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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....
johnvansloten
Jan 1, 20202 min read


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...
John Van Sloten
Nov 29, 20192 min read


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...
John Van Sloten
Oct 28, 20191 min read


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...
John Van Sloten
Oct 1, 20191 min read


God Was the First Scientist
Here's a faith and science piece I wrote for the Calgary Herald.
John Van Sloten
Sep 16, 20191 min read


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...
John Van Sloten
Sep 13, 20191 min read


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...
John Van Sloten
Sep 4, 20192 min read


Experiencing what Can't be Understood
In his Confessions Augustine wrote: “I can experience far more than I can understand about the Trinity.” I suppose you could say this...
John Van Sloten
Aug 23, 20192 min read


The Holy Fool (a short Russian Rabbinic tale)
During a talk for Biologos about the relationship between faith and science, Dr. Richard Mouw tells a compelling story that was first...
John Van Sloten
Jul 6, 20192 min read


What Would Jesus Do about Single Use Plastics?
Here's an oped I wrote for the Calgary Herald (that's drawing a lot of vitriol from Christians)
John Van Sloten
Jun 13, 20191 min read


Thinking about a Vocational Institute
Over the past year I have been a part of a monthly conversation with a group of Faith and Vocation leaders from across North America....
John Van Sloten
Mar 20, 201911 min read


The Theology of a Library
Here's a link to an opinion editorial I wrote for the Calgary Herald on my upcoming Faith and Work lectures at the New Central Library....
John Van Sloten
Mar 9, 20191 min read


In the Land of Armadillos
I love those moments where God's truth in one place resonates with God's truth in another. This time the connections were myriad! I was...
John Van Sloten
Feb 18, 20193 min read


Prayer: Poolside
Walking to the hot tub at Killarney pool yesterday I heard a voice from the diving pool call out my name. The moment I heard the thick...
John Van Sloten
Feb 4, 20193 min read


The Ever Changing Scope of the Gospel
Reading about the Jerusalem Council debate in Acts 15 (where some Jewish Christians wanted to apply an old Hebrew law to the lives of new...
John Van Sloten
Jan 23, 20192 min read


Engaging All that Jesus Says
I love the way the Apostle John ends his gospel: "Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose...
John Van Sloten
Jan 8, 20192 min read


Waiting is not easy
I've done a lot of waiting over the past 20 months. What I thought would be a quick transition into the next phase of my life's calling...
John Van Sloten
Dec 20, 20182 min read


Remembering God
"While the act of remembering often involves the recalling of consciously experienced life events—lost moments now brought back to...
John Van Sloten
Dec 7, 20181 min read


Quieting our Ambitions (Henri Nouwen & I)
Last night my wife read Psalm 131 for our evening devotions; "My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern...
John Van Sloten
Nov 13, 20182 min read


Waiting like a Child
My 18 month old granddaughter was confused when I showed up at daycare yesterday. It was the first day of her 'toddler room' transition -...
John Van Sloten
Oct 25, 20182 min read
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