Jan 3, 2016
Luke 2:41-52 Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. … Continue reading Soul Proclamations: God Is With Us
Dec 27, 2015
John 1:1â18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light … Continue reading Soul Proclamations: Being and Belonging
Dec 20, 2015
Luke 1:39â55 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Maryâs greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, âBlessed … Continue reading Soul Proclamations: Be Not Afraid
Dec 13, 2015
Luke 3:7â18 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, âYou brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, âWe have Abraham as our ancestorâ; for I tell you, God is able from … Continue reading Soul Proclamations: Proclaiming the Good News
Dec 6, 2015
Luke 3:1â6 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to … Continue reading Soul Proclamations: Preparing the Way
Nov 29, 2015
Luke 21:25â36 Then he told them a parable: âLook at the fig tree and all the trees; as soon as they sprout leaves you can see for yourselves and know that summer is already near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly I … Continue reading Soul Proclamations: Watching and Waiting