Retirement

This Week in Personal Finance – March 12, 2010

Personal Finance

What a week!  We finished up our 10-day journey where we looked at 10 money-saving tips to help us stash $10,000! Through each of those tips we freed up between $275 per month on the low side all the way up to $950 per month on the high side if you were able to maximize [...]

This Week in Personal Finance – February 26, 2010

Personal Finance

So we’re taking a break from our 10 day journey to save $10,000 to have a look at some interesting items from around the web. If you missed the initial post on the 10 Money-Saving Tips to Help You Stash $10,000, I highly encourage you check that out and join us as we resume next [...]

This Week in Personal Finance – January 22, 2010

Personal Finance

What a week.  We closed on our house last week and are still living with many unpacked boxes – but that’s OK, it’s just great to be in and sleeping there!  It’s been hard to post this past week since I didn’t plan ahead and have my internet hooked the day we moved in – [...]

This Week in Personal Finance – January 15, 2010

Miscellaneous

Today’s the big day! We are finally closing on our new house. We started the building process back in August of ’09, moved into the inlaws basement and recently have been frantically trying to get a bunch of little things done so we can keep our closing date. We locked in our rate back in [...]

Are You Holding a Retirement Time Bomb?

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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 [...]

Why You’re Off Track for Your Retirement (And What to Do About It)

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Perhaps you’re sitting there scratching your head, wondering what happened to your plans!  Whatever grand allusions you had for retirement – whether it was spending more time with family, more time volunteering or simply more time seeing the wonders of the world  - maybe you find yourself thinking “I may never be able to retire.” Here are [...]

Is Retirement Biblical? (Part 2)

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In part 1 we looked at the retirement that is mentioned in the Bible and also the idea of rest that the Bible is flooded with. Now let’s look at retirement defined and re-defined. Definition of Retirement Merriam Webster defines retirement as: withdrawal from one’s position or occupation or from active working life. Unfortunately many people often think [...]

Is Retirement Biblical? (Part 1)

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  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 [...]

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