by Mark van Straaten | Jan 15, 2020 | Inspiration, Op Ed
Devotional I recently read this awesome devotion based on Eugene Peterson’s book, “Every step an arrival”. The last 2 days of this devotion, Peterson speaks about attending church and about worship. His views really enlightened me. I’ll cover worship in my next blog....
by Mark van Straaten | Dec 2, 2019 | Op Ed, The stuff of Life
Increase Month Obviously, November is “Notification of increases” month. A kind of Christmas gift, letting you know that “if you struggled in 2019, get ready baby, we are increasing our fees in 2020 even though most of you won’t be getting a raise!” 2 SMS’s Over the...
by Mark van Straaten | Jun 11, 2019 | Op Ed, The stuff of Life
A lot of uncertainty Most people will agree that we are living in a new reality. This new reality is the certainty of uncertainty. I don’t want to mention all the instigators of this uncertainty, but here are few of the main culprits: Global debt – national debt as...
by Mark van Straaten | May 20, 2019 | Op Ed
Bad joke The other day I made a “money joke” with some of our staff members. It was about how Pastors use their positions to “fleece” people for money. One of my colleagues urged me not to even joke about this and referred me to this fast-growing Instagram account,...
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