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Are You Holding a Retirement Time Bomb? Does Your Money Define You? Is Retirement Biblical? (Part 1) 5 Dumb Mistakes That Smart People Make Do You Make These 4 Common 401k Mistakes? 7 Milestone Birthdays That Affect Your Retirement Should You Give Money to a Homeless Person? How Much Money Do You Need to Retire? Wouldn’t It Be Nice to Win the Lottery?
 
Are You Holding a Retirement Time Bomb?

Are You Holding a Retirement Time Bomb?

 401ks have been around for years and have been an ever increasingly popular way to save money for retirement.  More and more businesses run some type of deferred contribution plan and they are a great way to attract and retain key employees. 401ks are great from an employee standpoint because they are relatively quick to sign up [...]

Does Your Money Define You?

Does Your Money Define You?

The 2008-09 recession has been one of the roughest ones in history.  Jobs have been lost, lifestyles altered and net worth’s slashed. There has, however, been a couple positives from this recession - primarily it has forced many people to get rid of debt and begin saving more.  For some of us it has also revealed what [...]

Is Retirement Biblical? (Part 1)

Is Retirement Biblical? (Part 1)

  Should Christians pursue retirement as one of their major goals - or in doing so, are they pursuing something that is in complete contrast to what God has purposed for them? I think this is a good question to ask, and one that I’ve often wrestled with. As Americans, we generally want to work for 30 to 40 [...]

5 Dumb Mistakes That Smart People Make

5 Dumb Mistakes That Smart People Make

Wouldn’t you agree it doesn’t take an Ivy League education to be good with your finances? What’s amazing to me is that many smart people make some really dumb financial mistakes! It seems like a person blessed with “brains” would be good with personal money management, but sometimes this just isn’t the case. I’ve talked with many very [...]

5 Dumb Mistakes That Smart People Make

Wouldn’t you agree it doesn’t take an Ivy League education to be good with your finances? What’s amazing to me is that many smart people make some really dumb financial mistakes! It seems like a person blessed with “brains” would be good with personal money management, but sometimes this just isn’t the case. I’ve talked with many very [...]

Do You Make These 4 Common 401k Mistakes?

Do You Make These 4 Common 401k Mistakes?

We all make mistakes – some of them are just more costly than others. When it comes to our retirement savings there’s a host of mistakes that could cost you. Because companies are shifting the responsibility of retirement on the employees, it’s vital to correct any of these mistakes as quickly as you can. 1. Bad Methods for Choosing [...]

7 Milestone Birthdays That Affect Your Retirement

7 Milestone Birthdays That Affect Your Retirement

Being unaware of these milestones will cost you money!

Should You Give Money to a Homeless Person?

Should You Give Money to a Homeless Person?

It’s happened to all of us.  We’re walking along, minding our own business or perhaps enjoying a conversation with a friend and out of the corner of our eye we catch sight of him.  There he is wearing layers of disheveled clothes, looking like he hasn’t showered in months and holding out a cup begging for change from every [...]

How Much Money Do You Need to Retire?

How Much Money Do You Need to Retire?

One of the biggest questions most people have is how much will I need in order to retire? Maybe less than you think. Here are some simple guidelines to get you started.

Wouldn’t It Be Nice to Win the Lottery?

Wouldn’t It Be Nice to Win the Lottery?

Did you ever play that game where you imagined you won the lottery or came into a large sum of money and daydreamed about all the things you would do with it?  I know I have.  I thought about the house I would buy, the car I would drive, the charities I would give to [...]

10 Ideas for a Frugal Valentine’s Day

10 Ideas for a Frugal Valentine’s Day

10 February 2010

February 14 approaches quite quickly on the heels of the Christmas and New Year spending sprees and as such you may be dreading the approach of Valentine’s Day this year because you are still struggling with credit card debt, or trying hard to stick to a New Year’s savings plan. Instead of splurging on your beloved this [...]

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6 Ways To Find Free Money

6 Ways To Find Free Money

09 February 2010

What are the two words that people love most?  Oftentimes it’s  free and money! Who doesn’t want to get free money?  What’s amazing is the number of people who I run into on a regular basis who continue to leave money  on the table! If you woke up this morning, got your cup of coffee and went to [...]

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Posted in Making Money, Personal Finance, Saving Money10 Comments

4 Money Lessons From a Fool

4 Money Lessons From a Fool

08 February 2010

According to dictionary.com, a fool is a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense. The Bible is full of vivid pictures about fools. The Scriptures generally define fools as people who don’t “catch on” or just continue to repeat the same dumb mistakes. On the contrary, the wise man learns from his own mistakes and [...]

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Posted in Bible & Money, Personal Finance4 Comments

This Week in Personal Finance – February 5, 2010

This Week in Personal Finance – February 5, 2010

05 February 2010

We finally got our internet hooked up at our house this week!  It’ll be good to get back to a regular posting schedule next week. I’m excited for this weekend because I get to teach a class to a Young Marrieds group at church on Money.  I’ll try to post some of the content from that [...]

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Christian Finance Directory

Christian Finance Directory

04 February 2010

One of the things I want to make sure I do on Redeeming Riches is to provide a look at other resources to you from a Christian perspective as well as secular resources to help with managing your money. I know that R2 should not be the only voice you hear when it comes to your [...]

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3 Fun and Geeky Ways to Save With Your Email

3 Fun and Geeky Ways to Save With Your Email

02 February 2010

I know you must be an experienced saver (you are reading this blog!). But there are still money-saving tricks you are probably not aware of. Let’s take a look at three of them.  Here’s my list of  3 fun and geeky ways to save with your email. 1. Create a Money-Saving Gmail Filter If you have ever bought [...]

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Posted in Frugality, Guests, Personal Finance, Saving Money8 Comments

Confessions of a “Receiving” Addict

Confessions of a “Receiving” Addict

01 February 2010

Confession time! I’m not as generous as I should or could be! Here’s another thing: I like to receive more than I like to give. Why?  Well, because it’s inherent and I’m selfish. I know what you’re thinking - “Wait a minute – but you write about generosity and giving and doing good things with your money” That’s true.  And I [...]

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Posted in Bible & Money, True Wealth Series3 Comments

This Week in Personal Finance – January 29, 2010

This Week in Personal Finance – January 29, 2010

29 January 2010

Another week “in the books”.  I can’t believe it’s almost February already.  This was a fun week on R2 – if you didn’t check out my mom’s guest post on marriage you should! Anyways, This Week in Personal Finance takes a look at interesting articles, posts and news from the past week in the personal finance arena.  Give [...]

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Posted in Miscellaneous, Personal Finance, This Week In Personal Finance5 Comments

How to Keep Spouses From Growing Apart

How to Keep Spouses From Growing Apart

28 January 2010

Below is a guest post from my Mom! My mother is a Mentor Mom for a MOPS (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers) group at church and they asked her to give her insights on the question of how to keep spouses from growing apart.  I thought I’d post what she wrote. I know what you’re thinking – “Wait a [...]

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Posted in Bible & Money, Guests, Miscellaneous19 Comments

5 Common Misconceptions About Life Insurance

5 Common Misconceptions About Life Insurance

26 January 2010

A few weeks back I tackled this annoying topic by discussing four questions you should ask before you buy life insurance. I was honestly surprised at the popularity of that post – so I decided to tackle the annoying topic AGAIN!  This time to help clear up some common misconceptions that are out there regarding life insurance. We all [...]

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