Here's Where We're Headed...
A Discipleship Journey for Integrating Faith & Finances
One Big Idea
What if your financial life could reflect your deepest values?
What if your budget, investments, spending, and giving all aligned with your faith—and not just your habits, fears, or the pressure of our culture?
That’s the journey we’re beginning here. Starting July 2025, I’m launching a weekly series called Faithful Finance, built around one big idea:
Your money is not just a math problem. It’s a reflection of your faith.
And it can become a tool for peace, purpose, and impact.
Why This Series?
I’ve spent decades as a pastor helping people align their beliefs with the way they live. Now, as a financial advisor with Everence, I do the same work—just through a different lens.
This space is where those two worlds meet: biblical wisdom + financial clarity.
Each month, we’ll explore a different theme at the intersection of faith and money—things like stewardship, generosity, simplicity, and legacy. Each theme will unfold in 3–4 weekly posts that offer:
✅ Biblical insights
✅ Real-world stories
✅ Practical tools
✅ Actionable steps
Whether you’re a ministry leader, small business owner, parent, retiree, or just trying to make sense of money through a faith lens—this series is for you.
Here’s the Roadmap for the Year
You can follow along month-by-month or jump into the topics that speak most to your life right now.
JULY – Why Faith and Finances Belong Together
Week 1 — The Spiritual Nature of Financial Decisions
Week 2 — How Faith Convictions Shape Economic Life
Week 3 — Jesus, Money, and the Kingdom of God
Week 4 — From Separation to Integration: Real-Life Reflections
AUGUST – Stewardship Over Ownership
Week 1 — Biblical Foundations of Stewardship
Week 2 — What It Means to Be a “Manager,” Not an Owner
Week 3 — Reframing Retirement, Savings, and Legacy
Week 4 — Family Stories: Practicing Stewardship Together
SEPTEMBER – Simplicity in a Culture of Excess
Week 1 — The Cost of Complication: Why Simplicity Matters
Week 2 — Counter-Consumerism in Daily Life
Week 3 — Budgeting as a Spiritual Practice
Week 4 — Testimonies of Intentional Simplicity
OCTOBER – Investing as Discipleship
Week 1 — What Is Faith-Based or Socially Responsible Investing?
Week 2 — Ethical Screens: What to Avoid, What to Support
Week 3 — Faith Values in Market Participation
Week 4 — Tools, Accounts, and How to Get Started
NOVEMBER– Earning with Integrity
Week 1 — Work as Worship: The Theology of Vocation
Week 2 — Business Practices that Reflect the Kingdom
Week 3 — Navigating Ambition, Compensation, and Calling
Week 4 — Stories of Ethical Entrepreneurship
DECEMBER – Giving as Resistance and Renewal
Week 1 — Why We Give: The Heart Behind the Habit
Week 2 — Giving as Resistance to Greed
Week 3 — Structuring Generosity Into Your Life
Week 4 — Communities Transformed by Radical Generosity
JANUARY – Debt, Freedom, and Trust
Week 1 — What Scripture Says About Debt
Week 2 — The Emotional and Spiritual Toll of Debt
Week 3 — Steps Toward Financial Margin and Peace
Week 4 — Stories of Freedom from the Debt Trap
FEBRUARY – Mutual Aid in Modern Times
Week 1 — Mutual Aid: More Than Charity
Week 2 — Historic Anabaptist Practices
Week 3 — How Churches Can Do This Today
Week 4 — Examples of Mutual Aid Making a Difference
MARCH – Creation Care and the Economy
Week 1 — Stewarding the Earth Through Financial Choices
Week 2 — Investing in Sustainability
Week 3 — Reducing Waste, Supporting Local
Week 4 — Stories of Environmental Stewardship in Action
APRIL – Justice and Global Economics
Week 1 — What Is Economic Justice?
Week 2 — Fair Trade, Ethical Consumption, and Worker Rights
Week 3 — The Role of Advocacy in Financial Stewardship
Week 4 — Global Neighbors: Giving with Impact
MAY – Faith & Finances in Family Life
Week 1 — Teaching Children About Money and Faith
Week 2 — Money Conversations in Marriage
Week 3 — Modeling Generosity as a Family
Week 4 — Tools and Resources for Faithful Families
JUNE – A Vision for the Long Haul
Week 1 — Lasting Impact: Building a Financial Legacy
Week 2 — Aligning Your Will, Estate, and Values
Week 3 — What It Means to Finish Well
Week 4 — Looking Ahead: Financial Discipleship for the Next Generation
Want to Join the Journey?
You don’t have to read every post. But if you want to think more clearly, live more freely, and give more generously, I’d love to walk with you.
Let’s build a financial life that reflects the Kingdom. Not just one that works. One that witnesses.
Josh’s Substack is free. As a faith-based Financial Advisor, he doesn’t want something from you, he wants something for you — namely, for you to live a life of financial well-being so that you can pursue faith-inspired living.
If you would benefit from further conversation on the topic of this post, retirement planning, investment management, charitable giving, or anything else related to your finances, please don’t hesitate to reach out.