- I Think This is Better …than Buy Nothing Day: Make Something Day, courtesy of The Ecclesia Collective. But I say we call it “Make Something Weekend,” since my Friday will be consumed by my finishing these 25 pages of papers. Let me know if you make anything, and maybe we’ll get some ideas from each other.
- Lord, Won’t You Buy Me a Mercedes Benz: Synchroblog When it comes to Money, I’m afraid that the Church in the West often finds herself parodied by an old Janis Joplin song. Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,So Lord, won’t you buy me a […]
- Streams for Sunday: Debt and Indebted I need more concentrated Sabbath in my life.
- Growing Up A Little I had such a nice day yesterday. There’s nothing like sharing a good meal and a great band with dear friends. Especially friends who live on a different continent. I didn’t sleep one singular wink Thursday night. I’m such a kid. I was so excited for it to be Friday that I couldn’t sleep. Coffee […]
- Not Bad For Twelve Days Here’s an update on my CNBC million dollar challenge. My portfolio says that in the last 12 days, my (faux) stock holdings have increased over $50,000! 5% gains in less than 2 weeks. And all that from only the companies I use and believe in. My Dad keeps congratulating me on how well I’ve invested/traded […]
- Needing Car Wisdom I am in a strange, adventurous season of preparing to return to Southern Europe. Strange because I do not have a definite return time, yet. Adventurous because it feels the world is at my feet! But, strange because I really have to begin thinking about things such as buying or leasing a car, not knowing […]
- My Million Dollar Challenge So my Dad signed me up to play in the CNBC “Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge.” CNBC gives you $1,000,000 in fake money, you spend it on stocks, and then each week they award someone $10k in real cash for having the hottest portfolio. The top dawg wins the real million. My entry in this game […]
- So Rich, Am I Here’s a snappy little site that calculates how rich you are, in proportion to the rest of the world’s population: Global Rich List. It’s a quick glance to see how we could help others by giving, even giving just a little at a time. (For example, $73 could buy me a new mobile phone OR […]
- Purpose-Driven to the Poor I spent most of my birthday week in Santa Barbara, California. Saturday night, after eating one of the most lavish meals of my life at a dear friend’s wedding, I met a homeless man named Wyatt. He told me his story. A fire in his apartment sent him to the streets. I was dressed to […]