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5 Things About Money I Wish I Would Have Known When I Was Younger

September 2, 2010
5 Things About Money

Sam Ewing, who used to play baseball for the Chicago White Sox, once said, “Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.” Many of us may feel that we can never quite catch up with our money, but one thing is [...]

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How To Get A Spouse To Start Budgeting

August 31, 2010
Budgeting With Your Spouse

This post is by Craig Ford.  Craig, a freelance writer and missionary, blogs at Money Help For Christians.  Today is the last day that you can get a copy Craig’s eBook, The Secret to a Successful Budget for 30% off. Married couples don’t always see eye to eye.  If you’re married, you didn’t need me [...]

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How To Get Free Financial Help Online

August 25, 2010
Free Financial Help Online

I’ve talked a lot over at One Money Design about my personal experience as a Money Map Coach and often share how this FREE program is a helpful resource for people experiencing financial challenges. In short, the coaching services are FREE and available through Crown Financial Ministries.  Crown is dedicated to equipping people worldwide to [...]

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Family Finance: Top Mistakes Young Families Make

July 27, 2010
Family Finances

Singles finance and family finance differ quite a bit. I’ve learned that well over the past 5 1/2 years (our oldest child is now 5 1/2). My personal experience has shown there are more spending pressures and overall expenses when you have a young family. Examples include birthday parties, swim lessons, dance lessons, clothes, toys, [...]

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A Small Business Wonder: Review Of OutRight.com

July 26, 2010
Outright.com Review

If you have a small business, the last thing you want to do is focus on accounting. Instead, you probably would rather focus on your work – what you love to do for a living! Accounting has been one of those business tasks that usually gets put on the back-burner. For those of us who [...]

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3 Steps To Easily Pay Your Bills On Time

June 7, 2010
Pay Bills On Time

Upon contemplating how to implement our first budget, I ran into an inevitable problem: how to cash flow monthly expenditures. Having worked in retail for large corporations, I understood that other people had a similar problem. When it came time to pay their bill, some would say, “Well, I don’t get paid until Friday. Can [...]

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Should Your Finances Be In Order Before Having Children?

April 27, 2010
Finances and Children

You might be surprised by my response to this question.  But in general, I don’t think you should plan having children around your finances or financial situation.  In other words, I do not think finances have to be in order to have children. Now I know there are some exceptions in which a child couldn’t [...]

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How A Little Blogging Insider Information Can Help You Find Trusted Financial Information Online

February 3, 2010

Isn’t the web an amazing thing?  This blog would certainly be a different thing without the net.  Because there is so much information online it is occasionally hard to know where to go for accurate financial information. Peter just finished off a fantastic series on How To Make Money With A Blog.  Non-bloggers can also [...]

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50 Personal Finance Bloggers To Watch In 2010

January 11, 2010
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Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger.net recently hosted a guest post that gave a list of 30 Bloggers To Watch In 2010.   After the post went live Darren gave a challenge to others in the blogosphere to make their own lists of bloggers to watch in their own niches.  I decided to join in the fun! [...]

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Do You Have Financial Purpose Or Do You Just Manage Your Money?

December 22, 2009
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Steven Covey makes an important distinction between leaders and managers. Leaders are those who have vision and direction. Managers simply master the art of doing ‘it’ better and more efficiently. Covey offers the following illustration: The managers are those who are finding better swinging movements to cut more branches with less effort while the leader [...]

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More Vs. Less: Which Is Better?

November 24, 2009
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We typically do it instinctively – we think ‘more’ is always the solution. If you are having money troubles, what should you do? Earn more money. If you are feeling depressed, what should you do?  Spend more money. If you want to retire happy, what should you do?  Save more money. If a product is [...]

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The Financial “Slip Up” And What To Do When It Happens

November 13, 2009
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The following article is a guest post by David of Your Finances 101. David is a new commenter here on Bible Money Matters and has just published his first book Don’t Be A Mule: A Common-sense Guide to Saving More, Spending Less, and Generating Extra Income in Your Everyday Life which is available at Amazon. [...]

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How Many Financial Accounts Should You Have?

October 20, 2009
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Financial accounts are a modern day necessity.  Most people have an account at a bank, if not multiple banks.  At that bank they are likely to have a checking account, savings account, and even a CD.  In addition, it is quite common for people to have multiple active credit card and debit card accounts.  Unfortunately, [...]

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What You Need to Know About Cash Flow Management

October 15, 2009
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Jason Price is a volunteer financial coach and personal finance blogger at One Money Design. He helps people manage money wisely for everyday life using practical ideas and Biblical financial principles. If you want to get his free money management tips and put your personal finances in order, follow him by Email,  Twitter, Facebook, or [...]

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