Leadership Team Retreat

Tuesday through Thursday, I went to Hickory Knob State Park with North Side’s leadership team to strategize and to simplify.  We worked on the year’s upcoming budget and calendar and also tweaked a few things that needed improving.  While there is no way to include everything we worked through, I can give you a few …

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Bailout #4 (You + Credit Cards = Danger)

I have a rule about spending: unless it is a house, car, or education, I don’t borrow money.  I do not have a credit card.  Once I got a job, I decided to save money for any spending that I needed to do, but I never borrowed money.  I definitely never borrowed money from family …

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Chapter 10: The Budget (Freshman 15 Snippet)

Here’s a snippet from Chapter 10: The Budget: Besides food and lodging, there are plenty of other spending temptations.  Maybe you have the honest desire to dress like the most popular students on campus.  You don’t want to drive your mom’s minivan when other students are driving sports cars.  With the click of a “Buy” …

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Bailout #3 (Are You a Broke College Student?)

Our college group at my church was traveling to invest in some children at a missions project during the summer, and I was driving one of the vans full of students.  I had just finished reading Dave Ramsey’s, The Total Money Makeover, and I was befuddled at some of the stats I read.  I polled …

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Bailout #1 (or why our country is in the mess that it is in)

While the United States is still working on how to appropriate the funds for our national bailout, we are still unaware of when or if this financial crisis will be averted.  If you watch the news at all (or gaze at your retirement), you feel the pain and realize that this national crisis is affecting …

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