This article is part of the Biblically-Informed Framework for Retirement Stewardship (BIFRS) series. It was originally published on November 19, 2020, and updated in December 2025. The commercials haven’t changed When I first wrote this article in 2020, I was venting my frustration about misleading Medicare Advantage commercials. Six years later, I’m writing this update … Read more
This article is part of the Biblically-Informed Framework for Retirement Stewardship. On a recent Sunday morning, one of our lay-elders-in-training (we call them pastoral interns) gave his personal testimony and shared from Joshua 1:1-9, a text that had greatly influenced him. He said that God spoke to him through these verses at an early age, … Read more
This article is part of the Biblically-Informed Framework for Retirement Stewardship (BIFRS). In our culture, success with money is usually associated with self-confidence, self-sufficiency, and self-determination. We take pride in how much money we make, how much we save, how much debt we paid off, and how well our investments do. The Internet is lit-up … Read more
This article is part of the Biblically-Informed Framework for Retirement Stewardship (BIFRS). It was initially published in June 2018 and updated in January 2026. In Investing for Retirement – Parts One and Two, I introduced a ‘framework’ for investing for retirement and discussed different asset types and holding options, and also active versus passive management … Read more
This article is part of the Biblically-Informed Framework for Retirement Stewardship (BIFRS). It was initially published in May 2018 and updated in February 2026. This is the second article in a three-part series about investing for retirement. In the first article, I discussed the various types of assets that can be held as investments. In … Read more
This article is part of the Biblically-Informed Framework for Retirement Stewardship (BIFRS). It was initially published in May 2018 and updated in January 2026. If you have followed this blog for very long, you may have noticed that I don’t write much about investing. There are several reasons for that, not the least of which … Read more
This article is part of the Biblically-Informed Framework for Retirement Stewardship (BIFRS). It was initially published in December 2017 and updated in January 2026. I was once reading an article in Forbes magazine titled, “Can You Handle the Truth About Retirement?” It was enlightening but frankly also a little depressing. The author lists things like, … Read more
This article is part of the Biblically Informed Framework for Retirement Stewardship (BIFRS) series. The articles on this blog approach the subject of retirement from a biblical stewardship perspective. That view, which I believe is supported in Scripture, is that everything we have – our time, talents, and treasure – belong to God and we … Read more
This article is part of the Biblically-Informed Framework for Retirement Stewardship (BIFRS). It was initially published in June 2017 and updated in February 2026. The subtitle of this blog is, “save diligently, invest wisely, give generously, live abundantly.” I included investing in the mix because it is a critical component of retirement stewardship. It is … Read more
