I’ve often said that contentment is one of the most powerful tools that one can have within one's financial toolbox. Why? Because it offers both spiritual and financial benefits (more on this below). Contentment is one of the best ways to steward and plan well, all while guarding your heart against the power of money.

Each year our advisors love to collaborate on a group blog post around Advent/Christmas time and address what a specific topic means to us.

This year we chose, “What is Advent and how does it relate to your finances?”

As we progress into the final quarter of the year, it tends to beg the question, “What are the tax advantaged year-end giving opportunities?”

As Christians, we want to make sure we’re maintaining a generous heart but also taking advantage of what the tax code has to offer.

(Disclosure: This is not legal advice. For legal advice, please consult an attorney.)

When it comes to stewardship most of us automatically think about spending money and investing only. However, stewardship involves every aspect of your personal finances and even includes areas outside of personal finance.

As we near Christmas, our advisors at the Christian Financial Advisors Network wanted to share how they guide their families through giving and receiving during the Advent season and the faith impact that it has.

Enjoy!

Giving is always one of the most highlighted topics where faith and finance intersect. Often one of the biggest questions among Christians is, “How Much Should I Be Giving?”. It’s a tough one to answer because: it depends. But, this is a question that you should absolutely be able to answer for yourself as a steward of what God’s entrusted to you.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, crypto, digital assets, and NFTs are all words that have been overtaking the news and social media for the last few years.

But what are they and what’s the big deal? Most importantly, how should we view and approach this new and emerging asset class?

For the last decade or so there’s been an interesting development in the finance sector that’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen. This recent development is decentralized finance, or DeFi for short. This is drastically different from traditional finance that we’ve come to accept as the norm.

The Christmas season is such a wonderful time of the year. On the surface level it’s filled with family, friends, food, rest, and gifts.

However, on a spiritual level it’s a time of preparation and celebration through, Advent, as well as the meaningful reflection on what the birth of Christ means to us.

Debt continues to become more and more prevalent in our culture while it’s being increasingly normalized.

Debt is one of the largest reasons why many individuals fail to achieve any true and lasting financial freedom. 

Every new year countless individuals across the country recount the past year and how to improve themselves heading into the new year. One way many individuals do this is in the form of developing better habits while striking bad habits.

This time of the year is unprecedented when it comes to the amount of resources that Americans disburse for consumption. But if there’s one thing that can slice through the consumerism of our western culture it’s the Gospel.