Most exciting king in the Bible, worst driver! My new Podcast episode is out today. Check it out at: retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/9...

Good morning! Today's sermon is up! Youtube: youtu.be/gPRMLUAbP9A Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/10/12/j... Join us for Thanksgiving worship at 10 am today. Come on Facebook Live or Zoom if you can't in person.

Good morning! Today's sermon is up! Youtube: youtu.be/RCHhFkkrvek Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/10/05/t... Join us at 10 am for World Communion and a celebration of small groups! Come in person if you can! Also on Facebook Live and Zoom.

My new podcast episode is out today. Telling one of the parables of Jesus that strips away the traditional interpretations and sets it in its original context: retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/9...

Good morning! Today's sermon is up: Youtube: youtu.be/MTbhMrgBaoA Web page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/09/28/g... Join us for a very special baptism service at 10 am. If you can't come in person, come on facebook live or zoom.

Two words: Challenge Accepted

I dunno, but I think that there may be some people out there who need to hear this today. retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2023/12/04/7...

Good morning. It's a beautiful day and the sermon is up! Youtube: youtu.be/ROe1jsdpAk4 Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/09/21/p... Join us for worship at 10 am. We will be live (we've worked out the sound kinks) on Zoom and Facebook Live too.

My new podcast episode is out today. The Bible says that Abraham and Isaac were buried by their sons. Given all of the dysfunction in those two families, wouldn't you like to hear what they said at those funerals? retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/9...

Balloon Watch: Day 7

Good morning! Today's sermon is up! Youtube: youtu.be/tcj_VN_7kPQ Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/09/14/j... Join us for worship at 10 am and then a pot luck! Come on Zoom and Facebook Live too.

Yesterday at St. Andrew's Hespeler, we brought in balloons to celebrate Sunday School kickoff. The Unicorn balloon ended up on the ceiling! So we took everyone's guesses of when the balloon would come down. Do you have a guess? Then you'd better come next Sunday and make it!

Good morning! Today's sermon is up! Youtube: youtu.be/epnxtj3y7bI Web page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/09/07/g... Join us for worship at 10am in person. If you can't come on Zoom or Facebook Live.

My new podcast episode is out today. Isn't it amazing how there can be an entire story hidden behind one verse of the Bible? retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/9...

Appreciated this article on Abigail, one of the strongest women in the Bible (and also appreciated the author's reference to my critical take on David's role) thebeautifulkingdombuilders.com/2020/05/29/h...

Good morning! I'm back and today's sermon is up! Youtube: youtu.be/HeKF1IDBB_U Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/08/31/w... Join us for worship at 10 am. It is going to be special. Come on Zoom or Facebook Live if you can't make it in person.

My new podcast episode is out today. I think that we have turned Jezebel into a two-dimensional "bad girl" of the Bible. Listen to this story to get a better sense of this complex woman and what drove her. retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/9...

Josephus' Antiquities has a passage about Jesus. Scholars have problems with this reference because some of it seems like something Josephus couldn't have written. Jesus & Josephus by T.C. Shmidt reevaluates what Josephus wrote. I recommend it AND you can download it free here! josephusandjesus.com

Were you aware of all of this historical baggage in the relationship between Judeans and Samaritans in the time of Jesus? It sure makes you read the story of the Good Samaritan a bit differently! retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/9...

New podcast episode out today! What was that Samaritan really thinking as he walked down that Jericho road? retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/9...

Join Micah, W Scott McAndless @retellingthebible.bsky.social , Ben, & Brandon Johnson @litbible.net from the Found in Translation Podcast as we explore the first Passover.

Good morning! Today's sermon is up! YouTube: youtu.be/ZgS6VkYAN5E Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/07/27/s... Today we worship at St. Andrew's Hespseler with Crieff, Doon, Duffs & St. Andrew's Summer Worship Experience. Come at 10 am. Also streaming on Zoom and Facebook Live.

New podcast episode out today. Noah comes out of the Ark after over a year and sees something beautiful in the sky. Can you blame him for getting a little loopy? retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/9...

What a privilege to be part of this discussion on "The Word in Black and Red! retellingthebible.podbean.com/e/bonus-the-...

Join @masonmennenga.bsky.social , @retellingthebible.bsky.social , Ell, and Micah as we explore this rich text!

