Written by Steven Furtick, Lead Pastor of Elevation Church, posted this video of his son talking about financial management. He makes some good points. If Elijah can do it, why can’t so many adults? Let’s help fix this problem that keeps so many people from living within their means and giving their first fruits to God. Trust [...]
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Is the Economy Freaking You Out?
I was reading Perry Noble‘s blog today, and I thought I’d share his latest post with you. He shares a couple of NewSpring’s desires for everyone regarding finances. I echo his desires. Over the last two years of Marie and I following Dave Ramsey‘s plan (which is really just mostly God’s plan as laid out [...]
READ MORE »WE’RE DEBT FREE!!!!!
That’s right! After just over a year of busting it, we’re debt free except for the house! We paid off about $30,000 in just over a year working Dave Ramsey’s baby steps. Guys, this just plain works if you do it. It’s not easy, but it’s not that hard either once you get started. On [...]
READ MORE »The Early Tax Bird
I pounded through our taxes the last two nights and got them finished. Yes, I realize that it’s early, but I hate walking near my desk and seeing all of those forms laying there and knowing that at some point I have to crunch the numbers. So this year I just decided to do it [...]
READ MORE »Goodbye, My Beloved Tahoe
Yesterday was a day of mixed emotions. I sold my Tahoe. Two and a half years ago, it was the first brand new vehicle I’d ever purchased, and I babied it. It was awesome. And best of all, it had a BOSE stereo system in it (which was one of my favorite parts). Did I [...]
READ MORE »Financial Peace University Online
Yesterday, Dave Ramsey’s team launched an online version of their class, Financial Peace University. The first lesson is available for free on their site. It’s a great setup. There’s access to all of the interactive video lessons, money tools, an online community, and even the ability to download the full lessons via mp3s so that [...]
READ MORE »Wall Street Journal Interview
A couple of weeks ago, I got an e-mail and a call from a reporter with the Wall Street Journal. She was doing a story on the social/Web2.0 aspect of personal finance sites, and one of those sites was Wesabe.com. I’ve written about Wesabe a couple of times on here, so she wanted to see [...]
READ MORE »Great Day
As of a few minutes ago, we’ve officially paid off Marie’s car! One more vehicle to go, and we’ll be through with Baby Step 2! Dave Ramsey
READ MORE »Budget/Finance Thoughts
I know this sort of diverges from my normal posts, but I was getting some questions on my post reviewing PearBudget and Wesabe, and one of my responses started to get pretty long, so I figured I’d just write a post about it instead of a comment. Here you go. This is mostly in response [...]
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