Reaching Your Dreams
As I was sorting notes for my book on Edward’s life (‘Seeing God through Down Syndrome’), I came across a photo that was taken when he...
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johnvansloten
Sep 263 min
Kindling your Imagination
Over the past few weeks I’ve been slowly reading George MacDonald’s 19th century book, Phantastes— with the hope that it would kindle my...
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johnvansloten
Sep 234 min
Deconstructing Your Faith?
“In order to be prepared to hope in what does not deceive, we must first lose hope in everything that deceives.” Georges Bernanos If...
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johnvansloten
Sep 183 min
Judgmentalism (and Down syndrome)
Earlier this week, I was out walking with Edward, and we were listening (together) to Disney’s soundtrack, The Hunchback of Notre Dame ....
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johnvansloten
Sep 122 min
Will We Have Enough?
Will we have enough? I’ve been asking this question a lot lately—mostly in relation to finances. When God called me into the ministry 30...
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johnvansloten
Jun 223 min
A Water Crisis Wakeup Call
I wrote this OpEd for the Calgary Herald about the spiritual lessons of our city water crisis: I’ve always had unlimited access to fresh...
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johnvansloten
Jun 83 min
Finding God through Disability
Here's an article I wrote about how God has worked in our lives through our son Edward. When I first learned of my son’s Down syndrome...
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johnvansloten
May 253 min
What’s Keeping Us from Helping People Find a Home?
"We believe that everyone has a right to a roof over their head, as long as that roof doesn’t cast shade onto our residential status...
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johnvansloten
May 184 min
How God used Supertramp to Save my Life
This is a picture of Supertramp co-founder Roger Hodgson holding a screengrab of me preaching a sermon on him (taken by the CBC). The...
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johnvansloten
May 41 min
The Cautionary Parable of Bacteria that Cause Lyme Disease
Here's an OPED I wrote for the Calgary Herald on how biology and spirituality illumine one another re: the nature of parasitic brokeness.
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johnvansloten
Apr 301 min
The Parable of the Bacteria that Cause Lyme Disease
Here's the link to a cool interview I did with U of C researcher Dr. George Chaconas re: the spiritual lessons that the bacteria that...
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johnvansloten
Apr 171 min
A Review of my Book "God Speaks Science"
Here is a nice review of God Speaks Science by Christian Courier.
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johnvansloten
Apr 73 min
The Humanizing Power of Deep Fakes
Here's an article I wrote for the Calgary Herald/National Post yesterday... In a world where the threats posed by AI seem imminent, and...
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johnvansloten
Mar 142 min
An allthings( ) Case Study
Yesterday, I met with a small group of leaders from across North America to talk about a case study—one that I wrote in response to my...
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johnvansloten
Mar 121 min
A More Intimate Podcast Interview than I was Expecting
No surprise that a podcast hosted by a therapist would end up intimately unpacking my life (before we got around to the book). We spoke...
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johnvansloten
Mar 22 min
The Spiritual Practice of NOT Being Surprised by God
I’ve been reading the Book of Acts lately, trying to figure out what a life that follows the Spirit looks like. As a person of faith, I’m...
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johnvansloten
Feb 282 min
Down Syndrome and the Gospel of Disney
For decades, I’ve believed that Disney was a means by which God connected with my 31-year-old son Edward (who has Down Syndrome). God is...
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johnvansloten
Feb 33 min
I don't want to be a small person anymore...
Here's an article I wrote in response to my interview with Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek on the intersection of faith and city leadership......
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johnvansloten
Dec 23, 20233 min
Cherishing the gift of front-line workers
How a lifeguard (and her story) illumined the story of Christmas for me (an OPED I wrote for The Calgary Herald today) Jyoti Gondek City...
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johnvansloten
Nov 30, 20234 min
The New Thing I'll be Doing Next Year
If you haven't heard, I am leaving my position at the church in January. Following is a brief description of what I hope to do next (and...
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