How To Not Lose Your Mind with Christmas Shopping
By Victoria Sechrist Invariably, at some point during Lent, I refer to Good Friday as “Black Friday.” I think it makes sense because Good Friday is a dark, but beautiful…
Plan to be Content This Christmas
School just started a few weeks ago, and Christmas is probably not at the top of your priority list currently, but the best time to start planning for Christmas is…
26 Weeks Till Christmas
Breaking News … This year … Christmas will be in December! As you probably know all too well, the holiday season can be a major financial drain each year.…
Are Christmas Bills Flooding Your Mailbox?
The buying spree on Black Friday after Thanksgiving may have led you to experience Black Monday, Black Tuesday, Black Wednesday … as you pick up all those Christmas credit card…
Plan to Enjoy Christmas
In the busyness of the season, it takes an intentional effort to focus on the true meaning of Christmas, so we have some suggestions on how to keep Christ in…
Christmas Got Hijacked
Christmas has been hijacked and has become a heavily marketed secular event in which the pressure to wow family and friends with presents, decorations, and Christmas dinner is enough to…
Eliminate Holiday Spending Stress
Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday have all come and gone and the Christmas buying season is upon us. Before emptying your wallet and racking up credit card…
Don’t Go Into Debt for Christmas
Halloween is just finished and we are getting ready for Thanksgiving. Yet all the big box stores have been featuring twinkle lights and Christmas trees for weeks! We rush from…
The Christmas Bills Have Arrived – Now What?
“Black Friday” was in November of last year, but for many consumers, “Black January” occurs when the Christmas bills start piling up in January. For many people, this might be…
Avoid Holiday Spending Stress
Following is loosely based on an article in USNews that was titled “7 Ways to Avoid Holiday Stress” We are finished with Black Friday and the buying season is in…