https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:14:17 +0000 Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:44:22 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/community-engagement/gospel-according-frontline-healthcare-workers Last week, I interviewed an Alberta emergency room physician, an emergency room nurse, a unit nurse and a primary-care paramedic for an Easter-based sermon I was working on. John Van Sloten https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/community-engagement/gospel-according-frontline-healthcare-workers Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:44:22 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-nurture/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 know you." Speaking, I knew that I was being heard; looked at, understood. John Van Sloten https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-nurture/i-know-you Thu, 02 Nov 2017 14:32:53 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/community-engagement/what-if-god-has-something-new-crc A few years ago I wrote this piece for Christian Courier … it's still my dream for our church; John Van Sloten https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/community-engagement/what-if-god-has-something-new-crc Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:17:47 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/disability-concerns/edwards-end-day-prayer Every night I say the same prayer with Edward as I tuck him in to bed. While he hasn’t memorized all of the words yet, he does say the word ‘you’ with me each time I say it; John Van Sloten https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/disability-concerns/edwards-end-day-prayer Thu, 06 Apr 2017 16:58:35 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/deacons/empathy-christ As I was listening to an illumining talk by reformed theologian Richard Mouw, I had one of those moments where I thought I knew the ‘very cool’ point he was about to make, which he then didn’t make, which then led me to think, ver John Van Sloten https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/deacons/empathy-christ Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:10:02 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/community-engagement/engaging-god-everywhere Getting the message out there is one of the biggest challenges our church now faces. John Van Sloten https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/community-engagement/engaging-god-everywhere Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:09:58 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/excellence-vs-community How good is good enough when it comes to doing what we do in church on Sundays? John Van Sloten https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/general-worship/excellence-vs-community Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:31:07 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/community-engagement/engaging-culture-where-do-you-draw-line After showing up for my class yesterday without lecture notes (worst teacher nightmare ever), I felt the need to send my students an email summarizing what I was trying to say off the cuff. John Van Sloten https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/community-engagement/engaging-culture-where-do-you-draw-line Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:46:30 +0000 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 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 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