Frugality is Not a Competition

…it is merely a strategy. I’ve never had a particularly positive view of competition, probably because I have most often seen it used for selfish reasons. I think of some of the less-reputable athletes at my high school who thought it was fun to dominate those less-athletic in gym class. There are some very good […]

Contributing to Your G-IRA

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 […]

Thoughts on Prophetic Giving

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 […]

The Power of Cash Position

My cell phone bricked itself this morning. Just completely shat itself out. Coma-inducing diarrhea. One moment it was running just fine, the next it was black-screened, and after several half-successful attempts to turn it back on, the damage seemed final. It even feels slightly lighter now, like its soul has leapt from its fleshly bonds […]

Dream Interpretation and Hebrew

The Background Dream interpretation is definitely a more charismatic topic in Christianity. Most of the churches I have been to have ignored the subject entirely, perhaps tacitly admitting that God spoke to people in the Bible through dreams, but largely ignoring the possibility that God still does this. For less than a year now I’ve […]