Yes, I’ve been off the blog for awhile. More on that later, but in the meantime, I’m back, full of lots of thoughts of various quality and degrees of helpfulness. Today, I’d like to share how my kids are helping to nudge me out of a comfort zone. (Kids are good for that if you …
August 09, 2011
How to prepare for the worst while hoping for the best
It’s been a rough week for America. Monday saw the sixth largest single-day drop in the stock market EVER. Unemployment is still up. Wars still range on and 30 of our nation’s finest were killed in Afghanistan. Our debt rating has been downgraded for the first time in American history and our elected officials seem …
August 04, 2011
Thrifty is the new black
I’ve been saying for a couple of years now that this recession is the best thing that could have happened to America. But to be more specific, it’s the best thing that could have happened to Americans. Think way back to 2005. We shopped for entertainment, spent everything we made and then some, dined in …
Filed Under: Lifestyle
July 29, 2011
A tale of two sisters
As usual, my breakthrough this week came at lunch with my friend Carol. Scott and I had decided NOT to try to go to Italy for our 15th wedding anniversary because of the cost. There just seems to be better things to do with the money. Carol thinks we’re nuts because life is short, we …
Filed Under: Lifestyle, Relationships
July 28, 2011
Why we’re doing this coupon thing…
Here are the notes for tonight’s Squirrel Savers group, the couponing/stewardship/save-money-any-way-you-can group I’m hosting at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. I didn’t go over this line by line, but I do hope that everyone who is interested in this topic will do some research on what the Bible says about what we’re doing. Because everything we do should have a purpose, and that purpose should line up with what God is doing in us, through us and around us. If we’re just doing this to be cheap, what’s the point?
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