Archive for June, 2009

Giving under grace

A frequent subject on personal finance blogs is the discussion relating to tithing. If you conduct an internet search on that topic, you will find a colorful variety of opinions scattered throughout cyberspace.
What is a tithe?
Some of the controversy centers around the word “tithe” itself. The Old Testament Jews had a strict definition of what tithing [...]

Be prepared

Last Friday, I was informed that the wife of a friend I work with passed away in her sleep unexpectedly.  She came home from work not feeling well, went to bed and never woke up.  It reminded me of just how quickly your life can be taken from you.  The article below is an article [...]

Housing update: short sale, foreclosure, etc.

I am on the road once again and my internet is a little shaky, so I am not going to run the post that I had originally planned for today. Furthermore, Sheila asked for a housing update on this post and since there have been some developments, I thought I would write about our house [...]