Do You Need Life Insurance in Retirement?
It seems like I'm always seeing advertisements on TV for life insurance. There are almost as many as reverse mortgage advertisements. Interestingly, it seems...
Pay Down Your Mortgage or Increase Saving For Retirement?
On this blog, I often delve into specific practical areas of retirement stewardship. My goal is to simplify seemingly complex financial topics so that you...
Contentment with Retirement Stewardship is Great Gain
A simple definition of contentment from the Holman Bible Dictionary is "an internal satisfaction which does not demand changes in external circumstances."...
Is an "Early" Retirement Good Stewardship?
I am in my 60s and still working in a full-time job. If I were to retire tomorrow, I wouldn't be considered an "early retiree." In fact, because I am 64, I'm...
The Election and Your Retirement Stewardship: What Should You Do Now?
As you probably know, on this blog I try to remain relatively neutral when it comes to money and politics. That's because I think stewardship principles...
Communicating about Retirement in Marriage
I recently read a very enlightening article titled, "Study: Money Secrets and Sluggish Savings Put Couples' Retirement Dreams at Risk." The study, which was...
Thanksgiving, Jesus and the Ten Lepers, and One That Wasn't a "Turkey"
From the story of the ten lepers (Luke 17:11-19), we learn that stewardship is not simply about money. Stewardship is both a principle and a practice, a...
Stewarding Your Digital Assets – Part 2: Identity Theft
As I discussed in my last article, there are two major areas of concern when it comes to protecting your identity and preventing theft and fraud. The first...
Stewardship of Your Physical and Digital Assets – Part 1: Device Security
I often write about using various online and computer-based tools and services to help simplify and manage your personal and financial life. These can very...
Annuities and Retirement Stewardship – Part 2
In my last article on annuities, I discussed the different types of annuities and their use inside retirement accounts. As you could probably tell, I'm not a...
Retirement Stewardship and "Making Children Glad in God"
I was inspired to write this article by something that a young man shared with me in a men's books study meeting early this morning. He reminded me that I...
Annuities and Retirement Stewardship – Part 1
As a financial coach, I often work with folks who are in the accumulation/growth phase of planning for retirement (i.e., 5 to 10 years or more away)....
Stewardship and the Challenge of Generosity
Generosity is part of the tagline for this blog: "helping you to save diligently, invest wisely, give generously, and live abundantly." Actually, generosity...
Planning for Health Care Expenses in Retirement
In previous articles, I discussed Medicare and other health insurance options in retirement. One of the big myths about Medicare is that it pays for...
Medicare Health Insurance Options
My wife and I are both closing in on Medicare eligibility at age 65. So, I thought it was time to take a hard look at it so that we can make the right...
Health Insurance Options Before Medicare
Your medical insurance choices will depend greatly on whether you are young and a long way from retirement, an "early" retiree and a few years away from...
Estate Planning and Your Will
This article is a follow-up to my last one about leaving a legacy and estate planning. Once you get some up-front planning done, the next step is to put...
Retirement Stewardship and Your Legacy
In this, the first of two articles, I get into the sensitive and sometimes emotional subject of stewardship as it relates to estate planning. Whether you are...
Your Four Most Important Financial Decisions – #4: Saving and Investing
This is the third and final article in a three-part series about the most important financial decisions that affect retirement stewardship. Our saving and...
Your 4 Most Important Financial Decisions #2 and #3: Car Purchase and General Lifestyle
In this second of three articles about the most important financial decisions that affect retirement stewardship, I discuss the car purchase decision and...