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An OPED I wrote on Hope (for the Calgary Herald)
"What if, this Christmas, we let the hope that we’re all feeling in relation to a vaccine reach out even further..." Here's the link.
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johnvansloten
- Oct 31, 2020
- 1 min
QAnon and the church
Here's the link to a CBC article I was interviewed for... (that ended up trending in Canada for a couple of days).
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johnvansloten
- Oct 4, 2020
- 1 min
The Theology of Lego
I love preaching creation-based texts. Often sermons end up becoming news. Here's the sermon, and here's the Calgary Herald article, and...
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johnvansloten
- Aug 1, 2020
- 1 min
The Theology of Wearing a Mask
Here's a piece I wrote for the Calgary Herald on the topic of wearing face masks during a pandemic.
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johnvansloten
- Apr 11, 2020
- 1 min
The Gospel According to Frontline Healthcare Workers
Here's an Easter weekend OPED I wrote for the Calgary Herald on the God-like work of frontline workers in a COVID19 world.
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johnvansloten
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
The Parable of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Here's an OPED I wrote for the Calgary Herald that tries to suss out some of what God might be saying to us in such a time as this. And...
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johnvansloten
- Mar 10, 2020
- 1 min
In the Beginning God Created Cannabis
Here's an OPED I wrote for the Calgary Herald (after they asked if I'd be willing to address the topic of cannabis use... representing...
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johnvansloten
- Mar 5, 2020
- 3 min
Top 7 Things The Coronavirus Has Made Me Thankful For
7. An Immune System that Works - Two days ago I was standing in the pain-killer aisle of my local food store staring at an empty shelf...
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johnvansloten
- Feb 11, 2020
- 2 min
Can we Understand Jesus without Science?
On the past two Sundays I preached on the Parable of the Sower and on the Vine and the Branches. For both of these messages I relied...
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johnvansloten
- Jan 16, 2020
- 2 min
Our New .25 Preacher
A few days ago I wrote about the providential way God brought musician Dan Lee to our new church. As Dan's story was playing out God was...
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johnvansloten
- Jan 13, 2020
- 2 min
Our New Church Music Guy
Two years ago I preached at an Ambrose University chapel. The music that day was very well done. So much so, that after the service I...
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johnvansloten
- Jan 9, 2020
- 3 min
Learning to Trust (again)
I've never been good at trusting others. I'm guarded and fearful. I hold back and maintain control. In order to matter I perform. Way too...
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johnvansloten
- Jan 1, 2020
- 2 min
A (re)New(ed) Marda Loop Church - Update One
This morning I was reading the story of Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's dreams. Like all of Joseph's story it's saturated with providence....
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John Van Sloten
- Nov 29, 2019
- 2 min
When You're the Answered Prayer
Twenty years ago my grandfather gave me the bible he was given when he left the Netherlands to immigrate to Canada. This bible was given...
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John Van Sloten
- Oct 28, 2019
- 1 min
My New Job!
It looks like my 2-1/2 year vocational walkabout it about to end. I've just accepted a call to pastor a small RCA church in Calgary's...
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John Van Sloten
- Oct 1, 2019
- 1 min
Knowing God through the Mind of a Scientist
This talk was given at Ambrose University and explores a few of the ways scientists image the empirical mind of God (and how we can know...
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John Van Sloten
- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
God Was the First Scientist
Here's a faith and science piece I wrote for the Calgary Herald.
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John Van Sloten
- Sep 13, 2019
- 1 min
I Walk in the World to Love it
"I walk in the world to love it." Mary Oliver, Long Life Reading Mary Oliver is good for my soul. She stops me. When that happens I am...
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John Van Sloten
- Sep 4, 2019
- 2 min
My Panic Attacks
Over the past six weeks I've spoken to five people, on five separate occasions, about my recent bout of panic attacks. After hearing me...
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