Category: Giving

For the past few years, I’ve had a strong desire to do prophetic giving. That probably sounds crazy to a lot of people, but it basically means praying to God for what to buy, then going out and praying to find the people who should receive those things. I feel like I’ve heard stories of […]

It’s been a rough couple months. Budget-wise. I spent the whole month of November on a massive spending bender. I don’t remember the last time I spent all the slack in my paycheck on various crap, but it definitely happened. Some might say that was long overdue, I’d say it was long over-stupid, but at […]

It’s important to note that just within the past two hours, I’ve learned that my church’s sermon this past Sunday was actually on tithing and giving. My Sunday attendance is less than consistent, but I rarely make a note to listen to the sermons online. Except today. The thought of giving has been heavy on […]

I’ve been writing in this blog for over a year and a half now, and I have yet to say anything about tithing. At first this seemed odd, but on second thought it’s really not. The tithe is honestly not very interesting, in my opinion. I have no doubt hundreds of pages could be written […]

If you’ve done any research into retirement or investing, you’ve probably encountered several terms: 401k, Roth 401k, IRA, Roth IRA, 403b, 457, and several others. I had never in my life actually taken an interest in tax law until this past year, and it’s a little scary just how much there is to learn. Most […]

Several years ago I read Marcel Mauss’s anthropological classic “The Gift”. It was one of the driest books I have ever read, made what I thought were several inaccurate conclusions, and really left me with a bitter taste in my brain. What it did accomplish, however, was impressing upon me just how complicated gift-giving can […]