Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-january-31-2025 Mark 6:14-29 John the Baptist Beheaded    14 King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been...

Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-january-30-2025 Mark 6:6b-13 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve    Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. 7 Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by...

Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-january-28-2025 Galatians 1:1-17    1Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— 2and all the brothers...

Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-january-27-2025 Friends – This Reflection was originally posted on January 23, 2023. It’s one of my favorites, and since it’s based on today’s lectionary gospel reading, I’m...

Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-january-21-2025 Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-16 Unity in the Body of Christ As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be...

Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-january-20-2025 First posted on January 21, 2019 A Reflection for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday How you feel about the society we live in today probably depends in large...

Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-january-16-2025 Mark 2:1-12 Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man    A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 So many gathered that...

Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-january-13-2025-nbw Friends – I’m a fan of the Lutheran theologian Nadia Bolz-Weber, and this she just sent out a terrific short peace on prayer. So I pass it along for your...

Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-january-7-2025 John 2:1-11 Jesus Changes Water into Wine    On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had...

Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-january-6-2025 Matthew 12:14-21    14But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.    15When Jesus became aware of this, he departed. Many crowds...