Category: Health

  • Dealing With Financial Risk in Retirement

    In the last article, we looked at what I believe to be the greatest risk in retirement: retiring without a clear sense of calling and purpose. But I also mentioned some other risks—the financial ones. The Bible encourages us to take wise precautions as part of good stewardship to protect ourselves from the adverse effects…

  • All You Need to Know About Personal Finance on a 3 x 5 Inch Index Card – Really?

    A few years ago, a University of Chicago college professor named Harold Pollack remarked that everything you really needed to know about personal finance could be fit on a single 3×5 inch index card. Someone asked him to prove it, the result went viral, and Pollack actually ended up co-writing a book about it called…

  • Reflections and Lessons from 40 Years of Stewardship

    As I shared in a previous article, I decided to retire from my full-time paid position a few weeks ago. I will do an article about how my “transition” to retirement is going and what I am up to in a future article. In this post, I want to share the main lessons I have…

  • Medicare Health Insurance Options

    My wife and I are both closing in on Medicare eligibility at age 65. So, I thought it was time to take a hard look at it so that we can make the right decisions at the right time. In this article, I will share what I’ve learned so far. Our situation is similar to many…

  • Health Insurance Options Before Medicare

    Your medical insurance choices will depend greatly on whether you are young and a long way from retirement, an “early” retiree and a few years away from Medicare eligibility, or 65 or older and eligible for Medicare. In this article, I discuss the medical insurance options that younger people and “early retirees” may consider. In…