Debt devotional

Below is a five day devotional on debt from YouVersion. DAY 1 Debt can cause so many problems both financially and spiritually. When too much debt is attained it is as if we become trapped, drowning in our finances. Our…

HARP 2.0

The expanded HARP program or HARP 2.0 took effect on December 1, 2011 for borrowers with a loan-to-value ratio of less than 125 percent and in the first quarter of 2012 for borrowers with a loan-to-value ratio of greater than…

Great resource for young children

Crown has developed a version of the three “piggy banks” called My Money Town.  While the supply last, customers can name their own price for this innovative resource!  (The normal retail price is $17.95.) To highlight the offer, Bob Dickie (Crown’s President) wrote an article recently for…

Black Friday Blues

How many of you took advantage of all the wonderful Black Friday sales, the three days of Thanksgiving sales or Cyber Monday sales? If so are you feeling the Black Friday Blues? What exactly are the Black Friday Blues? They…

Forgiveness

Psalm 130: 1-8 (NIV) A song of ascents. Verses 1-2 are the cry of those who need forgiveness: 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; 2     Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. Verse…

It Starts with Caring

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2012 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. –Acts 8:5 In the book of Acts, we find this story about Philip, one of Jesus’ disciples: Then Philip went down to the…

A Passing Shadow

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2012 We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace. —1 Chronicles…