I write this post as much to myself as to you: I fully realize how money will persistently and insidiously seek to capture a bigger and bigger portion of my heart and my life.  I also know this: drifting through life doesn’t work because I seldom drift closer to God. Perhaps this is why Jesus […]

The biblical story (John 6:5-13) of the boy with five loaves and two fish is about more than this boy or even the miracle of feeding five thousand people.   It is about human nature and possibility thinking.   As we prepare to start a New Year, the lessons we learn from Phillip, Andrew, the boy […]

With Christmas only two days away, any financial tips are a bit too late in coming.  If you saved up and paid cash for your Christmas, good for you.  On the other hand, if you are already dreading that next credit card statement, that is probably not so good.  Either way, what’s done is done, […]

Everyone thinks about giving during the Christmas season,  but everyone also says, “Why can’t we experience Christmas all year long?”  Is this simply a noble thought, of is it possible for us to actually give throughout the year?    I am a realist — I know that most of us can have the best of intentions, […]

We hear it over and over. We know deep inside that it is true. But we have trouble digesting it fully. What am I talking about? The knowledge that happiness does not come from money.