Thanks be to God.  Amen. Long, Thomas G., Proclaiming the Parables, WJK, Louisville, 2024.      ......  Read More

July 6, 2025  Fourth Sunday after PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchPsalm 48, Mark 6:1-6a“The Scandal of Particularity”Douglas T. King  The wise beyond his years Linus from the comic strip Pean...  Read More

June 29, 2025 Third Sunday after PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchGalatians 5:1, 13-25  Luke 9:51-62“Five Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes”Courtney ChandlerThings my grandmothe...  Read More

June 22, 2025 Second Sunday after Pentecost Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church1 Kings 19:4-13      Luke 8:26-39“Cacophony of Chaos”Melissa K. SmithDuring this past year of youth ministry, the word “busy...  Read More

June 15, 2025  Trinity SundayLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchJohn 1:1-5 and Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31“The Trinity: Hardwiring Creation”Douglas T. KingI come home at the end of a long day and head to my st...  Read More

(The following is a new feature of Chapel Bell, designed to more fully inform us of the interesting lives of fellow parishioners.)GETTING TO KNOW YOU...No doubt you've seen her on Sunday mornings. A l...  Read More

June 8, 2025  The Day of PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchActs 2:1-18“The Trinity: Breaking Down Barriers”Douglas T. King“If a lion could talk, we should not be able to understand him.”  These...  Read More

June 1, 2025  Seventh Sunday of EasterLadue Chapel Presbyterian Church“The Trinity: Inviting Intimacy”Douglas T. KingBack in the day, before security concerns precluded it, the gates at airport termin...  Read More

I moved to St. Louis a little over three years ago and I remember my first weekend like it was yesterday. It was the week after I was ordained and had started at my first call. My brother was here to ...  Read More

The prophet John, author of Revelation, knew that “God is not a God far-off, God is here; God is present; God is with us.” John communicated his message in a letter meant to be read aloud as 1st centu...  Read More

A Jesuit priest shares the following, “I read the obituaries every day in the Los Angeles Times.  I note the year the deceased was born and think, Wow.  He’s ten years younger than me, or, He’s my age...  Read More

An optical illusion, sometimes called a cognitive illusion, is when we "assume" we are seeing something other than what is actually being shown or see something in a certain way when it could be seen ...  Read More