by Maxine Marsolini | Jun 22, 2017 | Family Spotlight, Money Talk |
Keep Track of the Money Unless we keep track of the money, meaning our money, there’s no way of knowing where it is going. What we’ll realize before month’s end is that our money didn’t stick around long enough to meet all of our expectations...
by Maxine Marsolini | Jun 1, 2017 | Family Spotlight, Money Talk |
How We Use Money is an Indicator of Our Walk with God Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all. Proverbs 22:2 The verse, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”...
by Maxine Marsolini | Apr 20, 2017 | Family Spotlight, Money Talk |
The Dark Trap of Payday Loans Americans spend $7.4 billion per year on payday loans, including an average of $520 in interest per borrower for eight $375 loans or extensions.[i] Recently, while enjoying a drive into downtown Portland, Oregon via Powell Boulevard, I...
by Maxine Marsolini | Apr 6, 2017 | Dynamic Family, Family Spotlight, Money Talk |
Live With Financial Freedom―Live Frugal “Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.”[1] ― Marcus Tullius Cicero My late husband had a favorite saying, “You can only spend a dollar once!” After the dollar is handed over to the cashier, it’s gone. The only way to...
by Maxine Marsolini | Mar 30, 2017 | Family Spotlight, Money Talk |
Food Waste is No Big Deal . . . Right? What if it Is? Every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food (222 million tons) as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa (230 million tons). In the USA, organic waste is the second highest...
by Maxine Marsolini | Mar 23, 2017 | Dynamic Family, Family Spotlight, Money Talk |
Teaching Children Less Is More Between all the toys, gadgets, and gizmos that are available to kids, not to mention television programs, apps, and other resources all geared at kids; it’s almost easy to see how parents begin to view life as being totally about...
