Financial Coaching for Kingdom Men

Tax season has a way of holding up a mirror to our lives. You look at the "Gross Pay" on your W-2 and that familiar pit forms in your stomach. You think, “I made that much money last year? Where on earth did it all go?” Without a plan, money is remarkably flighty. If you don't intentionally tell it where to stay, it will fly away like a pet finch when the cage door is left ajar—quick, quiet, and suddenly out of reach. The Workplace Trap vs. The Family Blessing For many of us, our only experience with a "budget" is at the office. In the corporate world, a budget feels like a list of restrictions handed down from a department you’ve never visited. It’s a "no" to your ideas, a "not yet" to your project, and a ceiling on your potential. But a family budget is fundamentally different. It isn’t a corporate restriction; it is a Kingdom duty and a divine blessing. At work, you have no control. At home, you and your spouse are the Finance Committee. ...

  The current career advice is a slow-motion suicide of your potential. In 2026, the conversation is dominated by "quiet quitting," "acting your wage," and "setting boundaries" that are really just excuses for mediocrity. The culture tells you that if your boss is difficult or your salary is stagnant, the answer is to disengage. But for a Kingdom man, this is a trap. If you only work when your boss is looking, you aren’t "sticking it to the man." You are training yourself to be mediocre. Colossians 3 provides a counter-cultural blueprint that is the ultimate career and financial cheat code. 1. The Death of "Eye-Service" "Obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord." (Colossians 3:22) The world calls it "managing up." Paul calls it eye-service. When you work hard only when the manager is watching, you are a people-...

  There is a specific weight that comes with overwhelming debt. It’s the sound of the phone ringing from an unknown number. It’s the pit in your stomach when you check the mailbox. It’s the tension that sits at the dinner table between a husband and wife. As a financial coach, I have sat across the table from many people who feel that the walls are closing in. I was recently asked by a faithful couple if it was right for Christians to file bankruptcy.  As I was contemplating this question and praying I was surprised at the response I got.  The song, “He Paid a Debt He Did Not Owe, I Owed a Debt I could not Pay” started running through my head.  Considering the Year of Jubilee, Old testament laws about issuing loans, The Lord’s Prayer, and the story of the dishonest manager among others, we as Christians are intimately familiar with someone else paying our debt.  Both spiritual and financial debts.   The Bible is clear that when something is borrowed it...

  We often tell ourselves we "need" things to survive. But for most of us living in modern society, our "needs" are actually "wants" in disguise. When we label a luxury as a necessity, we give ourselves emotional permission to overspend. This creates a mask that hides the truth: your financial stress isn't caused by a lack of income, but by a lack of priority. If you want to reach financial freedom, you have to be willing to unmask your habits and call them what they really are. The Big Three: Food, Cars, and Schools These are the areas where the line between "need" and "want" gets blurred most often. Food: You need calories to live. You want the convenience of DoorDash, the atmosphere of a steakhouse, or the premium branding of organic-only grocery stores. If you are in debt, "eating out" is a want you cannot afford. Vehicles: You need reliable transportation to get to work. You want the heated leather seats, the upgr...