“Spend less than you make, and do it for a long time.
Ron Blue
While I don’t maintain an active blog now, you might find some of these previously published posts a good resource for getting on a spending plan, giving, saving and managing your resources according to God’s financial principles.
Article Archive
Financial Tools You Can Use
Financial Tools You can Use! Many people have asked - what is the best tool to use to keep track of my finances? My answer is simply...the one that fits you best. [...]
Get Your Financial House in Order
Get Your Financial House in Order! Many times I write these posts with a little whimsy or a little humor to them. Unfortunately, this is not one of those [...]
Spend it wisely
Spend It Wisely My wife and I volunteer on the counting committee at church. You wouldn’t think that a real behind the scenes job like that would provide much [...]
Now what is it you do?
Now what is it you do? Ah, that age old question that comes firing back at you when meeting someone for the first time, or as you network with others [...]
Joy of Giving
Joy of Giving Have you experienced the joy of giving? That feeling of "Wow, thank you Lord for the privilege of meeting someone else's need", either through a surplus or [...]
Churches and Tax-exempt status
Churches and Tax-exempt Status What if, as some are calling for, churches would no longer be considered tax-exempt? If you have been following events over the past few years, [...]
Online Giving
Online Giving Let's face it. You spend more and more of your life, time and resources online, including the time you've taken to read this blog post. One of the [...]
Just a User Name and Password
Just a User Name and Password Ever feel like you have been reduced to "enter your user name and password"? I know I certainly do - and I feel like [...]
The Conductor
The Conductor Ever listen to an orchestra warming up before the conductor arrives? It sounds horrible! I was reminded of this the other night watching my niece play in her college woodwind [...]
Surprise!
Surprise! "I hate surprises", I remarked a while back to several people after I was kept out of the loop on some issues at work and things didn't go my [...]
Don’t be an Elvis bear
Don't Be an Elvis bear! This is Elvis Bear (note the cool sideburns). He doesn’t have a lot to worry about in his finances because he basically hangs out on my [...]
Ancient Paths
Ancient Paths 45 rpm record I don’t know about you, but I can be a sentimental old fool (SOF). I like looking at old stuff. That’s why I [...]
Yesterday
Yesterday You may begin singing along now…”Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now it looks as though they’re here to stay, Oh I believe in yesterday”. Of course [...]
Everything’s against me!
Everything's Against Me! Ever just felt like everything you touched turned against you? The project you worked on in the office for weeks (or months) was suddenly shelved with little [...]