Humility is an Under-Rated Virtue

Do you consider yourself a humble person? Some people think that humility is having a low opinion of yourself. Being humble, however, does not mean having a poor opinion of yourself. It does mean accepting yourself and your many good qualities, as well as your limitations, and recognizing that others also have good qualities and limitations. Humility is […]

FINANCIAL INFIDELITY

Today’s topic is something we’ve seen a lot as we have worked with different couples, and that’s financial infidelity. Couples at the altar generally don’t promise to be completely honest about all financial information from this day forward. Maybe they should. Because not being honest about finances can wreck a marriage. Signs of financial infidelity […]

Navigating Your Finances God’s Way – Honesty, Generosity and Counsel

Even though we may not realize it, each of us regularly makes many small decisions about being honest. Every day we are faced with situations that tempt us to be dishonest. Maybe you received too much change from the cashier and didn’t say anything. Maybe you’re tempted to pad your expense account or put more […]

The Way of a Fool

As a way to get ready for today’s blog, I went to the American Bible Society website, choose the NABRE version of the Bible, including the Deuterocanonicals and did a word search on “fool.” The search results showed there were 219 verses related to the word “fool.”   Who knew the Bible had so much […]

Do You Care What Other People Think?

There’s a great quote on social media, a version of which is attributed to Will Smith: “People buy things they don’t need with money they don’t have in order to impress people they don’t like.” So if you are one of those people who spends money trying to impress others, now is a great time […]

The Blame Game

Each one of us was born into Original Sin, meaning that we’re prone to the human condition of mistakes, slip-ups, and misdeeds. Let’s face it: none of us are perfect. Regardless of how hard we try to achieve perfection, imperfection permeates every part of our lives—our relationships, our work, and our finances can all falter […]

Consumerism: The Modern-Day Serpent

“Now the snake was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the LORD God had made…the snake said to the woman: ‘You certainly will not die! God knows well that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, who know good and evil.’” -Genesis 3:1-5 […]

Are you Honest or Truthful?

Thirty or forty years ago if you had asked someone if they were honest or truthful, they would have looked at you as if you had two heads. Back then there was no discernable difference between the two. However today, our attitudes have changed so much that people often manipulate their words and actions so […]

How do YOU approach taxes?

Do you have a Godly approach to your taxes? Jesus was questioned about paying taxes to Caesar Check out this short video for a Biblical perspective on Taxes.