WORLD Magazine | The Smiths & Browns | Joel Belz | Oct 22, 11

WORLD Magazine | The Smiths & Browns | Joel Belz | Oct 22, 11: "Here's a brief story about personal finance—and maybe macroeconomics as well—that I first heard about 40 years ago. I wish I had heard it 50 years ago. I hope a few 20-somethings are listening to me now.

It's the simple story of two young couples—let's call them the Smiths and the Browns—who were eager to buy their first homes."

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Three Things to do When Your Career Hurts You | The High Calling

Three Things to do When Your Career Hurts You | The High Calling: "I am eating a peach. I notice the white flesh that is laced with streaks of pinkish red fibers. I feel the fluff of the skin like an abrasion against my own. I taste the sugar water that pours from within it and I realize that I have not taken life in like this for many, many months.

This refreshing perspective comes after a year of deep treading in very murky water. My career has hurt me in ways that I am only able to process after the fact. The days that mark this period of my life look like a continual darkness that I cannot break through. I cringe waking up; I cry going to sleep. My sleep is disturbed thinking of work the next morning."

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Demonstrations against financial greed sweep the world | Ekklesia

Demonstrations against financial greed sweep the world | Ekklesia: "Millions of protesters in 82 countries and across nearly a thousand cities have taken to the streets to demonstrate against the bailing out of the rich, while those at the bottom end of society are expected to pay for a global economic crisis prompted by speculation and greed.

The 'Unite for Global Change' actions look set to continue throughout the week, with a new wave of demonstrations planned across Europe and the USA.

The activists "mean to limit the power of finance capital "

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IRD Challenges Religious Left over Support for Wall Street Occupation - Christian Newswire

IRD Challenges Religious Left over Support for Wall Street Occupation - Christian Newswire: ""Religious activists who have aligned with the Wall Street Occupation should model mature Christian discernment, not echo angry resentments that dream of a secular utopia." -- Mark Tooley, IRD President"

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Relief From Being Scared - daveramsey.com

Relief From Being Scared - daveramsey.com: "It’s the Halloween season, and few people would be as scared as Will, a member of My Total Money Makeover. He’s staring down $647,000 in debt.

Between $84,000 in credit card debt and student loans, $540,000 in debt on a mortgage and a townhouse investment property, and a $23,000 car note, he’s got more than a few reasons to be scared."

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Managing Money God's Way

Managing Money God's Way:

"In these uncertain economic times, financial matters are a huge concern. But God’s Word speaks in a very practical way to money and money management—both corporately and privately.

Ron Blue is confident that financial freedom is brought by generosity. He takes God’s word for it—and he has seen it happen with his own eyes."

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Community Post: When Faith Clashes with Business | The High Calling

Community Post: When Faith Clashes with Business | The High Calling:

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