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

Rows of bright white chairs standing in stark relief to the pitch-black darkness of the sky.  The empty cross on the lawn, soon to be flowered, is nothing more than a shadow. There is something solemn...  Read More

On your mark, get set, go These words are said at the starting line - the beginning of a race. For onlookers, spectators, or those who have never participated in a race, the starting line looks like t...  Read More

There is an old expression about sermon titles I used to share with the seminary students I supervised.  “Will it get them off the bus?”  It refers to the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and its sign...  Read More

Growing up we had a ton of trees in our yard. We would refer to them as “the woods” next to our house. Being in Georgia, most of those trees were sticky pine trees. Pinecones and pine straw littered m...  Read More

I have fond memories from elementary school of running around on the playground making silly promises. But even young Melissa knew that a promise made was only as good as the word of the promise maker...  Read More

If you have ever spent any time far from the city and the suburbs, the night sky is simply miraculous. During those long nights alone in the wilderness, I bet Jesus spent a lot of time looking up into...  Read More

Mindful, by Mary OliverEvery dayI see or I hearsomethingthat more or lesskills mewith delight,that leaves melike a needlein the haystackof light.It is what I was born for –to look, to listen…to lose m...  Read More