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Are You Wealthy or Generous?

September 29, 2009

This post requires a delicate balancing act. I am a missionary who works overseas and 100% of my salary comes from freewill offerings that people give to their local churches. My family is supported completely by the generosity of others. I am grateful for each and every one of those gifts. From May – August [...]

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Managing Your Money Is An Exercise In Both Mathematics And Psychology

September 28, 2009

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My wife and I are currently in the middle of planning a week long vacation to the east coast. We’re doing a driving tour of New England, starting in Niagara Falls, New York, and making our way towards Bar Harbor, Maine. As we’ve been planning this trip, I’ve never been more aware of the fact [...]

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The Importance of Financial Focus And How It Leads To Results

September 22, 2009

Few things are more discouraging than working really hard to accomplish a goal, but feeling absolutely no progress. There is no better way to say it than the overused cliché ‘you are ‘spinning your tires’. Thus enters the power of focus. Financially, many of us are no more focused than the average horse. The horse [...]

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What Is A Marginal Tax Rate, And How Can You Use It To Save?

September 21, 2009

One financial term often used, but not always understood, is “Marginal Tax Rate” or Marginal Rate for short. It’s used so often that financial writers take its meaning for granted. Today, let’s look at this term, understand what it means, what it’s not, and how we can use this information to our advantage. Let’s take [...]

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Remembering Past Vacations: Links And Post Roundup

September 16, 2009

One year ago my wife and I, along with my wife’s parents, were on a cruise of the Mediterranean. Exactly one year ago on this date we were taking in the sites of Athens, Greece. While there we were able to visit the site of the Parthenon, the site of the first modern Olympic games, [...]

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5 Roadblocks To Help Prevent Impulsive Spending Decisions

September 11, 2009

Over the years I’ve been fairly good at keeping myself from spending money that I don’t have through impulsive purchases, but it isn’t an accident. There are a lot of places that I love spending money, and places that I’m constantly finding myself being tested: Electronics stores Bookstores Anything on Amazon.com Fatwallet.com and other deals [...]

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How To Get A Deal And Save Money When You’re Buying Electronics Or Other High Ticket Items

August 31, 2009

My wife and I have always enjoyed watching movies and TV shows at home. You could say we’re movie buffs. We’ve got a nice finished basement in our home with a big sectional couch facing our home theater where we can lie in front of the TV and watch to our heart’s content. It’s one [...]

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Five Things That Don’t Affect Your Credit Score

August 20, 2009

With a shaky economy and tightening credit terms, it can be easy to be paranoid about your credit score. If you’re planning a major financing or recovering from bad credit, it’s not unsurprising that you’d be as self conscious and mindful about your credit score as a supermodel would be about her (or his) weight. [...]

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Interview With Personal Finance Author And Speaker Matt Bell And Book Giveaway

August 17, 2009

A week or so ago I wrote a review of the book Money. Purpose. Joy. by Matt Bell . I enjoyed the book thoroughly, and after discovering the author was on twitter I decided to see if he was available to do an interview and possibly a guest post on this blog. Mr. Bell was [...]

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Debt Free Story: How Frugality, Hard Work And Determination Can Lead To Debt Freedom.

August 14, 2009

This is a guest post from blogger Adam Faughn who preaches for the Lebanon Road church of Christ in Nashville, Tennessee. Married to the former Leah Moon, Adam is the dad of two children: Mary Carol is 3, and Turner is 2. Adam is also co-hosts iPreach the podcast each week. He blogs at Faughn [...]

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7 Attributes Of High Net Worth Individuals

August 13, 2009

In his book, The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas J. Stanley explains how his research has found that individuals who have attained a high net worth have quite a few things in common. In particular, they were found to have these 7 basic attributes in common. According to Stanley, if you can emulate them, you too [...]

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Should I Do A Debt Consolidation Loan? Important Things To Consider Before You Do.

August 10, 2009

I get a lot of searches on this site from people looking for information about debt consolidation. Why do people want to consolidate their credit card debts, student loans, and medical debt all into one payment? Because oftentimes they think it is a magic wand of sorts – that it will cause all their debt [...]

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Manage Money By Living From Heaven Backwards

August 5, 2009

This article is provided by Jason Price at One Money Design. Jason is a Money Map Coach and has a personal finance blog that is all about managing money wisely for everyday living. He believes there is financial hope for people. He has a passion to see people prosper, become debt free, and experience financial [...]

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Middle Class Anxiety And Suggestions For Overcoming It

August 4, 2009

Visit Money Help For Christians to find out how to get a free copy of one of Craig’s recently completed eBooks. Middle Class Anxiety In his book A Millionaire’s Common Sense Approach to Wealth, Dexter Yager introduces a concept he calls ‘middle class anxiety’. Here is how Yager suggests you can diagnose someone with middle [...]

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