Talking about money with your spouse might be one of the hardest conversations you’ll ever have. You know you need to do it, but every time you think about bringing it up, something stops you. The moment passes. You tell yourself “later” or “when things calm down” or “it’s not the right time.” Can you […]

Having the freedom to be able to roam freely in our cars is a privilege that many of us in this world have, and more often than not, when that privilege is taken from us we can feel lost. This usually happens when our cars break down or need to be serviced. To prevent this […]

Do you fall in love with someone because of how they manage money? It’s unlikely. After all, true love is going to be blind to how much someone earns or how much debt they’re in. That being said, this can sometimes be magical thinking in terms of what a relationship with them could actually look […]

My husband is a pastor. We’ve led marriage classes, prayed with struggling couples, and taught biblical principles for decades. But here’s what nobody knew for the first 18 years of our marriage: we couldn’t get on the same financial page. And one of the questions we wrestled with most was whether Christian couples should have […]

“Can you put a red carpet in my house?” she asked, eyes bright with possibility. I was sitting in rural Kenya with a group of local women, talking about their financial dreams. One lady wanted a red carpet. Not a designer handbag. Not a luxury vacation. A red carpet for the concrete floor she doesn’t […]