Teaching About Servant Leadership — Bible Reflection for Monday, February 10
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-february-10-2025 Mark 9:33-41 Who Is the Greatest? 33 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” 34 But they...
Thinking About the Transfiguration — Bible Reflection for Friday, February 7
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-february-7-2025 Mark 9:2-9 The Transfiguration 2After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he...
The Messiah, but Not the One They Expected — Bible Reflection for Thursday, February 6
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-february-6-2025 Mark 8:27-38 27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” 28 They...
Begging for Crumbs — Bible Reflection for Tuesday, February 4
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-february-4-2025 Mark 7:24-30 The Faith of a Syrophoenician Woman 24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know...
Purity and Grace — Bible Reflection for Monday, February 3
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-february-3-2025 Mark 7:1-23 Clean and Unclean 1The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus 2 and saw some of his...
Lessons from a Tragic Murder — Bible Reflection for Friday, January 31
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...
Instructions for Being Sent Out — Reflection for Thursday, January 30
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...
Insisting on Trust in the Gospel — Bible Reflection for Tuesday, January 28
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...
Two Interconnected Stories — Bible Reflection for Monday, January 27
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...
Teaching the Christian Life — Bible Reflection for Tuesday, January 21
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...