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Showing Your Finances The Light of Day

11.25.2008 by Guest 6 comments

How should I deal with my debt? I’m often asked what is the most important step in dealing with debt and the answer I invariably give is to start by getting visibility to what’s happening with your finances. About a year ago I had a conversation with a friend who told me that she and her husband had just been to see a bankruptcy attorney and that he recommended that they declare bankruptcy.

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My tithing experience

08.24.2008 by Bob 67 comments

I don’t exactly remember when I started to tithe – probably about 7-8 years ago. But I do remember getting a new job that was nearly double my previous income and thinking, “Wow, so this is the result of tithing.” It was a helpful lesson to me since I was, like most, skeptical about the whole thing. I had heard about all the scandals with TV preachers and kind of grew up with a cynical attitude towards giving to the church. Somewhere along the line I decided to “take a chance” and try it out.

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I made the top 20 in the FNBO challenge!

08.10.2008 by Bob 11 comments

Basically FNBO Direct held a competition asking you to make a 60 second video explaining what you were saving for and what obstacles you were facing.

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Becoming richer than Rockefeller

06.08.2008 by Bob 10 comments

How could I possibly be richer than John D. Rockefeller? With as wealthy as he was, he could have had anything that money could buy. But what a few hundred dollars may buy today, couldn’t be bought with millions 150 years ago.

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Parable of the Talents

05.28.2008 by Bob 28 comments
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Stewards are required to take risks: It is interesting to me how upset the master got with the steward who took no risks. The other two stewards did take risks and reaped the rewards. I often wonder why the parable didn’t contain a steward who lost some of the investment. But either way, I think we are led to believe that the primary frustration of the master was that the steward was lazy and didn’t even try.

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Money and God

03.26.2008 by Bob 7 comments

I just visited an old friend of mine this weekend and we talked quite a bit about money and God. It was eye-opening for me to talk to someone who had a completely different mindset on money than I did. He has been on the opposite extreme of the American way of living extravagantly off of credit cards.

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Only $25 and a gym bag

02.23.2008 by Bob 5 comments

Could you build a life with nothing but $25? I found an interesting article about a young college grad who decided to try an interesting social experiment: starting over with nothing. Adam Shepard left his comfortable existence to see if the “American Dream” was a reality. His goal was to go from owning nothing but [...]

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Don’t Save it all up for Retirement

01.16.2008 by Bob 11 comments

There is a balance between preparing for the future and waiting until the future to enjoy life. I used to be out of balance by spending everything I had and more and having no thought about the future.

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Chuck Feeney: Secretly giving away billions

10.09.2007 by Bob 15 comments

I found this story about this billionaire named Chuck Feeney, who from what I have read about him was a great example of someone who understands that money is NOT the root of all evil.

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A simple act

08.28.2007 by Bob 10 comments

I was driving home from work yesterday and I saw a man begging on the off ramp by my house. As I drove past I had this strong compulsion to go take him out to lunch and talk to the guy. This was about the last thing in the world that I WANTED to do.

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