https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:34:44 +0000 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:38:16 +0000 Why Seminaries Need Scientists, Artists, Economists and Athletes on Staff https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/why-seminaries-need-scientists-artists-economists-and-athletes-staff If I’m understanding him right theologian and philosopher H. John Van Sloten https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/why-seminaries-need-scientists-artists-economists-and-athletes-staff Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:38:16 +0000 My Dream for the Christian Reformed Church https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/my-dream-christian-reformed-church Last month I drafted something up for a friend; my best shot at trying to express how a resurrected two-book worldview could enliven and renew the church. I don’t know if I fully captured all that I’m dreaming of, but here’s what I wrote; John Van Sloten https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/my-dream-christian-reformed-church Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:04:52 +0000 Christ’s Face in a Street Person https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/christs-face-street-person Van Gogh once wrote, “I prefer painting people’s eyes to cathedrals, for there is something in the eyes that is not in the cathedral, however solemn and imposing the latter may be – a human soul, be it that of a poor beggar or of a street walker, is more interesting to me.” John Van Sloten https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/christs-face-street-person Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:20:26 +0000