June 30, 2024 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Ladue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchPsalm 130      Mark 5:21-43“Reach Out In Faith”Melissa K. Smith I don’t like interruptions…but then again, who does? When you...  Read More

June 23, 2024 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Ladue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchPsalm 107:23-32      Mark 4:35-41“The Calm in the Storm”Melissa K. Smith Off the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, just northw...  Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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