophet of God. ...  Read More

What is your favorite hymn? I am sure many melodies and lyrics are coming to mind. Growing up, whenever we would sing “Holy, Holy, Holy” or “Praise to the Lord the Almighty” my dad would lean over to ...  Read More

Okay, I will admit it, it is not as warm, candlelit, and atmospheric as Christmas Eve, nor as brass and timpani enhanced as Easter.  Nonetheless, we will celebrate it.  Happy one-hundredth birthday to...  Read More

Good morning. I was invited to share a Minute for Mission that answers the question “Why do you give to Ladue Chapel?” And as new members, our reasons for giving are twofold— gratitude and hopeWe are ...  Read More

The Greek myth goes like this…Zeus gave Pandora a box and told her to never open it. Just wanted her to hold onto it but never ever to open it. But curiosity got the best of her and she did open it. O...  Read More

Words are remarkable.  They can communicate innumerable ideas. They can share stories.  They can paint pictures in our imagination.  They can challenge.  They can comfort. Christian Wima notes that wo...  Read More

In her dark, ironic, and compelling short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” Flannery O’Conner tells of a grandmother who is prideful, superficial, self-important, and judgmental on her best days.  ...  Read More

Around this time four years ago I was deemed “ordination ready”. That meant that I had completed my exams, completed necessary internships and hospital chaplaincy requirements, and I was examined by t...  Read More

In the American version of the sitcom The Office there is a scene when Michael and Dwight are driving somewhere and they are using GPS to guide them.  At one point, with Michael behind the wheel, the ...  Read More