Moody Interviews
Investing: Balancing God’s Control and Our Responsibility – Part II
Part II Last week we talked about the impact that understanding God’s sovereignty and control in our lives can have on the way we view and handle money, both in the good times and the bad. We want to continue that discussion this week because it’s so important for us to have a right understanding…
Read MoreInvesting: Balancing God’s Control and Our Responsibility – Part I
Part I We often talk about how our financial lives and our faith are connected to each other. When we think about biblical finances, most of us think about how we spend our money or whether or not we take on debt. However, one of the biggest areas where we see our faith exposed is…
Read MoreIs Gaming a Legitimate Career?
There’s been a lot of talk in the past week about the 16 year old teenage boy from Pennsylvania who earned $3 million by winning the Fortnite World Cup gaming competition. Gaming is a big sport with the most active group being teenage boys, many of whom are already earning six-figures — for playing video…
Read MoreWhat to Do with Your Old 401(k)
In today’s job market – the average worker between the age of 18 and 48 has held eleven jobs. And with all of those jobs, typically comes multiple retirement accounts. So, what’s a person to do with all of those old retirement accounts when they move to a different company? This is probably one of…
Read MoreMinimum Wage
The minimum wage is a pretty controversial topic these days as it has become a political hot button. On the one extreme, we have those who don’t believe a minimum wage should even exist and on the other we have the argument for a minimum wage hike up to $15 per hour and beyond. So,…
Read More4 Ways Money Can Change You
It seems second nature for us to wish that we had more money in fact, sometimes, even as Christians, we can put too much faith in money and get caught up thinking that money would solve our problems. Money can certainly change things, but unfortunately the thing it often changes is us and sometimes not…
Read MoreCommon 401k Investment Mistakes
The days of the company pension providing workers with an income stream through the retirement years is quickly fading away. Today, most workers are responsible for their own retirement savings and this is most commonly done through the company-sponsored retirement plan. These plans can go by different names and numbers, like 401(k) or 403(b), but…
Read MoreLoaning to Family and Friends
It’s not uncommon to be approached by a friend or family member in need of a loan to help them through a rough time. This can be a tough scenario to navigate because we want to help them out, but we also realize that relationships can be affected when we loan money to someone we…
Read MoreHelping Employees Build Emergency Funds
Personal financial struggles are impacting the lives of so many Americans that corporations are starting to take note of the many ways it’s affecting their employees. As a result, some employers are working to take an active role in helping their employees build up emergency savings accounts. According to Bankrate, 60% of Americans don’t have…
Read MoreAdvice for Young Adults
How we start our journey into adulthood can often set the course for the rest of our lives, so it’s important that we make good decisions from the very beginning. The problem is that so many of the financial issues facing us at that age are completely new and we don’t know how to make…
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