Chuck Bentley
Chuck Bentley
Dear Chuck, Between the kids, my husband, house cleaning, cooking, juggling my part time business and the chaos of the holidays, I am exhausted and our finances are out of control. I feel like a little hamster running around the wheel as fast as I can go but getting nowhere. Help! How can I possibly […]
In Galatians 5, we read about the 9 Fruits of the Spirit: “But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!” These 9 virtues are characteristics of the Holy Spirit living in us and can […]
In Galatians 5, we read about the 9 Fruits of the Spirit: “But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!” These 9 virtues are characteristics of the Holy Spirit living in us and can […]
Dear Chuck, It seems like everyday I see a new headline about Bitcoin. There is quite a frenzy about this digital currency, but something doesn’t feel right to me. Do you have any advice? Is it a good investment, or just a bubble waiting to pop? Sincerely, Cautious Investor Dear Cautious Investor, Great question! […]
What’s your dream job? Finding a satisfying career (that also pays well!) is challenging. There are so many choices today! Books, articles, counselors and podcasts are informative, but there’s one aspect in career planning that tends to be ignored. When making a career choice you must consider how a specific job will fit. We each […]
My pastor, Ronnie Batchelor, describes this as the time of year when “…we all experience the familiar unnerving sense that we’re approaching the brink – something akin to the clack-clack-clack-clack ascent of the rollercoaster when couples instinctively grasp each other’s hands and exchange nervous looks that communicate, ‘Here we go!’ We just hang on and […]
When you’re meeting a new person or group of people, what are some of the most common initial questions you ask? “What do you do?” “Where do you live?” Translated, these questions really mean: Do you have a job? How good is your job? How much does it pay? How high up are you in […]
Dear Chuck, During this time of year, I want to be more generous. I’ll receive a Christmas bonus from my company and I feel the Holy Spirit prompting me to give it away. The problem is, I don’t know to who. There are so many charities, ministries, and organizations fundraising, and I have a hard […]
For some, Christmas is ”the most wonderful time of the year”, “the hap-happiest season of all!” But for others, it is, to borrow a line from Shakespeare, the “winter of our discontent”. Christmas for many is a season of sorrow, not of joy. There’s the empty seat of a loved one who’s passed away, the […]
One thing you can count on in life is that the unexpected will arise. Sometimes it’s in ways you could have imagined, but sometimes it manifests in ways that catch you completely off guard. Unforeseen Medical Expenses Most of us don’t plan on serious illness or injury. And who has really prepared for possibility of […]
