Getting to Know You: Theo Wedemeyer Wesley Theodore “Theo” Wedemeyer could be the poster child for lifelong members at Ladue Chapel. Theo is a “cradle Presbyterian,” thanks to his parents, Susan and D...  Read More

One of my favorite cartoons is an old Peanuts one in which Lucy is disgusted with Charlie Brown and finally declares “Charlie Brown, you are the crabgrass of life!” You know, that green grass-like stu...  Read More

“One hundred bottles of beer on the wall, one hundred bottles of beer…” Everyone of a certain age has either sung it or suffered through it at some time in their lives.  Back in the day, joining in th...  Read More

June 28, 2026  Fifth Sunday after PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchExodus 17:1-7“The Long Way Around”Douglas T. King  Moses named the place Massah and Meribah which means quarrel and test.  I ...  Read More

I know that Doug and many other preachers do not follow the lectionary. But for me, especially when I was preaching every Sunday, I found the lectionary a useful discipline. And relevant for today, fo...  Read More

Years ago my friend Dean Thompson told me the story of his visit with a parishioner of his, a professor from Cal Tech.  The man in the hospital was dying of AIDS.  He asked Dean to rehearse his faith ...  Read More

There is a wonderful, perhaps apocryphal, story among preachers that crystallizes the way in which we sometimes misuse scripture in our preaching.  It is about a preacher who reads a text about Paul t...  Read More

I appreciated Doug’s comments about Trinity in this week’s Chapel Bell. And while I don’t want to focus on the theological concept today, I do want us to keep in mind one aspect of Trinity – that of t...  Read More

Move 1 Origin Stories – More Benchmarks than HistoryAnniversaries and holidays are often anchored with stories of how it all began. Anthropologists call these “origin stories.” For marriages we f......  Read More

Most of my evenings end reading in my study.  I can never read a single book at a time so there are usually three or four books stacked on the wide windowsill by my old mission style rocking chair.  I...  Read More

Do you ever have one of those days?  You go to pour the milk for your cereal only to discover the carton is empty.  There is a fender bender traffic jam on the 64 and you are late getting to the offic...  Read More

Anybody worried about what I am going to do with this text?  I know, me too  It feels like only Anne Peacock could do something productive with all this endless talk of grain.  But let’s see how we do...  Read More