When God Blesses your Work
Buried in the middle of the Old Testament book of 1 Chronicles is a beautiful vocational blessing. It comes from King David as he charges...
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John Van Sloten
- Apr 18, 2018
- 2 min
God's Amazing Providence
For over a year now I have been waiting on what God has next for my life. At first it was excruciatingly stressful. Now there is more...
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John Van Sloten
- Apr 12, 2018
- 1 min
When You Don't Have To Move To Be Sent By God
There are times when you don't have to move to be sent by God. During the reign of King Jeroboam there was a blind prophet named Ahijah...
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John Van Sloten
- Mar 14, 2018
- 1 min
An Ottawa Radio Interview
Here's a link to new interview I did on Ottawa's CHRI. We ended up taking about how God is imaged by a federal government. Go figure.
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John Van Sloten
- Jan 16, 2018
- 2 min
The Gospel through Maps
(For the next 6 months I'm going to be working on a couple of new books... so I figured I'd repost some 'best of' old blog entries...
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John Van Sloten
- Dec 15, 2017
- 3 min
The Hard Work of Stopping
For months now I've been in a process of stopping. Eight months ago I left my job as a local church pastor. Seven months ago my book was...
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John Van Sloten
- Dec 7, 2017
- 10 min
The Story of Edward's Birth (and my call to become a pastor)
This morning I woke up thinking about my son Edward's birth, and how God so powerfully used the event to call me into the ministry. Not...
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John Van Sloten
- Nov 23, 2017
- 1 min
An Interview with CBC radio
Here's an interview I did with CBC's Russell Bowers for his Sunday morning Daybreak program on Every Job a Parable. (When I left the...
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johnvansloten
- Nov 17, 2017
- 1 min
An Interview with Dr. Amy Sherman
Here's an interview I did with Dr. Amy Sherman for Made To Flourish. She's a big work and faith thinker and MTF is a big faith and work...
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John Van Sloten
- Nov 3, 2017
- 3 min
I'm always a mess
Last night I had another 'lying there before God' moment. It felt like part two to the 'I know you' moment I had a couple of nights ago...
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John Van Sloten
- Nov 1, 2017
- 1 min
"I know you"
I said these words last night at 2:00 am; "I know you." It felt like God was in the room. My eyes were wet and my voice was trembling. "I...
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John Van Sloten
- Sep 30, 2017
- 2 min
Work as a door to God
Sometimes I wonder if the door of vocation will be the one through which the Spirit walks when God decides to wake everyone up to his...
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John Van Sloten
- Sep 14, 2017
- 2 min
A Snapshot of Where Things Are At
Yesterday was an amazing day. It began with words from a psalm - "I will praise you Lord among the nations" (57:9). They felt more...
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John Van Sloten
- Aug 19, 2017
- 2 min
My Journey into Humility
A couple of days of days ago a friend posted this video of composer Arvo Pärt receiving an honorary degree from St. Vladimir's Orthodox...
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John Van Sloten
- Aug 4, 2017
- 1 min
A Radio Interview on Chicago's AM1160
Yesterday afternoon I had this interview with AM1160's Mark Elfstand on Every Job a Parable. (I stressed over this interview all day long...
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John Van Sloten
- Aug 2, 2017
- 6 min
The Top 7 things I learned at a Collegeville Institute Writer's Workshop
Last month I had the privilege of attending a week long Collegeville Institute writer's workshop entitled, A Broader Public: Writing for...
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John Van Sloten
- Jul 26, 2017
- 2 min
God's Body Language
This fall I'll be preaching five new bio-sermons on God's revelation through the human body (Sunday mornings at Riverpark CRC... on the...
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John Van Sloten
- Jul 26, 2017
- 2 min
What's next?
Three months ago I left my job as a local church pastor to make more room in my life for getting a big idea out into the world. If you...
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