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The most life-altering providence story of my life
I've been experiencing a lot of providence stories this summer but none compare to what happened when Edward was born. His birth, and the...
johnvansloten
Aug 9, 202312 min read
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A Spiritual Devotional based on God Speaks Science
This is kind of cool, my publisher created a 5 day devotional based on my book and then posted it over on YouVersion.
johnvansloten
Aug 4, 20231 min read
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How to Combat Sin (one bird at a time)
There’s an intriguing (and admittedly satisfying) concept in the bible that talks about bad people falling into their own traps. “Whoever...
johnvansloten
Aug 2, 20233 min read
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An Incredible Experience at the Science Fair
I just had the most incredible experience at the ASA/CSCA faith and science conference. This morning I prayed that I’d be open to...
johnvansloten
Jul 29, 20232 min read
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The Spiritual Practice of Gesturing
Sometimes it’s hard to put words around the things we want to say to God. In a recent article for the Globe and Mail (“Do our Hands have...
johnvansloten
Jul 12, 20233 min read
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An Interview with Postmedia re: God Speaks Science
Here's a link to a print interview I did with Postmedia (Calgary Herald) re: God Speaks Science. It took me two hours to answer question...
johnvansloten
Jul 8, 20231 min read
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Words Can Build Worlds (and my personal struggle with Dyslexia)
"As a boy, I was deathly afraid of reading aloud in class. I made mistakes — all the time. I couldn’t keep the words in order. I’d jump...
johnvansloten
Apr 22, 20231 min read
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My Granddaughter (the Scientist)
"Who wouldn’t want to work in a lab with someone who loves Pikachu?” My wife was commenting on the personalized name tag we’d just made...
johnvansloten
Mar 2, 20232 min read
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Biologos Article on Preaching Science
Here's an article I wrote for Biologos a few years ago. It's about preaching creation/science based texts, but its also a good summary of...
johnvansloten
Feb 18, 20231 min read
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The Theology of Wood
Here's a link to a Calgary Herald article that I wrote on "The Theology of Wood".
johnvansloten
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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Let the Insects Teach You about Change and Survival
Here's a link to a Calgary Herald article that I wrote on "Let the Insects Teach You about Change and Survival".
johnvansloten
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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Why I'm Thrifting for the Common Good
Here's a link to a Calgary Herald OPED that I wrote on "Why I'm Thrifting for the Common Good".
johnvansloten
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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The Theology of Horses
Here's a link to a Calgary Herald article that I wrote on "The Theology of Horses" (for the Calgary Stampede).
johnvansloten
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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The Sporting Parable of Connor McDavid
Here's a link to a Calgary Herald article that I wrote on "The Sporting Parable of Connor McDavid".
johnvansloten
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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The Zoological Parable of a Wolverine (a case study in how to be alive)
Here's a link to a Calgary Herald article that I wrote on "The Zoological Parable of a Wolverine".
johnvansloten
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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The Spiritual Practice of Wintering
Here's a link to a Calgary Herald article that I wrote on "The Spiritual Practice of Wintering".
johnvansloten
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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The Parable of an ICU Nurse
Here's a link to an article that I wrote on the Parable of an ICU Nurse.
johnvansloten
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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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.
johnvansloten
Dec 24, 20201 min read
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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).
johnvansloten
Oct 31, 20201 min read
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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...
johnvansloten
Oct 4, 20201 min read
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