King Herod heard "gladly" the words spoken by John the Forerunner, he knew John was righteous, and he "kept him safe." So why, then, did Herod not refuse the request to take John's head? The Rev. Dr Bogdan Bucur, on the feast of the Baptist's beheading, speaks to us about Herod's choice and what the king's "exceeding sorrow" reveals about our own hearts and the choices we make throughout our lives.