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Small Beginnings and Unexpected Destinations of Abundance
October 20th, 2024
October 20, 2024 Twenty-Second Sunday after PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchMark 4:30-32“Small Beginnings and Unexpected Destinations of Abundance”Douglas T. King “One summer I wrestled a be... Read More
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Stepping Out
October 13th, 2024
October 13, 2024 Twenty-First Day after PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchHebrews 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31“Stepping Out” “Your first assignment for this class is to volunteer 10 hours a week somew... Read More
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Breath and Bread: Providence and Presumption
October 6th, 2024
October 6, 2024 World Communion SundayLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchGenesis 2:4-7 John 6:25-35“Breath and Bread: Providence and Presumption”Douglas T. KingWords on bread. An excerpt from Thomas P... Read More
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Prayer of Faith
September 29th, 2024
September 29, 2024 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church1 Kings 17:1, 18:41-45James 5:13-18“Prayer of Faith”Melissa K. Smith A few weeks ago, I was on a hospital visit to ... Read More
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Growing in Faith: Being Nourished
September 22nd, 2024
September 22, 2024 Eighteenth Sunday after PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchPsalm 1 and John 15:1-11“Growing in Faith: Being Nourished”Douglas T. King When I was an exchange student in German... Read More
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Growing in Faith: Moving Past Distractions
September 15th, 2024
September 15, 2024 Seventeenth Sunday after PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchMatthew 6:24-34“Growing in Faith: Moving Past Distractions”Douglas T. KingI was laying flat on my back. There was... Read More
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Growing in Faith: The Right Attitude
September 8th, 2024
September 8, 2024 Sixteenth Sunday after PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchMatthew 18:1-5“Growing in Faith: The Right Attitude”Douglas T. King I know we are gathered together this September mo... Read More
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The Love We Deserve
September 1st, 2024
The Love We Deserve It was a little over a year ago that he walked into Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City with a friendship bracelet and a dream. Travis Kelce, tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, wa... Read More
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Building Up and Sending Out: Part 2
August 25th, 2024
August 25, 2024 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Ladue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchNehemiah 2:11-20Ephesians 2:11-22“Building Up and Sending Out: Part 2”Melissa K. Smith When I was a kid, my siblings a... Read More
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Building Up and Sending Out: Part 1
August 18th, 2024
August 18, 2024 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Ladue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchEphesians 2:11-22 Nehemiah 2:11-20“Building Up and Sending Out: Part 1”Melissa K. Smith Here in Missouri the main... Read More
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Feasting on Christ
August 11th, 2024
He was 3 years old and standing on a step stool so he could reach the kitchen counter. We had measured the flour and added honey and yeast. We had covered the bowl of dough and let that dough rise. W... Read More
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You Are Here
August 4th, 2024
August 4th 2024 Eleventh Sunday after PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchPsalm 51:1-2, 6-12 Lamentations 3:22-26, 40-41“You Are Here”Douglas T. KingI cannot remember the last time I was in a s... Read More
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