Good morning! Today's sermon is up! YouTube: youtu.be/wDj2dt7tuW8 Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/.../when-the... Today we worship and celebrate baptism at Knox Crieff ( pccweb.ca/knox-crieff/ )at 10 am. You won't want to miss it!

I always rejected the Great Man Theory of history but seeing how much destruction and carnage is the result of Netenyahu wanting to stay in power, i might soften on this position.

Good morning! Today's sermon is up! Youtube: youtu.be/z2LaO05L2nM Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/07/13/i... Join us at 10 am at Doon Presbyterian Church as we all celebrate together. Doon will also run a live feed on their web page: doonpc.com

New Podcast episode out today! This one feels very personal retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/9...

Hey everyone, the friendly folk of St Andrew's Hespeler would love to see for the #hespelervillage Music Festival today!

Good Morning! Today's sermon is up and it's a doozy. Youtube: youtu.be/YG1EjXrVe6E Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/06/29/e... Join us at 10 am at St. Andrew's Hespeler. Also on Zoom and Facebook Live.

I would highly recommend this episode. It's a fantastic and nuanced exploration of neurodiversity as "superpower." It would also make a great companion to my recent episode retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/06/11/e... in which I interpreted this biblical character as being on the autism spectrum.

New Podcast episode is out today! I return to one of the most troubling stories in Exodus with a new theory about how it may have been added to the text. Please let me know if you think I'm on the right track. retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/9...

Recently hit this milestone with my podcast. Thanks to all of the listeners! Don't you think it is time for you to find out what people are listening to?

Good morning! Today's sermon is up!! Youtube: youtu.be/b92O_AjCZDU Web page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/06/22/w... Join us for worship at 10 am. Come on Facebook Live or Zoom if you can't come in person.

Happy Father's Day! Today's sermon is up. Youtube: youtu.be/I5FcdNdoM3U Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/06/15/a... Join us in worship at 10 am. We'd love to see you in person. You're also welcome on Zoom or Facebook Live.

New Podcast episode out today. What do you think of my interpretation of what was going on with the enslaved girl in Philippi? retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/06/11/e...

Good morning! The power is on and the sermon is up! Youtube: youtu.be/L9gpAZ3RGdM Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/06/08/a... Join us at 10 am. Come in person or on Zoom or Facebook Live. Potluck and discussion to follow!

Great new bonus episode out today. You are going to want to hear this discussion (and a hint of a future episode). retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/b...

Why does God harden Pharaoh's heart? What is this staff of the God(s)? Who is getting circumsized, who's feet (ha!) are being touched, and who is Zipporah's Bridgegroom of Blood? What does it mean for God to hear us? And where does God's penis enter the story? Listen now to find out!

Good morning! Today's sermon is up! Youtube: youtu.be/7NIE0SOcL6U Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/06/01/p... Join us for Communion, tours and cake at 10 am! Come on Zoom or Facebook Live as well!

New episode out today. I will say that I don't think I ever appreciated the story of the Tower of Babel until I looked at it from this narrative perspective. It is based on real, and very disturbing, experience. retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/9...

Good morning! Today's sermon is up! Youtube: youtu.be/e7WJNaRxIZo Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/05/25/a... Join us for worship at 10 am. Come in person and stay for a pot luck and important discussion. You may also come on Facebook Live or Zoom.

Thanks for the mention and I agree, listen to them all!

Good morning! Today's sermon is up! Youtube: youtu.be/_1HZY8Qq6rE Web Page: www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/05/18/w... Join us for worship at 10. If you can't come in person, come on Zoom or Facebook Live.

In today's episode of my podcast, I ask a question that may have never occurred to you, but it actually changes your perception of this Bible story a great deal. retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2025/05/12/9...

Thanks to all the Moms who brought in decorations for our commion table this morning. What a wonderful celebration we had!

Good Morning! Happy Mother's Day & Christian Family Sunday. Today's sermon is up: Youtube: youtu.be/BBJ5P6q1InA Web Page:https://www.standrewshespeler.ca/2025/05/11/a-shepherds-thoughts-on-the-good-shepherd/ Join us for worship at 10 am. If you can't come in person, come on Zoom or Facebook Live.