KateHorrell

Henrietta Mears was a Christian educator who impacted the ministries of many prominent evangelists, including Billy Graham, Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ, and Jim Rayburn of Young Life.  Regardless of your religious leanings, her statement about giving applies to all of us. The man who keeps busy helping the man below him won’t… | Read More…

I’ve discovered a lot of odd things while living overseas, but none has surprised me as much as the presence of slot machines on military bases.  Every base I’ve been to in Europe has slot machines.  I’d always thought that gambling on military bases wasn’t allowed.  I was definitely wrong! While I have no problems… | Read More…

My friend, Jeff Rose, recently published an awesome personal finance book, Soldier of Finance.   I expected it to be good, but it is really excellent.  Jeff talks about finances in a comfortable, conversational tone and shares his own experiences throughout.  As a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and combat veteran of the Army National Guard,… | Read More…

I’m not sure if I am super-qualified to write this post, or not qualified at all.  I’ve given up soda completely about 10 times in my life, and I made the permanent switch away from Diet Coke about two years ago. And I am breaking the soda habit soon.  Here are the ways that I will… | Read More…

On this important day, I would like to say Thank You to all the veterans who have sacrificed so much to keep our country free.  I appreciate your service.

One of the disadvantages of living overseas is that it doesn’t make sense to buy some appliances. Even if you really, really want them and would use them everyday. Since I’m currently living in a 220v world, I don’t have a stick blender, or a fancy food processor, or an extra freezer.  And our second… | Read More…

I pretty regularly hear the phrases “poverty line” or “poverty level” used with reference to military families. I started wondering just how many military families truly live below the federal determination for poverty, and so I decided to do some math. What I’ve found is that it is pretty challenging for a military family to,… | Read More…