Cash For Clunkers Program Suspended After Only A Few Days. Here Is Why

July 31, 2009
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The Cash For Clunkers program has only been active since last Friday, but word is now leaking out that the CARS program will be halted at midnight on Thursday July 30th, less than a week after it launched.  The problem?  There are fears that the program may have already run out of money.  The program [...]

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Training A Child About Money – Online

July 30, 2009
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This is a guest post by Matt Bell, a biblical money management speaker and author of Money, Purpose, Joy and Money Strategies for Tough Times, both published by NavPress. Matt writes two free eNewsletters that are available through his web site: www.moneypurposejoy.com. “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is [...]

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Cash For Clunkers Voucher Program Is Now Available. Things To Keep In Mind When Trading In Your Gas Guzzler.

July 29, 2009
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Clunkers For Cash Active As Of July 1st The Cash For Clunkers program has been active as of July 1st, and if you have an eligible car, you can now take advantage of the program.  As a quick refresher, what vehicles are eligible for $3500-4500 voucher? Must be in drivable condition.   (That means you can’t [...]

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Should You Take A Pay Cut For A Ministry Related Position?

July 28, 2009
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Play, School, Work, Retire, Die. This it seems is the circle of life for many. On a poll at Care2 the question was asked, “Do you find your work satisfying?” Out of 1481 respondents, 43% answered “no”. Our work consumes a vast amount of our time. If you were to start working full time (40 [...]

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Camping Craziness And Links Roundup

July 27, 2009
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My wife and I went camping this past weekend, and we had a crazy time!   We had decided to go camping a few weeks back, but we never made reservations anywhere. Our good friends, who we were going with, knew of a campground that they had been to years ago that always had an open [...]

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Devotional: Prison Praises

July 26, 2009
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photo credit: Corey Leopold About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. – Acts 16:25 Paul and Silas sat in a dark prison cell, their feet in stocks. Their backs burned with pain from the beatings they received earlier. While other prisoners were [...]

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Be Content, Save Money And Be Happier

July 24, 2009
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This is a guest post by Vikki C who is frugal by nature and wants to share her greatest ways to save money. As a wife and mother of four, she is always looking for easy, realistic ways to save time and money. Her blog watchmesavemoney.com provides her methods of saving money on monthly bills [...]

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Considering Refinancing Or Getting A New Home Loan? Here’s How To Read That Confusing HUD-1 Settlement Statement

July 23, 2009
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Time To Refinance – For Real This Time For the past few months we’ve been looking into refinancing our mortgage. Our interest rate on our current mortgage is at 6.5%.  Since mortgage rates have been hovering around the low to mid 5 percent range since the beginning of the year we knew we wanted to [...]

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The Corrupting Power Of Wealth: Warning Signs Of Materialism

July 22, 2009
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This past week at our church one of the pastors gave a sermon on wealth, the corrupting power that it can have, and how to avoid becoming materialistic with your money and possesions.  I  thought I would share some of the things he talked about. The sermon was based off of a verse in James. [...]

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Budgeting: A Statement Of Faith

July 21, 2009
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I have always enjoyed detective movies and shows.  I envy people who can walk into a room and know minute details about your life just by looking around your desk at work.  When I meet people I secretly guess what their subtle habits and practices include.  My favorite place to go in someone’s house is [...]

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Carnival Of Money Stories #11 – Money Quotes Edition

July 20, 2009
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I always enjoy reading the posts submitted for the Carnival of Money Stories because so often the topic of personal finance can be so dry, and to be honest, boring. The stories submitted to this carnival quite often have a more personal touch, talking about people’s lives, and their experiences with money. That tends to [...]

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Devotional: Grasshoppers and Giants

July 19, 2009
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photo credit: HVargas We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them. – Numbers 13:33 Moses sent men into Canaan to see what it was like before all the Israelites entered the land. After spying out [...]

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Cool Weather, Storm Clouds And A Post Roundup

July 17, 2009
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It’s been an interesting week here in Minnesota – we’ve had some strange July weather with cooler than normal temperatures, and over the last day or so we’ve had extremely overcast skies (see the photo I took last night above), but no rain.  Our area has been pretty dry this year, and we could really [...]

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Famous Musician Bankruptcies: From Millions To Broke

July 16, 2009
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I read an interesting piece over at Fox News this week talking, once again, about famous people and their inability to spend their money wisely.  This time the focus was specifically on musicians who had blown their fortunes. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at some of these stars, and how [...]

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