A few years ago my son participated in a school project of writing to someone in a nursing home. The recipient of his letter was 100 years old. Bertha had her daughter help write back a very interesting letter. One of the questions he had asked was...
I grew up in the late 40’s/50’s with practical parents. A mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recycle queen, before they had a name for it… A father who was happier getting old...
The key is to combine coupons with sales.
Rather than buying things just when you need them, look for the intersection of a sale price and an available coupon and stock up on the item. This is known as “stockpiling” and works well for non-perishable...
Living a debt free lifestyle can seem impossible in today’s society. With credit cards, mortgages, vehicle loans, and student loans, how do we ever get out from under the bondage of debt? I have some answers that can provide peace and freedom into...
2200 references in the Bible to money and possessions.
3 times as many references to money as to love.
7 times as many references to money as to prayer
8 times as many references to money as to belief.
1/5 of Jesus’ teaching was on money and...
The act is a major overhaul of student loan legislation and provides a $20 billion increase in funding, the biggest since the GI Bill.
Among the highlights:
Maximum Pell Grant increases from current level of $4,310 to $5,400 by 2012. (Pell grants...
$200,000 home loan for $425.00! You’ve seen the ads day and night offering you a ‘low mortgage payment’. The first question you need to ask yourself, ”Is that fact or fiction?” As the old saying goes - If it sounds too good to be true, it probably...
Do you sometimes feel like everything bad happens to you? Whether it’s your job, marriage, or financial situation? Things just never seem to go your way. You get through one storm but another storm just sits on the horizon waiting. You begin to...
Written when David was in a cave. A prayer.
I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble.
When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who know my way. In...
An Angel says, “Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happens tomorrow and it doesn’t happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.”
Pray.
Go to bed on time.
Get up on time so you can start...
