I approached my door and tried to focus. Brown paper bags littered my sidewalk. Bags stuffed with manna. Food, toiletries, diapers, gift cards, and unsigned notes overflowed from grocery bags lef...
Being in debt is a lot like being in the dark. You grope around, reaching and praying for a way out. You can’t quite seem to find anything stable to grab onto and steady your feet. You don’t ...
“Any fear of giving to God’s Kingdom is flawed. It would be like a farmer who feared losing his bucket of seeds so he failed to plant his own field and thus forfeited the joy of overflowing h...
When I was small I didn’t learn how to ride my bike at my house. I learned at the local regional park. We lived on a hill and riding bikes as a novice would ultimately lead to ruin. At the Big...
I want to share this story with you, about how God literally transformed me while we were working on a monthly budget, but I don’t want to talk about money. Can you grab a glass of something co...
Beyond ecstatic, I hung up the phone overcome with gratitude. After seventeen years in our home, the home with five children (four teenagers), three dogs, and two cats tearing up the same worn ca...
Just in case you’ve missed reading my posts here at (in)courage about the cross-country move our family just made (to catch up you can read here and here). We moved our family of 6 from Charl...
(photo source) As the new year rolled in, many blogs I read shared goals and resolutions for 2012. For many, the New Year brings a time of refreshment, refocusing and sweet new mercies of grace g...
Happy New Year’s Eve Eve! Whether you’re headed to a party or headed to the living room with a bowl of popcorn, New Year’s Eve is a great day for reflection. A whole year has passed since t...
About a month ago we sold our dream house and down-sized into a rental. We lost a lot of money, I guess you’d say. We lost about 1,000 square feet. Lost that big soak tub. Lost my walk-in close...
As the crisp October air whips through our valley, my dogs unearth their winter coat, and chili simmers on the stove, these signs typically signal autumn time in our home. Yet as I spend this mon...
One true sign of the times we live in today is that of the financial strain all around us. Even if your family was not directly affected by the economy crash a couple years ago, I’m certain you...
“The Lord is going to be your provider, like the feeding of the five thousand.” I stared at my bank account register on the computer screen. The memory of this prayer interrupted my logical...
Raising a large family on a tight budget isn’t always easy. Whenever a child asks for money, I mentally multiply the amount by the number of kids that are with me at the time, since realistical...
Over the last few months, my family has been discussing personal and global finances ad nauseum. From the failing economy, and the rise in consumer debt, to the high rate of unemployment (which w...
Over the past year of my life, I have been in a battle for my family, my sanity, and my very life. Last summer, my husband and I moved our little family an hour away from the city we knew which w...
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