Worth vs. Waste

There is a really beautiful story in the Bible that I want to share with you today. It is the story of Mary and her amazing gift. John 12:3-7 says,“Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said, ‘Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?’ This he said, not that he cared …

A Guide for the Mountain

“American climber becomes first non-Nepalese to scale Everest 10 times.” I just read this article on MSN.com today and I truly was awed by the thought of scaling Everest that many times. The amount of dedication, and courage, and strength are just amazing to me. Yet because my thoughts tend to continually come back to finances these days, I couldn’t help but think, if debt is a mountain, I wonder how many champion debt climbers there would be? How many people courageously face and climb their mountain of debt, only to circle back around and have to climb the same …

Debt vs. Savings: A Shopping Cart Dilemma

Imagine trying to grocery shop with ten children. They are all different ages with all different needs. Now these are not the nice orderly children that you sometimes see in large families, these kids are whiny, and wild. They are not there for you, they are there for themselves. And it is just you, trying to get something done… and trying to keep them happy. The little ones start to cry, the older ones are complaining, everyone wants something for themselves (that is not on your list!). At the end of the grocery shopping trip you are exhausted, frustrated, and …