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Pilgrimage: Travelling Forth
June 16th, 2024
June 16, 2024 Fourth Sunday after PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchPsalm 121 and Joshua 3:7-17“Pilgrimage: Travelling Forth”Douglas T. King If you are about to undertake a very long road trip... Read More
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Pilgrimage: Mapping Out the Journey
June 9th, 2024
June 9, 2024 Third Sunday of PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchMark 16:1-8“Pilgrimage: Mapping Out the Journey”Douglas T. King I have had reading glasses for about thirty-five years. But it h... Read More
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Pilgrimage: Why We Make the Journey
June 2nd, 2024
June 2, 2024 Second Sunday after PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchPsalm 63:1-8 and Psalm 84“Pilgrimage: Why We Make the Journey”Douglas T. King A nerdy guy in a suit walks along a city street... Read More
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Audacious Love
May 26th, 2024
Audacious Love Earlier this week, my daughter finished the 4th grade. She attends a very small private school in North County. A couple weeks ago, I began the process of cleaning out her backpack. As... Read More
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Too Deep for Words
May 19th, 2024
May 19, 2024 The Day of PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchActs 2:1-21 Romans 8:22-27“Too Deep for Words”Douglas T. King I end most of my days sitting in my study, researching and reading. My... Read More
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A Prelude to Pentecost
May 12th, 2024
May 12, 2024 Seventh Sunday of EasterLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchEzekial 37:1-14“A Prelude to Pentecost”Douglas T. King My wife, Marta, teaches science to elementary school children. One of the ... Read More
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All You Need is Love?
May 5th, 2024
May 5, 2024 Sixth Sunday in Easter Ladue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchDeuteronomy 6:1-9 John 15:9-17“All You Need Is Love?”Melissa K. Smith1967. The year of the “Long Hot Summer” where more than 150... Read More
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Protest and Praise
April 28th, 2024
April 28, 2024 Fifth Sunday of EasterLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchPsalm 22:1-5, 12-31“Protest and Praise”Douglas T. King Here in Saint Louis when we speak of red birds we are inevitably speaking o... Read More
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The Good Shepherd and the Hired Hands
April 21st, 2024
Sermon for Confirmation SundayThe Good Shepherd and the Hired Hands I want to begin this morning by addressing the 5 students who have been through the confirmation journey together. When we began, p... Read More
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Power in the Name
April 14th, 2024
April 14, 2024 Third Sunday of Easter Ladue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchIsaiah 6:1-8 Acts 3:12-19“Power in the Name”Melissa K. Smith What’s in a name? Shakespeare, in the words of Juliet, says ther... Read More
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Doubt Indeed
April 7th, 2024
April 7, 2024 Second Sunday of EasterLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchJohn 20:19-31“Doubt Indeed”Douglas T. King What do Emily Dickinson, John Calvin, Moses, Anne Lamott, Augustine, and Pope Francis a... Read More
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A Bigger Boat
March 31st, 2024
March 31, 2024 Easter SundayLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchMark 16:1-8“A Bigger Boat”Douglas T. King “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a b... Read More
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