Sunshine, and rainbows, and cotton candy…soft music, champagne and candlelight…there are so many fluffy words by which we talk about and around love, but do not name the reality of love. This is why I...  Read More

The congregation I served during the nineties in Buffalo, New York was the downtown church of influence and it had its share of movers and shakers.  It also had a wide variety of all kinds of folks.  ...  Read More

Whenever I hear the word pure my mind hearkens back to the old Ivory soap ad campaign and its proud claim that it was 99.44 percent pure and to prove it, look, the soap floats.  I was never exactly su...  Read More

Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something completely different.A person walking down the street might see a stranger. Someone else might see a neighbor.One person might see a probl...  Read More

In sermons I have been known to quote esteemed philosophers and poets, theologians and scholars.  Today I am turning to an alternative music band.  Hey, you take inspiration from wherever it comes.  I...  Read More

A group of young middle schoolers gather in a basement room blessedly out of earshot and eyesight of parents.  It is one of their first attempts at a party that is not about cake and silly party games...  Read More

More heart attacks occur between 8:00 and 9:00 A.M. Monday mornings as people prepare to start the work week than at any other time.  Some Doctors claim that job dissatisfaction is a greater cause for...  Read More

Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness and came to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appear...  Read More

Member Spotlight: The Crabtree SistersThe Crabtree sisters, Lily 17, and Care, 14, are dynamic as a team yet they each possess and display different talents and interests. Ladue Chapel members have be...  Read More

Have you ever had someone hand you something and say, “Can you make sure this gets to them?” Maybe it was a letter. Maybe it was a package. Maybe it was a set of keys. Maybe it was something small and...  Read More

What do we need to worship here at Ladue Chapel? If we wanted to have worship exactly the way we like it—what would we need?Well, we need pastors. We need David. We might need a guest musician or two....  Read More

I am not often aware of my hands. If I want to grab something, I do. If I need to type, text, or handwrite, I can. Though, every winter my hands make themselves very known with chapped knuckles, and p...  Read More