Ancient Israel had a year when debts between neighbours were released. Many families today carry loans for deposits, roofs and school fees that nobody has repaid and nobody has forgotten. What would release look like?

A reader writes about the pride, fear and silence that nearly cost his family their home, and the slow, uncomfortable work of learning to talk about money with his wife.

Jesus told us not to worry, and Proverbs praises the ant that stores up food. Here is how a household can tell careful planning from anxious fretting.

A reader discovered her husband had secretly taken a loan secured on the family home. Our response covers the first practical steps, the questions to ask and how to protect both the house and the marriage.

A fridge on terms, a bed on hire purchase, a television on a store card: small monthly payments can add up to a heavy yoke. Isaiah’s promise of a broken yoke speaks to households carrying it.

Many households have a drawer, a bag or a corner where bills go to be ignored. The hardest step is often not paying them but letting someone else see them.