Finances Archives

President Obama’s healthcare reform plan is the classic case of a "cure" that’s worse than the disease, though it has deceived many well-meaning...

It is worth noting that money is such an important topic in the Bible that it is the main subject of nearly half of the parables Jesus told.

The term "staycation" means staying at home for vacation. Instead of spending lots of time, money and energy in traveling to another area, many...

For years you have waited for a real job with a real paycheck so you could get a decent car, apartment and a respectable wardrobe. But before you...

Dear Deborah: I need to rebuild my credit score. How do I do that?

Environmentalism doesn’t need to be about a radical political agenda. It can be about our own behavior, informed by values like good stewardship,...

The road to peace in the midst of economic anxiety can be a long one, but everyone can take the first steps to develop a practical, faith-filled...

“We’re susceptible to letting all existence sort of shrink down to this financial problem," says Lelek. Some churches are taking a new approach to...

Is capitalism Christian? No, but its emphasis of the dignity of the individual makes it more Christian than socialism. Which is something more...

Yesterday, millions of Americans mailed in their tax returns to the federal government. And millions more stood in tea party protests across the...

For decades, the common wisdom has been that home ownership is the ideal. But just as the extremes of virtue become vice, too much of a good thing...

I have been thinking: maybe fasting is the best way to think about the economic crisis—treat it as an extended Lent.

Many consumers today are stressing with money issues because they didn’t learn to budget as children and teens.

In the wake of our current financial crisis, the most popular scapegoat is quickly becoming the wealthy in America, inspiring class warfare...

It is hard to imagine but this one massive spending bill, coming in at $787 billion, is more than twice the total amount the United States spent to...