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"10% of the earth is the Lord's, and 10% of everything in it..." (Psalm 24:1/10)

Okay, that's obviously a joke. But isn't it easy to live like it's true? Like God owns everything... minus the 90% that goes into my bank account?

It's normal to have a tough relationship with money and generosity. Most of us do! This week, we're joined by Mark Washington who's going to help us navigate the relationship between trust and generosity.

RESOURCES

• Join the MBA Alumni Network
• Learn more about Generous Giving
• Learn more about Faith Driven Investor
• Learn more about Gary Ginter
• Read Growing Givers' Hearts

RELATED EPISODE(S)

• E142: Understanding Your Financial Narrative (Apple, Spotify)
• E143: Understanding the Biblical Financial Narrative (Apple, Spotify)
• E144: Wealth is a Mindset (Apple, Spotify)

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Want an early Christmas present? Here's an extra episode!

Enjoy Voice of Great Thunder With a Good Medicine Spirit (Terry Wildman) share about his recent IVP release, Birth of the Chosen: A First Nations Retelling of the Christmas Story. Terry also tells about the role this children's book played in the writing of the First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament.

RESOURCES

• Purchase Birth of the Chosen: A First Nations Retelling of the Christmas Story
• Purchase First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament
• Pre-Order First Nations Version Psalms and Proverbs: An Indigenous Bible Translation
• Learn more about the First Nations Version

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We're pausing from our money episode to revisit the question, "Why Advent?"

As we look toward the upcoming Advent season, enjoy this favorite conversation from the past as Jason Gaboury helps us demystify some of the history and practices around Advent and prepares us for a season of waiting for Jesus.

See you again after Thanksgiving!

RESOURCES

• Wait With Me: Meeting God in Loneliness

RELATED EPISODE(S)

• E59: Making Room in Advent (Apple, Spotify)
• E73: Why the Annunciation? (Apple, Spotify)

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What influence (if any) should money have on my decision to marry someone?

Shang Saavedra of Save My Cents joins us one last time to discuss money through the lens of romantic relationships. Should money influence my decision to date or marry someone? What do I need to know about someone's financial situation as I choose a lifelong partner? How do I look out for signs of financial abuse? Shang helps us get our bearings on the topic in this episode.

Shang Saavedra is an alumna of Harvard and University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

MORE FROM SHANG & SAVE MY CENTS

• Follow Shang on Instagram
• Check Out Shang's Website
• Preorder the Wealth is a Mindset!

RELATED EPISODE(S)

• E144: Wealth is a Mindset (Apple, Spotify)
• E145: 3 Simple Steps for Getting Smarter with Your Paycheck (Apple, Spotify)

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If you could sit down with a millionaire and ask for her top 3 pieces of financial advice for your post-graduation stage of life, would you take that opportunity? 

Do you have time right now? 

In this episode, Shang Saavedra of Save My Cents, a millionaire alumna living the work-optional life, joins us again to share the top 3 things she recommends new grads do with their first paycheck after graduation. And they're extremely simple.

Shang Saavedra is an alumna of Harvard and University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

MORE FROM SHANG & SAVE MY CENTS

• Follow Shang on Instagram
• Check Out Shang's Website
• Preorder the Wealth is a Mindset!

RELATED EPISODE(S)

• E144: Wealth is a Mindset (Apple, Spotify)

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How do I live a wealthy life?

Our guest might suggest it starts with the way you think about wealth. Is it about... Status? Emulating influencers? Not thinking about your spending? Or is it centered on eternal hope and joy in Christ and a desire to use our gifts for his glory?

As an expert in wealth and mental health, a millionaire, and a work-optional professional who finished saving for retirement in her 30s, Shang Saavedra of Save My Cents has an abundance of knowledge about living a wealthy life. And for the next three episodes, she's going to teach us some of her best practices for managing our wallets and our hearts with a wealth mindset.

Shang Saavedra is an alumna of Harvard and University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

MORE FROM SHANG & SAVE MY CENTS

• Follow Shang on Instagram
• Check Out Shang's Website
• Preorder the Wealth is a Mindset!

RELATED EPISODE(S)

• E142: Understanding Your Financial Narrative (Apple, Spotify)
• E143: Understanding the Biblical Financial Narrative (Apple, Spotify)

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• Socials: @afterivpod
• Leave us a message on SpeakPipe
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When I use (or make plans to use) money, am I more prone to feelings of fear and anxiety or to a sense of freedom?

From cover to cover, the Bible is filled with more than 2,000 references to money. Clearly, it's an important topic. While this next episode in our money series won't be able to cover all of them, it will help you walk away with a refreshed sense of what the Bible has to say on the topic. And it will help you better understand what a healthy relationship with money looks like in your first year of life after graduation.

RELATED EPISODE

• E142: Understanding Your Financial Narrative (Apple, Spotify)

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What's your relationship with money? What life experiences developed that relationship?

This week, we're kicking off a new series about money. To get us started, we're exploring our personal narrative and its influence on our relationship with money. Your family, your friends, and the world around you have all had an impact on this view. Understanding it is an important part of your financial journey and your discipleship journey with Jesus.

RELATED EPISODES

• E39: How to be the Post-College GOAT: Invest that Bread - Pt 1 (Apple, Spotify)
• E40: How to be the Post-College GOAT: Invest that Bread - Pt 2 (Apple, Spotify)

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“It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known…” (Rom. 15:20)

What is your ambition in life after graduation? Where has God given you spiritual influence? And what does it look like to follow God faithfully in that context?

Whether you have a clear vision for these things, or still need help discerning them, there’s a resource to help you. The Ambition conference is a carefully crafted spiritual environment where you can encounter Jesus, get personalized coaching, and be equipped to start something new.

Eric Rafferty, InterVarsity’s Associate National Director of Planting and Program Director of the Ambition conference, joins for this episode to share how Ambition is the perfect place to get away, enjoy the InterVarsity conference atmosphere that every alum misses, and receive contextualized preparation for following Jesus where he’s called you in this season of life.

RESOURCES

• Learn more and register HERE
• Reviving Mission: Awakening to the Everyday Movement of God (Book)

RELATED EPISODE(S)

• E118: Navigating a Career in Engineering (Apple, Spotify)
• E115: Navigating a Career in Finance (Apple, Spotify)
• E87: From Gap Year to Volunteer: Why "Failure" Should Always Be an Option (Apple, Spotify)

MORE ALUMNI WORLD CHANGER STORIES (Apple, Spotify)

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Enjoy a revisit of a favorite conversation about best practices for your 20s! Paul Tokunaga, an expert in leadership through the decades, shares his insights on trying, failing, and trying again as the recipe for success after graduation.

RELATED EPISODE

• E46: Making the Most of Your 30s (Apple, Spotify)

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