Pastor John Van Sloten

John joins Greg on the show to talk about his new book, The Day Metallica Came to Church. (Broadcast on CJOB 68 on June 18, 2011.)

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Here’s a link to a CNN belief blog piece on the book. First big national story… and a good piece.    http://on.cnn.com/ddbTzZ

Just did a second interview (in three days) with CJAY92. I can’t believe how accomodating and excited they are about the book. It blows me away actually… I walk in there and for a second it felt like a church meeting, Forbes, Redd Dawg and Steve ‘the Grunt’ all happy to see me, along with the Rum guys pitching their product for  international rum day, and Tony Spoletini handing out Spolumbo’s breakfast sandwiches to us all.   Everyone got a free book and we gave a few away to listeners as well.   Here’s the link to the interview; http://bit.ly/9b3syp

Here’s a link to a live interview I had with Gerry Forbes on CJAY92 this morning (early!). This is the station that brought the Metallica sermon to Metallica’s attention years ago… a DJ spoke with Lars Ulrich, and then Lars sent a Warner Music camera crew to film the service. CJAY wants me back on Monday to talk more about the book and hand out some free copies.   http://bit.ly/ahcMdT

And here’s a link to a Calgary Sun story on the book (also from this morning)… a bit skeptical, but hey, don’t they say that all advertising in good advertizing?  Some of the “quotes” are a bit of a stretch too… the risk in someone else writing your story.    http://bit.ly/cb09xs

ust back from a terrific holiday and a friend emailed me a link to an article the CBC interviewed me for a few months back. It’s about religion and technology. The reporter, Georgie Binks, was really into Metallica I discovered; she actually listened to the audio sermon online.

Here’s the CBC link;
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/05/15/f-technology-religion.html