Over the past year I’ve watched as Baker over at ManVsDebt.com has had a meteoric launch to become one of the premier voices in the blogosphere in several different niches. He is a recognized personal finance writer, landing a staff writer position at one of the premier personal finance sites, GetRichSlowly.org. He writes about his family’s travels as they globe trot – from New Zealand to Australia to Thailand – in the past year. His writing has been inspired, and lots of people (myself included) have come to enjoy his writing immensely.  Read more... (878 words, 13 images, estimated 3:31 mins reading time)

• review, zen to done Unless you are new to the world of blogging, you've probably heard of Zen To Done. The author, Leo Babuta, started the blog Zen Habits as a personal journal for friends and family to chronicle some of the positive changes he was making in his life. The blog caught on......
• NSFW: Free as in “my publisher will disown me after I pirate my book on TechCrunch” “So that’s your advice is it? As my agent? On the week my book comes out in paperback, I should produce my own pirated version and give it away free? Why don’t I just punch my publisher in the face? That would be less work.” My agent rocked back in......

As I’ve stated elsewhere on this site, one of my goals for Bible Money Matters has been to make it one of the go-to places on the internet for personal finance information from a Christian viewpoint. I want to provide great commentary on money topics, and make this site useful, entertaining and engaging.

One of the ways I’ve been trying to improve the site in the past year is by hosting some of the best Christian personal finance writers from all over web on this site. In the past year we’ve hired several talented staff writers to write for our site every week.  Read more... (609 words, 11 images, estimated 2:26 mins reading time)

• How to be a Money Strategist to Reach Your Financial Goals (Part 1) Mr. ToughMoneyLove is a Money Strategist Setting and reaching financial goals is at the core of personal financial planning and retirement planning.  This two part article explains how being a money strategist provides a structure for me to reach my family's financial goals.  In this part 1, we define financial goals,......
• What Does the Bible Tell Us About Debt? Photo by: LabyrinthX This is a guest post by Miranda Marquit who writes about personal finances for the All Business Personal Finance Corner and edits information on debt consolidation for DestroyDebt.com. Interested in writing a guest post for Gather Little by Little? Contact me! One of the growing areas......

Within the past couple of days I was notified that Bible Money Matters was nominated and was one of the finalists in the “Best Religious Finance Blog” category of the Plutus Awards.  I’m humbled and gratified that someone enjoyed the site enough to nominate us. Before we get too far though, we should clarify – what on earth are the Plutus Awards? 

The Plutus Awards are like the Oscars of the personal finance blog world.  They honor the best and the brightest of the year in a variety of categories.   They have categories for everything from “Blog of the Year” to the “Lifetime Achievement Awards”.  Read more... (530 words, 12 images, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)

• Happy President's Day and Valentine's Day Weekend (and Personal Finance Links) I'm off to celebrate President's Day weekend with my wife and our puppy (though he's over a year old now). I hope to be back on Monday with a light post and then kick off Tuesday with a brief tour of Lazy Man headquarters and some of the bargains from......
• Free Money Finance March Madness Round II With your help I was able to get through Round I of FMF's personal finance March Madness.  Well now I'm in Round II and it's really tight! The March Madness competition pits some of the best personal finance articles from 2008 against each other to see which is the best. ......

Last month I wrote a series of posts on this blog about how I had turned my blog into a nice secondary source of income for my family. I discussed all the things that I have done over the past 2 years in order to take a small unheard of blog, and turn it into an income producing asset. The series of posts was extremely popular, and I decided to write some more on the topic and create an expanded resource for new and intermediate bloggers alike.  Read more... (716 words, 12 images, estimated 2:52 mins reading time)

• Getting a Life Getting a Life was another book that wasn't on my initial wish list for 2008, but after reading Your Money or Your Life and being fascinated by its ideas, I discovered this "follow up" book published a few years later. The authors of Getting a Life, Jacqueline Blix and David......
• When it Comes to Investing, Simplicity Rules. There was a time when only the wealthy and well connected could invest in the stock market. Then IRAs and 401(k) plans ushered in a new era of the "common man" investor. Flash forward a bit more, to the Internet age, and we have a grand democratization of the stock......

Over the last few weeks I’ve been making a lot of changes behind the scenes, things that most people probably wouldn’t notice.  In order to help make the articles here available for even more people I’ve been making Bible Money Matters compliant with several mobile platforms, in addition to launching an email newsletter just yesterday.

So without further ado, let’s take a look at some of the new options you have to keep in touch with Bible Money Matters!  Read more... (625 words, 14 images, estimated 2:30 mins reading time)

• Volt's High-Tech Communication via Iphone App The upcoming Chevy Volt is going to have the ability to communicate with you via an Iphone App.  The application will sync with the Volt's OnStar system, allowing its owner to monitor everything from the charging schedule to pre-set temperature settings inside the car (!).  A list of the......
• Personal Finance Links (Super Sunday Edition) Today, I'm focused on three thoughts. In a few hours, I'll probably be partaking of more calories in one meal than I should have in a whole day... or two days. Many of you will probably do the same. Having spent some 90%+ of my life in Boston, I'm a......