"Knowing God Through Creation" with John Van Sloten

John Van Sloten is a Calgary-based writer, teacher, and pastor who is passionate about helping people engage God everywhere. Over the past ten years he has preached dozens of creation and Bible-based sermons on topics like radiation therapy, river hydrology, chemical catalysts, tree branches, human knees, and DNA repair mechanisms.

In my time with John, we talk about his latest book, God Speaks Science: What Neurons, Giant Squid, and Supernovae Reveal About Our Creator. John teaches that we can not only learn about God through the Bible, but through creation as well. John also shares how his conversion to following God caused him to change his vocation, as well as about the new journey God is leading Him on.

Melissa KucharskiMarch 11, 2024johnvansloten, Godspeaksscience, faithandscience, impossiblebeauty, impossiblebeautypodcast, creation, knowingGodthroughcreation, nature

"Heaven and Nature Sing" with Hannah Anderson

Author and Bible teacher, Hannah Anderson, helps us explore one often-overlooked aspect of the Christmas story, inviting us to take a closer look at the created world. In her new book, Heaven and Nature Sing: 25 Reflections to Bring Joy to the World, she invites us to consider the earthy, unnoticed things like snowflakes, trees, bodies, and swaddling bands that reveal the glory of the Promised Son.

Hannah helps us see how creation bears witness to God’s character and spiritual realities, how Jesus’ birth, death, and resurrection redeems humanity and the entire creation, the usefulness of seemingly dormant seasons of our lives, and her experience of redefining beauty in her relationship with her own created body.

Melissa KucharskiDecember 19, 2022heavenandnaturesing, hannahanderson, impossiblebeauty, impossiblebeautypodcast, melissajohnson, redefiningbeauty, nature, creation, naturalist, Christmas, advent