Lazarus had been dead four days. His sisters, Mary and Martha, were grieving. Friends gathered to console them. Then Jesus appeared and everything changed. Jesus still brings life to us today.

She had two strikes against her. She was a woman. And she was a Samaritan. In her world, those were two serious strikes. But she also had a thirst. Jesus met her thirst, and her life changed forever.

The Lenten season opens this year with temptation. Jesus was tempted in the wilderness. Adam and Eve were tempted in the Garden of Eden. We will be tempted too.

Lazarus had been dead four days. His sisters, Mary and Martha, were grieving. Friends gathered to console them. Then Jesus appeared and everything changed. Jesus still brings life to us today.

Matthew, Mark, and Luke each recorded the story we call the Transfiguration of Jesus. In it, Jesus is “transfigured” before Peter, James, and John. This story was important for the early followers of Jesus. It was a validation of who he was. But what about for us? What does this story mean for us?

Christians in Minnesota selected the theme for this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Do Good; Seek Justice. To recognize Christian unity, the pastor recently swapped pulpits with the pastor at Hope Presbyterian Church. He will share with us this Sunday the sermon he shared with them.

Religious exercises can become rote. A box to check. Pray? Check. Worship? Check. That is something we must guard against. A teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount can help us.

Sometimes we are pulled down by the past. Sometimes we swoon over the future. Each time we miss the present, God’s greatest gift to us. Jesus taught his disciples to seize the present and use it to do good. That’s a good word for us too.

It’s the question Jesus asked his first followers. It’s the question we should ask ourselves: “What are you looking for?” What do we want out of life? Faith? A Spouse? Children? What are we looking for in life?

Baptists were the radicals of the Protestant Reformation. We rejected a practice of most other churches: infant baptism. Some accused us of child abuse because we withheld baptism. There is a reason Baptists baptize the way we do

It is an appalling story. Herod ordered that all male children under age two be killed. Today we call it the slaughter of the innocents. Jesus and his family escaped to Egypt. What’s the message in this great escape

This Sunday is Christmas Day. We will only have worship at 10:10 a.m. There will be no Sunday School. Please join us as we celebrate the light that overcomes darkness.

This Sunday is the final Sunday before Christmas Day. We will light the love candle in the Advent wreath and hear the angel’s message to name him Jesus.

Our journey to Christmas Day continues this Sunday. We will meet the preacher from the desert, John the Baptist. We will also observe the Lord’s Supper.

Next Sunday is Advent Sunday, the beginning of our journey to Christmas Day. Our Advent theme this year is “Unto Us a Child Is Born.”

The death of Jesus on the cross is seen as the world’s most selfless act, an innocent man suffering on behalf of others. Why did it happen?

The choral anthem, “Creation Will Be at Peace,” is a favorite of many at Weatherly. We sing it every year at Lovefeast. It comes from the prophecy of Isaiah. It is a beautiful, hopeful passage, a message we really need in these waning days of the pandemic.

We all want to know. Philosophers and theologians have speculated. The world’s religions have their beliefs. Is there really life after death? What can scientific people believe about the afterlife?

We all know the song about the “the wee little man” named Zacchaeus. He may have been small in stature, but he had a giant conversion experience.

Baptists have fought battles over the Bible. Is it infallible? Inerrant? Inspired? Or a book of wise sayings? Just what are we to believe about the Bible?