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

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

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

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

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

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

March 24, 2024  Palm/Passion SundayLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchMark 15:1-47“Anastrophe”Douglas T. King “Gidi wore bright socks and colorful clothes, and he loved anything with a sparkle or a touch...  Read More

March 17, 2024 Fifth Sunday in Lent Ladue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchPsalm 119:9-15      John 12:20-33“Look to the Cross”Melissa K. Leo The Greeks were hoping to have the chance to see Jesus, to meet h...  Read More

March 10, 2024  Fourth Sunday in LentLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchIsaiah 43:16-21, Revelation 21:1-4“The Art of Seeing: Our Future”Douglas T. King Her arms rested on the sill of the window.  She st...  Read More

March 3, 2024  Third Sunday in LentLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchJohn 1:1-9, John 8:12-16“The Art of Seeing: Jesus Christ”Douglas T. King She had been waiting on this letter’s arrival for months.  W...  Read More

February 25, 2024  Second Sunday in LentLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchPsalm 42 and Psalm 139“The Art of Seeing: Ourselves”Douglas T. King It was late.  She was tired, bone tired.  The kind of tired ...  Read More

February 18, 2024 First Sunday in Lent Ladue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchMark 15:33-39     Mark 1:9-15“Step into the Tear”Melissa K. Leo If you could eat only one food for the rest of your life, what wo...  Read More