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How to Manage Financial Stress During the Holidays

Overspending, especially during the holidays, is easy for us all! One of the ways I have found to curb some of the struggle is to discover what is...

How to Manage Financial Stress During the Holidays

How Do I Start Tithing When I Don’t Feel Ready?

Worried you won’t have enough if you tithe? This honest conversation will challenge what you really trust: God or your bank account.

How Do I Start Tithing When I Don’t Feel Ready?

How Can We Focus on Thankfulness This Black Friday?

It seems these days that we skip right over the season of thankfulness, into a time of chaotic buying and shopping. How is a Christian to respond...

How Can We Focus on Thankfulness This Black Friday?

5 Ways to Cut Costs and Stay Grateful This Thanksgiving

No matter what you’re doing to celebrate this week, here are a few things you can do to cut out costs, pressure, and stress.

5 Ways to Cut Costs and Stay Grateful This Thanksgiving

3 Most Misunderstood Bible Verses on Money

Have you ever come across a chapter or verse in the Bible that left you scratching your head?

3 Most Misunderstood Bible Verses on Money

Does Jesus Tell the Rich Young Ruler Only the Poor Can Be Saved?

What exactly is Jesus saying to this young man? The Bible teaches “blessed are the poor in spirit” (Matthew 5:3), but do we have to be financially...

Does Jesus Tell the Rich Young Ruler Only the Poor Can Be Saved?

6 Budget-Friendly Christmas Gifts for Under $20

If you are like me, perhaps you're on a budget too. Although the holidays are not about buying gifts that make people think you are important, but...

6 Budget-Friendly Christmas Gifts for Under $20

The Quiet Cost of Impulse and Learning to Buy with Intention

Buying without thinking clutters our homes and steals our peace. Learn how to cut through the noise of consumer culture and return to biblical...

The Quiet Cost of Impulse and Learning to Buy with Intention

6 Ways Gratitude Can Transform Your Finances This Fall

Tired of feeling like you never have enough? Learn how a posture of gratitude can reshape your spending, quiet comparison, and help you steward...

6 Ways Gratitude Can Transform Your Finances This Fall

How to Keep Holiday Stress from Sabotaging Your Marriage

It’s easy to let the busyness of the season take priority over your spouse, but the last thing you want is for the holidays to put stress on your...

How to Keep Holiday Stress from Sabotaging Your Marriage

11 Ways to Discern Which Organizations to Support Financially

Choosing the right organizations to support is a marathon, not a sprint. Take your time, do your research, reach out with questions, and pray about...

11 Ways to Discern Which Organizations to Support Financially

5 Ways to Practice Generosity This Christmas

Christmas reminds us that true joy is found in generous giving.

5 Ways to Practice Generosity This Christmas

How Can Christians Financially Set Themselves Up for Retirement?

You’ve worked hard for decades, but are you spiritually and financially ready for the next chapter? This guide helps you plan for retirement with...

How Can Christians Financially Set Themselves Up for Retirement?

Holiday Cash Fight and Controlling Your Emotional Spending

Gift giving shouldn’t be a weapon used in sibling (or any other) rivalry. Nor should it be a way to boost your ‘relative’ self-esteem.

Holiday Cash Fight and Controlling Your Emotional Spending

8 Stewardship Tips for a Stronger Financial Future

Retirement won’t plan itself. Learn why your financial future depends more on your behavior than your income and how to start building a life that...

8 Stewardship Tips for a Stronger Financial Future