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How to Hire Financial Help
Hiring a financial professional can be a daunting task. It can be a bit like dating – you need to understand yourself and what you need out of the relationship. Get up to speed on the lingo of professional credentials. Then you can look for some good candidates to team up with you. Finally, a few clicks on the Internet can confirm credentials and find out about any past problems.
What is your current situation?
The hardest step in meeting with a professional is doing your homework first! Take time to gather some general information about your household that includes a list of your assets and market value, your debts’ balances and interest rates, insurance policies, and short and long term financial goals.
Think about whether you want someone that will hold your hand through the entire process and be an active partner with you. Or, perhaps you want someone to listen to your goals, determine how you can meet those goals, and then you will do all the work to put the plan into place.
What type of advice do you need?
Prime Minister Hopes Price Increase Will Help Brits Hold Their Liquor
The British government has apparently had it with the nation's binge drinking and the resultant drain on the universal health care system. Calling the situation a "scandal " Prime Minister David Cameron wants to raise the minimum price for booze across the board to $ 0.80 per unit. Britain's National Health Service estimates that drinking costs the state $ 4.4 billion per year once liquor-related violence and disease are included in the mix and liver disease has risen by 25% over the last decade according to AP. The wire service notes that "men chasing each other and shrieking like teenagers; women stumbling …
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Federal and State Protections May Help Stop Senior Discrimination
State and federal laws are designed to prevent discrimination against older workers.
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Australian Billionaire Rebuilding the Titanic With China’s Help
The media’s love affair with a century-old sunken ship has been topped with news out of Australia where billionaire mining-tycoon Clive Palmer announced plans to honor history’s most famous iceberg victim. The Titanic II is not the upcoming sequel to James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster released by 20th Century Fox (NWS). It’s a life-sized replica of the 1912 cruise liner set to sail in 2016. The Sydney Morning Herald reports Mr. Palmer’s new company Blue Star Line Pty Ltd has commissioned the state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to construct the vessel. Designs are intended to be as close to …
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Help elderly parents fight financial fraud
You need to be vigilant if you want to make sure your parents’ retirement — as well as your own — is secure
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How Free Computer Software Can Help You With Your Prayer Life
I do not claim to be an expert on prayer, nor do I imply that my own prayer life is without flaw. However, because my prayer life seems to be a bit unique, my hope is that some of the tips I offer here will help others.
Here is the deal: I have learned over the years that I need help in maintaining a regular and meaningful prayer life, and it turns out that much of that help is computer related. You too can use free computer software (or software you already own) to help you with your prayer life. Allow me to explain.
Typing Out Prayers
If you are like me, your mind drifts when you go to your quiet place for your time with God. You may start out charging the very gates of heaven, but then, for no apparent reason, you discover yourself wondering what you will be eating for supper or how your favorite sports team fared last night. I have found that I will stay much more focused if I type my prayers instead of thinking them.
My daily prayer time starts with a word processing document and a macro which outlines my prayer categories: Thanksgiving, Praise, Confession, Intercession and Petition. Sound overly mechanical? I say give it a try. If typing your prayers is not for you, you can always go back to what you were doing before.
On April 28, help ‘Keep America Beautiful’
In the coming weeks, there will be many days to celebrate the Earth, including Earth Hour (March 31) and Earth Day (April 20). Now you can add April 28 to that list.
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Financial Counseling Strategies: How To Help Others
Since becoming a Dave Ramsey certified financial counselor in 2006, I have been privileged to serve doctors and engineers, welders and carpenters, widows and teenagers. Some have been home runs while others have been strike outs, but, with each client, I have continued to learn ways to counsel more effectively. Hopefully, by sharing some of these strategies, I can help readers better analyze their own finances – or perhaps help others.
Because the vast majority of my clients are married, I will be assuming in this post that I am working with a married couple.
Both spouses must attend our first meeting.
In scheduling the first appointment, I establish my counseling expectations by insisting that we find a time when both spouses can be present. If they can’t find such a time, I explain that they are not going to be able to use my services. My rationale is simple: I cannot help this couple by working with only one of them.
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Does a Second Job Hinder or Help Your Ministry?
I’ve had the privilege of working with hundreds of pastors in planning for their retirement. As you can imagine, the stories I’ve heard of God’s blessings and faithfulness are really encouraging. I can’t tell you how many missionaries I’ve worked with who are ready for retirement because they consistently saved 10% of their income, even when it didn’t amount to much.
While many pastors and missionaries are quick to share about God’s provision, a lot of them still have very modest incomes. Now there are some churches that can support their pastoral staff with very healthy salaries, but that represents a very low percentage of the pastors I’ve met with.
One of the most common scenarios is to meet with a pastor who is bi-vocational, meaning they serve the church and also hold a job outside of ministry. This is especially true for smaller churches that don’t have the resources to support a pastor full time. It’s always fascinating to hear the line of work a bi-vocational pastor does to support their family while in the ministry. In order to make ends meet, I’ve seen pastors with jobs as web developers, photographers, teachers, school bus drivers, factory workers, accountants, and small business owners.
Does a Second Job Negatively Affect Ministry?
When I first started working with ministers and noticed how many of them had job outside of their pastoral role, I couldn’t help but wonder if they felt limited in ministry because of it. For many, working a second job was a necessity, so the choice was clear – work a second job or go hungry. But working a second job didn’t mean that their ministry was less effective than full time pastors.
