Roundup for week of 24 December 2007: Mercy Ships edition

The sermon in church yesterday was a little different. A guy who attended our church has been a missionairy with Mercy Ships. Briefly, Mercy Ships travels to developing nations to provide surgeries, dental treatment, health care training, agricultural training, and more from a Christ-centered perspective.

Here are some links of interest from the festive folks at the MBN and from other great blogs in my reader:

Get Rich Slowly discusses Charity Navigator as a guide to intelligent giving.
Free Money Finance explains what buy term and invest the difference means.
All Financial Matters shows what a 1% difference in draw rate from retirement funds will do.
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity manager of the Festival of Frugality, discusses the fundamentals of frugality.
Consumerism Commentary lists a few ways to get your finances on track in 2008.
Five Cent Nickel talks about the 2008 Social Security tax cap, self-employment, and other tidbits.
No Credit Needed opened up a Coverdell Education Savings Account.
The Digerati Life gives twenty ways to shop safely.
Money Smart Life suggests a few things to minimize your already onerous gas expense.
The Sun’s Financial Diary gives some first impressions of Scottrade’s improved mutual fund center.
Generation X Finance discusses why teens should think about retirement.
Lazy Man and Money relates personal finance to playing the perfect game.
Saving Advice turns conventional wisdom on its head and lists ten reasons not to make New Year’s Resolutions.
Brip Blap thinks that “spend less than you earn” is the wrong way to think. (At least it’s wrong to think only that way.)
Cash Money Life warns us of upselling.
Gather Little By Little shares ten goals for his blog in 2008. This is a good list of goals — they’re all specific and measurable. Goest thou and do likewise.
Mrs. Micah shows off her coin jar. I have one too. The money adds up.
Money Dummy explains her husband’s tips for good eBay listings.

Thanks to The Simple Dollar for linking to my post on why picking up pennies rocks.

Enjoy!

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3 Responses to “Roundup for week of 24 December 2007: Mercy Ships edition”
By Mrs. Micah on Dec 31, 2007 | Reply

Coin jars are the best! Though I didn’t pick up a penny I saw today…it was in something gross and I just said no. Which made me sad.
By glblguy on Dec 31, 2007 | Reply

Thanks for the inclusion! Happy New Year!
By Brip Blap on Jan 3, 2008 | Reply

Thanks for including me in the roundup! Mercy Ships sounds very similar to Doctors Without Borders which is a group I support, so good for them – it’s hard to argue with any group that provides medical aid to the infirm; fairly non-controversial!