by Matt Bell | Jan 27, 2026 | Budgeting/Planning, Faith & Finances, Generosity, Saving |
I’m fascinated with the process of life change. So many of us would like to make some changes — in our health, our relationships, our finances. And yet change seems hard. We might make progress for a while, but then we slip back into old familiar patterns. What does...
by Matt Bell | Dec 16, 2025 | Faith & Finances, Generosity |
December is a natural time to take stock of the year, financially and otherwise. Did we achieve the goals we set for ourselves at the start of the year? What went well? What didn’t go so well? And what changes should we aim for in the year ahead? But a few years...
by Matt Bell | Nov 4, 2025 | Faith & Finances, Generosity |
When my wife, Jude, and I got married, I was making almost three times as much as she was (she worked in full-time ministry while I had a corporate job), and yet she had more money in savings, more money in investments, a paid-off car that was two years newer than my...
by Matt Bell | Sep 2, 2025 | Faith & Finances, Generosity |
It’s tricky business teaching about generosity these days. Preachers of the prosperity gospel are packing their pews and selling lots of books. Theirs is a “give in order to get” message, based on a misinterpretation of verses like Luke 6:38: Give, and it will be...
by Matt Bell | Jul 15, 2025 | Generosity, Teaching Kids |
In his book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Donald Miller tells a powerful story he calls, “How Jason Saved His Family.” After returning from Los Angeles, where he took part in a storytelling workshop, Don got together with his friend, Jason, and learned of some...
by Matt Bell | Apr 8, 2025 | Budgeting/Planning, Credit/Debt, Faith & Finances, Generosity, Saving, Spending |
“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.” – Isaiah 40:7 With so much stock market turmoil and economic uncertainty swirling about, now more than ever we need the reassurance and guidance of God’s eternal Word. In order to cope...
Wow, Al, 24 years and 330,000 miles? That's amazing. I guess my car, at 150,000 miles is just getting broken…
Congratulations on keeping a car for 15 years, Matt. That's a good start. I had a 1990 Accord that I…
Glad it was helpful, Ritchie. Thanks for letting me know.
thanks Matt for your inspiring article.. God bless
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