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> <channel><title>Gather Little by Little - Personal Finance with a Christian Perspective &#187; Christian Debt Reduction</title> <atom:link href="http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/category/christian-debt-reduction/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com</link> <description>Proverbs 13:11 - &#34;...he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.&#34;</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:19:10 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>Question about student loan payoffs</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2011/01/question-about-student-loan-payoffs/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2011/01/question-about-student-loan-payoffs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:13:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ask me anything]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christian Debt Reduction]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=3189</guid> <description><![CDATA[Some time ago, I received a question from a reader with a general question regarding college student loan payoffs. I recently paid off my own loan, but we are still working on Mrs. Stew&#8217;s subsidized student loan balance. Just in case you were wondering &#8211; she is worth every penny! That said, I have a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2011/01/question-about-student-loan-payoffs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Second mortgage debt settlement!</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/08/second-mortgage-debt-settlement/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/08/second-mortgage-debt-settlement/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:52:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christian Debt Reduction]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=3459</guid> <description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago, I told you that I had received an unexpected collections letter in the mail, stating that we were 30 past due in payments on our home equity line of credit from the house we sold last summer. If you read the post, you will realize that while I was aware [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/08/second-mortgage-debt-settlement/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Going to apply the Dave Ramsey &#8220;Debt Snowball Plan&#8221;</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/08/going-to-apply-the-dave-ramsey-snowball-method/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/08/going-to-apply-the-dave-ramsey-snowball-method/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christian Debt Reduction]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=3452</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last week I mentioned that I have finished paying off my college student loan debt. My next task is to figure out which debt to tackle next. There are several different strategies to employ when deciding how to best pay down family debt. One is the Dave Ramsey &#8220;Snowball&#8221;. Dave explains the idea here. Basically, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/08/going-to-apply-the-dave-ramsey-snowball-method/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>My student loan debt is gone</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/07/my-student-loan-debt-is-gone/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/07/my-student-loan-debt-is-gone/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:00:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christian Debt Reduction]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=3433</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last month I made the final payment on my federally subsidized Stafford loan. I graduated from college with a relatively small amount of student loan debt. Due to the fact that my parents started to make me save for college from the age of eight years old, I paid cash for my first year of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/07/my-student-loan-debt-is-gone/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Financial threat advisory system</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/05/financial-threat-advisory-system/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/05/financial-threat-advisory-system/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christian Debt Reduction]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=3246</guid> <description><![CDATA[Several years ago, our government instituted &#8220;terrorism alert&#8221; levels. The various levels roughly corresponded to various colors and were intended to indicate to summarize the immediate danger of a terrorist attack &#8211; sort of a civilian DefCon warning system. The color advisory system was limited and although intended to make things clear to everyone, it [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/05/financial-threat-advisory-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Uh-oh, I found a collections letter in the mail!</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/04/uh-oh-i-found-a-collections-letter-in-the-mail/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/04/uh-oh-i-found-a-collections-letter-in-the-mail/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:00:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christian Debt Reduction]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=3156</guid> <description><![CDATA[Near the beginning of this month, I found a collections letter in the mail box. I opened it up to find a notice that we were 30 days overdue on a payment to a bank of which I had never heard. I called the number provided as quickly as possible and discovered that this notice [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/04/uh-oh-i-found-a-collections-letter-in-the-mail/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>9 Ways to Multiply Your Sources of Income and Pay off Your Debts</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/02/9-ways-to-multiply-your-sources-of-income-and-pay-off-your-debts/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/02/9-ways-to-multiply-your-sources-of-income-and-pay-off-your-debts/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:00:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christian Debt Reduction]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=2835</guid> <description><![CDATA[This year, I am facing one of my biggest personal finance challenges: I need to pay back my parents loan on November 1st, 2010. The amount owing will be $31,000. We had borrowed this money as cash down for our first house and the deal was to reimburse in full (plus interest) after 5 years. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/02/9-ways-to-multiply-your-sources-of-income-and-pay-off-your-debts/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>15</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What to Expect From Mortgage Rate Trends for 2010</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/02/what-to-expect-from-mortgage-rate-trends-for-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/02/what-to-expect-from-mortgage-rate-trends-for-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:01:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christian Debt Reduction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Management]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=2819</guid> <description><![CDATA[Since the major cut in the interest rate back in 2008, we haven&#8217;t heard much about the FED cranking up the intraday rate so far. However, with recent GDP stats (5.7% annualised rate for the last quarter), we will surely hear some whispered rumors about the prime interest rate going up. What is the intraday [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/02/what-to-expect-from-mortgage-rate-trends-for-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Which debt do you hate the most?</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/02/which-debt-do-you-hate-the-most/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/02/which-debt-do-you-hate-the-most/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:00:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christian Debt Reduction]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=2749</guid> <description><![CDATA[Our family finances get a lot of attention this time of year. I clean up the Christmas mess, every year we get better at handling Christmas expenses, but we are still not where we would like to be. I start to review my files to make sure I am ready to finish our taxes. Finally, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/02/which-debt-do-you-hate-the-most/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>14</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Stuck in the Midst of Debt</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/09/stuck-in-the-midst-of-debt/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/09/stuck-in-the-midst-of-debt/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:00:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christian Budgeting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christian Debt Reduction]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=2183</guid> <description><![CDATA[Debt is perhaps one of the most pernicious things known to modern mankind. As nobody likes to own someone something (not even a kind remark), we soon become obsessed to pay back our due. Some do it by spending less, cutting back on their lifestyles through frugal habits, others will get a second job or [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/09/stuck-in-the-midst-of-debt/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>16</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
