Finances
Final Thoughts
In this session, we have covered the important topic of financial faithfulness – how we steward the money that God allows to pass through our hands. Money management is not easy, especially right after college. If we want to pursue a healthy approach, one of the best things we can do is take an honest look at our current habits.
Recent graduates and innovators, Paul Girgis and Will Ferguson, completed a project where they interviewed millennials on their approach to money management. They captured their major takeaways and common themes of their research here. Take a look at their findings and consider your own situation.
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What resonates with you?
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Do you tend to avoid money management/deal with it in a reactive vs. proactive way?
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Is there someone you typically look to for money advice? Is this person wise?
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How can you “start small” with investing or take other steps toward a healthy financial future?
Additional Resources
Video- Breaking the Power of Money
When Jesus talks about money, he speaks as if it were actually a god that has power. Christians must find some way to break the power money has over us.
Book- Free: Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most
Packed with helpful exercises for getting a handle on your money story, and designed for healing and generative money conversations with friends, Free gives you a path to financial freedom and spiritual flourishing that awakens your heart and energizes your soul.
Web- Dave Ramsey Solutions
Tools to help you stay focused and on track in your financial journey. This includes the everydollar app from the budgeting section.
Book- Economic Parables: The Monetary Teachings of Jesus
Using his vast experience in the financial world as well as church ministry, David Cowan invites you to listen directly to the words of Jesus and reflect on a number of economic parables to understand life in an increasingly globalized economy.
Blog- 6 Important Tips for Managing Your Finances
Money is a tricky part of life. Paging through the Bible, God obviously cared a lot about what his people did with money, how they thought about money, and what money did to them. Writer Adam Jeske believes God's concerns continues today.
