Do Not Leave Wealth to Your Children

From a homily on Romans:

If you wish to leave much wealth to your children, leave them in God's care. For he who without your having done anything, ...

Some Things Stay the Same

P.S. Your father says inflation hasn't ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.

I love you,

Mom

Giving as Commitment

When we discuss money, we're talking about commitment, and commitment is our domain.

An Example of Giving

Oseola McCarty, 87, did one thing all her life: laundry. Now she's famous for it--or at least for what she did with her profits.

For decades, Miss ...

Do Not Hoard Donations

Do not accumulate funds for the poor. Either distribute them immediately, or else dismiss the donor to hand out his own gifts.

Retrieving Perspective

Gary Thomas writes in Christianity Today:

Thinking about eternity helps us retrieve [perspective]. I'm reminded of this every year when I figure my ...

Stealing from God

Because I am my church's financial secretary, my children are familiar with the weekly trip to the bank. But one day my 3-year-old opened the bank ...

Money Not at Fault

The fault does not lie in the money, but in them that use it.

Pay as You Go

Most of us would be willing to pay as we go if we could just finish paying for where we've been.

Independence Through Frugality

I have a friend who has done a very interesting thing. He has lived frugally and saved sacrificially in order to have a cash account larger than his yearly ...