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Eating Healthy on a Budget

Everybody has to scale back expenses while in school, but cutting back shouldn’t come at the expense of healthy eating. Here is a link to a collection of tip sheets on how to feed your family while watching your pennies. (Photo by Peter Hellberg, used by Creative Commons license. Thanks!)

Share how YOU manage your food budget while in seminary – or in whatever situation.

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Finance 101: Learn the basics

The world of personal finance can be confusing. What’s an annuity? How should I think about risk? What’s an IRA? Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has put together a webpage with good, basic information that can help you make some smart choices. (Photo © Chris Brignell – Fotolia.com)

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Videos for Financial Literacy

Click on over to MoneyPlanSOS and check out a month’s worth of new two minute videos for Financial Literacy Month (April). You can also look at last year’s selection of videos in the archives. Blogger and financial coach Steve Stewart has put together an extremely useful and easy to navigate website that encourages financial literacy and stewardship using biblical principles.  (Photo by Inha Leex Hale used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

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‘Magic’ formula actually prevents empty pockets

Click here to read Trent Hamm’s reflection on what is really needed to exercise sound money management and prevent credit card debt. It’s called spending less than one earns, and one magic ingredient makes this recipe for success work. It may sound simple, but as Trent notes, it’s a lot harder to do.

(Photo by Daniel Moyle used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)