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For Wise Stewardship

Charles was a successful business owner. Out of the blue, he received an offer from someone who wanted to buy it for $25 million–three times what it was worth a year earlier. “This is it, the time is right,” he announced to his wife Margaret. “We’re going to sell the company.” Charles and Margaret talked […]

Social Security was created in 1935, signed into existence by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the heart of the Great Depression. The first taxing of earnings took place in 1937, with a maximum of $3,000 in earnings taxed at 2% (compared to a maximum of $127,200 at 12.4% in 2017 for a self-employed individual, plus […]

Why does documentation matter? Two Different Stories for Ken and Noreen Ken has been married for 22 years to Joanne. He has been the head of the household, the worker outside the home and the father to 3 children, Mary who is 19 and in college, Jimmy who is 15 and Ellen who is 11. […]

Start saving $1 a week — and keep adding more money each week Start on January 1 and put it in an envelope (and do not remove it). Gain a little traction by adding another dollar to the envelope “bank” each week. In early February, you’re saving $5 that week. By the last week of […]

People always assume that Medicare will pay for the nursing home.  But Medicare only pays for a limited time after hospitalization and does not pay for long-term nursing home stays.  Medicare was not designed to pay for what is more commonly referred to as long-term care. Despite that discouraging truth, you do have options.   1.  Sell […]

One of the great blessings of my life was when I received an inheritance from a great uncle that happened to be the amount of the down payment my wife and I needed to buy our home, the one we now have lived in and loved for almost forty years.  However, receiving an inheritance at […]

One in ten Americans rent a storage unit. One estimate from the industry says that Americans spend about $32 billion a year on storage units. That may make sense for some as they are temporarily storing family treasures during or after a move. But many are throwing their hard-earned money into storing what should be […]

To understand the breadth and scope of true Godly stewardship, here are three questions every Christian should form an answer to between himself or herself and God: Who really owns what I have? How much is enough for my needs? Have I prepared for what will happen when I go home to be with the […]

Ask almost anyone what their financial goals are and you will get a short list of responses which will virtually always include making enough money to retire early – and securely. Believe it or not, that is possible, although it will take effort, planning and sacrifice. And that is a very reasonable and desirable financial […]

Your future actually just started. Are you on board? Even if the answer is “yes,” there could be a problem. If you don’t know where you need to go or where you should aim, how can you possibly know what you need to do to get there? It makes some sense to give yourself some […]