A question that I’ve struggled with over the past few years is whether the money my wife and I pay every month for health insurance premiums are really worth it. We’re paying thousands of dollars every year for coverage, and we could never really see much benefit. We’re young and healthy and we don’t have […]
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Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University: Week 2 – Relating With Money
In Review – Last Week Last week I talked about our first week in class for the Dave Ramsey’s “Financial Peace University” seminar that we’re taking with some other couples from our church. In that post we talked about how if you want to get out of debt and become financially solvent, you need to […]
Another Non-Frugal Expense: Landscaping Today
Today we’re about to embark on another non-frugal spending spree. This is something that I agreed to over a year ago, but we kept putting it off. Well the time has finally come. We’re finally going to be doing some landscaping in the front yard. We’re going to be adding two Hydrangea bushes, and a […]
How Much Gas Are You Wasting?
Gas prices are going up! This past week the cost of gas here in Minnesota has been rising, and is now getting dangerously close to record prices. I’ve been trying to conserve gas, but this week my frugal ways may have gotten the better of me. I thought – I’ll wait one more day to […]
Does Your Bag Have Holes? Book Review
For a while now I’ve been meaning to sit down and write a review on a book I received in the mail called “Does Your Bag Have Holes?“. The author of the book, Cameron C. Taylor, had inquired if I was interested in reviewing his book on my blog, and I responded that I was. […]
Wisdom and Understanding: Better Than Silver Or Gold!
Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are […]
Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University: Week 1 – Super Saving
Signing Up For Class My wife and I started attending the Dave Ramsey “Financial Peace University” class a week or so ago through our church small group. We had some people in our group that were “Dave Ramsey evangelists”, and who thought that everyone should take the class at least once. “It’ll change the way […]
You’ve been given so much, now what will you do with it?
Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:2 A common theme that keeps coming up in my bible study is that we are tasked with being good stewards of what we have been given. Whether we have been given money, special skills, or lots of […]
Does Your Bag Have Holes?: Choices and Consequences part 2
The following is an part 2 of an excerpt from a book I just read called “Does Your Bag Have Holes?. Read part 1 in yesterday’s post. The book was sent to me by the author Cameron C. Taylor, and is an excellent read (I’ll be doing a review shortly). This chapter on choices and […]
Does Your Bag Have Holes?: Choices and Consequences Part 1
The following is an excerpt from a book I just read called “Does Your Bag Have Holes?. The book was sent to me by the author Cameron C. Taylor, and is an excellent read (I’ll be doing a review shortly). The chapter below is on choices and consequences, and was an especially good one. I […]
Non-Frugal Spending: I Bought A GPS
I have a confession to make. I spent a large sum of money on something I didn’t need this week. I bought a brand new Mio Moov 200 automotive GPS. I know I didn’t need this GPS, but I really wanted it. I’ve been holding off on getting one for a couple of years now […]
It All Belongs To God: Giving Of Our First Fruits
‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. Haggai 2:8 It All Belongs To God This verse brings home to me the fact that no matter how much money I get, or how many things I collect, that it all belongs to God. It isn’t mine, its His. […]
7 Ways To Use Twitter To Promote Your Blog And Build Traffic
Use Twitter to boost traffic and subscribers Years and years ago I discovered a great new website called Twitter.com. For those of you who haven’t used the site or are thinking about using it, I like to refer to it as sort of a delayed instant messaging platform where you can network with other bloggers, […]
Drive Free Cars And Retire Rich!
While taking part in Dave Ramsey’s “Financial Peace University”, we heard a great example of how you could turn traditional thinking around, and make your money work for you. Drive Free Cars For Life! They started the lesson out by talking about how the average new car payment for 1/3 of car buyers is $475 […]
