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Many Americans Have No Financial Plan
Northwestern Mutual sponsors an annual study exploring the state of planning in America today that provides unique insights into people's current attitudes ...
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Researchers Identify Five Principles of 'Happy Money'
In their book, Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending, researchers Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton provide five principles for what they call ...
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Many Americans Feel a Financial Squeeze
In April 2014, The Washington Post ran an article titled "'Happy Days' no more: Middle-class families squeezed as expenses soar, wages fall." The article ...
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Brazilian Man 'Victim' of 'Pathological Generosity'
In September 2013, a man in Brazil developed what doctors called "pathological generosity." In an article published in the journal Neuroscience, doctors ...
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Churches in India Practice Radical Generosity
Churches in the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram have a beautiful phrase to express the way they give to God—"Buhfai Tham.'" It means "one handful ...
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Studies Show Happiness Found in 'Buying Experiences'
Does money really buy happiness? Studies by a generation of behavioral scientists show that material goods usually don't deliver lasting happiness. But ...
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African Church Demonstrates Cheerful Giving
Christian leader Gordon MacDonald shared the following story about how God transformed him from "giving as merely an institutional obligation" to a cheerful ...
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An Example of the Power of Tithing
In January 2012, CNN gave a positive report about young Christians who are fighting against human trafficking. Over 42,000 young people, mostly college ...
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Richard Stearns Discovers Freedom in Generosity
In 1987, the largest, single-day stock market crash since 1929 took place. In one day [my wife, Renee] and I lost more than one-third of our life's savings ...
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Christmas Carol Points to the Gift Christ Wants—Our Hearts
In 1872 the poet Christina Rossetti wrote a poem that only appeared after her death. About thirty years later the poem was set to music and titled ...
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