Tag: money and religion

The Emotional and Financial Costs of Sacrificial Giving

“But we can’t cut back our giving; they depend on us.” A couple who were my clients some years ago retired just as the dot-com crash had eroded their savings. Yet they wanted to continue the generous donations they had been giving to their church and several...

Vow of Simplicity Not Really So Simple

Last week we explored one type of money belief, an unconscious vow of poverty that can lead to self-sabotage and harmful behaviors around money. But what about those, like members of some religious orders, who consciously make vows of poverty? Does that also lead to...