Contentment is the word the Bible uses to describe what our aim in regard to money should be. Here are a few notable examples: “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food…
There are many people who seemingly have little or no regard for material possessions. They accept poverty as a normal living condition, and their major concern is where they will sleep that night or eat that day. In contrast are the affluent, who have the best our society has to…
As we entered the one-room country church, my dad reached to steady my mum. The explosion of colour, the thick scent of lilies and the face of my grandfather in a bronze casket had knocked her off balance. At 9 years of age, I was too young to fully understand…
If God gave out advice about money would you listen? God offers a plethora of financial advice. His lessons are tucked away within the pages of Scripture… Prepare for leaner times. The poster child for this one is Joseph. Through God’s revelations, he forecasted Egypt’s deadly famine—seven years before it happened.…
I thought my self-image was unshakable. But then the test results came in. As told by Greg, age 30 I thought my self-image was unshakable. I thought I could handle anything. After all, I was a man’s man. A sportsman, a monster-truck, built-Ford-tough type of guy. But then the…
Jill Worth speaks to David Oliver about regaining the missing passion for our work. David Oliver and his family were walking around Birdworld when they saw, shrinking away in the conifers, a golden eagle. “If it’s possible for birds to get depressed,” says David, “then this one certainly was. The…
Written by lovemoney.com 1) Buy in bulk Bulk buying can offer genuine savings, especially if you share out the produce among friends and neighbours. Sacks of rice, for example, are extremely cheap from Asian grocers. 2) Avoid pre-packaged food If possible, try to buy food that isn’t wrapped up in…
On the surface, eating disorders seem to be all about food and weight. In fact they are much more complicated than that. Eating problems, like any addiction, are strategies that some people use in an attempt to cope with difficult things going on in their life. However, because we have…
by Susan Graham Mathis Finding true freedom was a hard journey for the Katinas. The Katina children grew up in a home defined by fear, alcoholism and abuse. Their father had served in the Vietnam War and returned home a broken and violent man. Later, when their father became a…
