Lifestyle/Spending
Moody Radio Interview – Tackling Your Debt
We discussed tackling your debt in this broadcast. The following recording is from “Mornings with Kelli and Linda” on Moody Radio Indiana (97.9 FM). You can read the corresponding article here. For more information on Moody Radio, go to moodyradio.org/indiana. Brad Graber, CFP® has been working with clients on personal financial planning and investment…
Read MoreMoody Radio Interview – 3 Questions to Ask Before Taking on Debt
We discussed 3 questions to ask before taking on debt in this broadcast. The following recording is from “Mornings with Kelli and Linda” on Moody Radio Indiana (97.9 FM). You can read the corresponding article here. For more information on Moody Radio, go to moodyradio.org/indiana. Brad Graber, CFP® has been working with clients on…
Read MoreMoody Radio Interview – Should a Christian’s Financial Life Look Different
We discussed if a Christian’s financial life should look different on this broadcast. The following recording is from “Mornings with Kelli and Linda” on Moody Radio Indiana (97.9 FM). You can read the corresponding article here. For more information on Moody Radio, go to moodyradio.org/indiana. Brad Graber, CFP® has been working with clients on…
Read MoreCapping Your Lifestyle
How much is enough? That’s a question we should all take time to explore. When studies have asked this question to individuals in different income ranges, the common response is always slightly more than they’re making today, regardless of their current level of income. Those making $50,000 a year thought $55,000 would make life a…
Read More6 Principles for Defining Your Lifestyle
Choosing a lifestyle isn’t a quick and easy decision you can knock out over dinner. It’s often a long process that takes years and a series of smaller decisions. In fact, most people don’t actually choose a lifestyle. Instead, they make a lot of independent decisions and allow the sum of those decisions to be…
Read MoreChoosing a God-Honoring Lifestyle
Debt is one of the most popular topics in financial courses primarily because it’s the pain that so many people are currently dealing with. However, focusing on debt is like a sick person focusing on their symptoms and ignoring the illness. We would consider it foolish to give a person an aspirin to treat the…
Read MoreDeath to the Car Payment
The car payment is often treated like a member of the family. You acquire it early in your adult life and plan to feed it, grow it and ultimately fade into retirement with it. I don’t know where the idea of a car payment being something that you would always have originated, but I can…
Read More3 Questions to Ask Before Taking on Debt
In a society that hands out debt like candy at a parade, it’s easy to fall into the trap of snatching up everything we want and then going in search of more. Let’s face it, we all have wants and are constantly bombarded by messages telling us to “treat yo self”, which may even remind…
Read MoreAutomobiles – An Unreliable Status Symbol
There’s a virtual insanity taking place in America these days. In an effort to make everyone around us think we’re more successful than we are, we continue to look for ways to garner undeserved respect. For more than a century now, one of the more popular ways of adding that wow factor to your life has been with the purchase of a nice, shiny new car…
Read MoreWhat Do You Value?
If asked “What do you value the most in life?” I’m sure you would have a rush of thoughts going through your mind. While some of us would be tempted to think of material things, I have a feeling that after a few seconds of contemplation, most of us would settle back on other important…
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