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Money and Finances

Objection #1 to Early Marriage: Economic Insecurity

February 22, 2010

If you missed it, I recently wrote my Defense of Early Marriage. I listed the five main objections that people commonly have against early marriage, with the intention of responding to each of these objections. The first objection I want to respond to is that of economic insecurity. Naysayers often point out that young people [...]

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Mennonite Money Principle #2: Do the Work Yourself

February 13, 2010

(This is the third part of my Money Principles from the Mennonites. Yesterday I covered Don’t buy anything you don’t need.) Mennonites are masters of this – or at least the Mennonites that I grew up with are. The Mennonites I know will learn how to do just about anything in order to avoid having [...]

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Money Principle #1: Don’t Buy Anything You Don’t Absolutely Need

February 12, 2010

This is Principle #1 as mentioned in my first post of the series, Money Principles from the Mennonites. Tomorrow I’m going to come back with Principle #2, Do the Work Yourself. Oh, but before I begin, I want to say this: in my last post, I expressed uncertainty about whether I could consider myself any [...]

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Money Principles from the Mennonites

February 8, 2010

When you, my dearest readers, filled out my survey, a number of you suggested I cover the topic of finances. That makes sense. I’m talking about marriage in this blog, and finances are a big part of adulthood and sharing our lives together. Only problem is, I hate talking about money. It bores me exceedingly. [...]

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