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Many households run out of money at the same point every month and hope next month will be different. Changing the result usually means changing the routine.

Many households run out of money at the same point every month and hope next month will be different. Changing the result usually means changing the routine.

Some of the heaviest burdens a household carries are financial mistakes someone made: the loan co-signed, the savings lost, the house that had to be sold. On confession, forgiveness and rebuilding.

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.

Every household has a line in the budget marked “essentials”, and it is rarely as simple as it looks. An essay on what we treat as non-negotiable, and what that reveals about our priorities.

We quote Matthew 6 on Sunday and lie awake over the light bill on Monday. An honest look at worry, planning and the household budget.

The pressure to make the house perfect and the table full each Christmas lands on our bills in January. A reflection on simpler celebrations and steadier homes.