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Manage Your Money the Biblical Way – Part 2

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If we want to  manage our money the biblical way,  we need to give some serious thought as to how we will put our faith in action with our money.   How can we be a Christian witness with our money? These principles are laid out in the book Faith-Based Family Finances, an excellent personal finance book by Ron Blue (President of Kingdom [...]

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Excuses Women (and Men) Give for Not Investing – Part 1

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We know exercise is good for us.  Yet we come up with all kinds of excuses not to do it.  We also instinctively know investing is a good idea, and we still manage to give many excuses for not being an investor.   Let’s take a look at some of the more common excuses.  Some are [...]

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Lessons Women Learned During Financial Meltdown

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Ok, I had to go with the melting snow picture, because it is snowing/melting here today (welcome to spring in Wisconsin, where you need a  rain coat/winter coat, shovel/umbrella,  jeans/shorts,  fleece/t-shirts,  all in the same hour/day). As we seem to be coming out of the financial meltdown, I thought it would be good to share some [...]

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Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University

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It was my  friend Matt Wegner of FinancialExcellence who first clued me in to Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. Financial Peace University is a hugely popular personal finance program taught by Dave, spreading fast all across the country, and interestingly enough, mainly being offered in churches. Dave Ramsey is an unashamed Christian, and is not afraid to tell [...]

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What to Do Before You Start Investing

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Here are the things that should be in place before you start investing, and I give credit to attending Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University with my husband for my diehard insistence on these rules: Emergency Fund You need an Emergency Fund, in a investment you can access quickly. Use a money market or savings account.  This [...]

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