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Homeless: You Can Help

Often you hear that argument that someone won’t give money to a homeless person because “they’re just going to waste it on drugs or booze”. But if you look a little closer you’ll see that the rest of us spend money on unnecessary things every day. Why don’t we apply that same thinking to ourselves? How can you help? This video explains...

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Do You Belong?

Have you ever had an experience that separated you from the people around you? For some of us it was a divorce, for others, a failure. Sometimes it’s our finances that makes us different, or our health (or the lack of it). If you’ve ever felt like you were on the outside looking in, there is hope for you. Take the next step: You can know...

In these uncertain economic times, we’re all looking to save a little money, especially if we can do it without changing our lifestyle. Here are ten ways you can do just that. Taken together and applied over even a few months, they could make a noticeable difference to your family’s budget. The “small stuff” pays off. Pennies and nickels...

My cell phone rang on Monday morning while I was working at a client’s office. “Lori, can you meet me at home? I’ve just been let go from my job.” I packed up and got in the car and started to drive, my heart pounding, my mind racing…then the tears started, and I began to pray. Just the previous Sunday afternoon, Del and I had been talking...

My house has been foreclosed! After years of negotiating and trying to keep up with our repayment plan, we have lost the house we fought so hard to keep.  Our mortgage payment continued to escalate along with other bills throughout the last few years.  My husband of 10 years and I have two precious daughters ages 3 and 5.  It seems like we could...

As president of Ron Blue and Company, Canada*, nothing frustrates Michael Gibney more than when he hears people equate poverty with spirituality. He describes this as a 'tail-chasing' argument, because the same people who say it's 'un-spiritual' to be rich are the first people to turn to the wealthy when they are in need of funds. Gibney says...

Late last year I realized I was fooling myself. I grew up in a Christian home and have been taught to tithe my entire life.  I can still remember the little blue tin I put the tithe from my paper route into.  In my head I knew that all the money was God’s money.  I knew that tithing was a discipline. But somehow, in the last year or two,...