by Mark van Straaten | Jul 11, 2019 | Inspiration
Mission and tactics Let the adventure begin Don’t miss the video at the end of this blog There will be no adventure if there is no vision. There will be no adventure without a plan. This is part 3 of 5 on “How to grow almost anything”. Growing is always an...
by Mark van Straaten | Jul 3, 2019 | Inspiration, The stuff of Life
This is part of 2 of a 5-part series on How to Grow almost anything. When one of my daughters was around 5 or 6 years old, she used to get terrible pains in her legs. For us as parents, it was always agonising to see her like that in pain. They were in fact growing...
by Mark van Straaten | Jun 26, 2019 | Inspiration, The stuff of Life
Insanity versus Sanity! We all want grow something It seems to me that most of us want to grow something. I don’t mean plants. I am talking about growing something else. It could be to grow personally, or to grow a business or to become fit or whatever. I am one of...
by Mark van Straaten | Jun 20, 2019 | Inspiration, The stuff of Life
The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller. The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed; those who help others are helped – Proverbs 11:24-25 Your church is not white enough! I recently had a...
by Mark van Straaten | Jun 5, 2019 | Inspiration, Personal
I Am No Music Boff My friends know that I am not a big music guy, but – last night I met Ben Harper. Not that I met him, shook hands, chatted and stuff – but met him, because in the concert I attended, I met him, and others! I only knew Ben for the days that my girls...
by Mark van Straaten | May 30, 2019 | Inspiration
Airplane seats numbers 1A B & C I don’t like to talk to strangers on an airplane. But Christine does! We recently flew from Durban to Cape Town to spend some time with my daughter and her husband. As we moved into our seats (yes 1B and 1C) Christine graciously...
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