A FIRE of Faith – Blog

Getting started with FIRE, Faith, or both? Here are some good places to begin reading a FIRE of Faith’s blog:

Introduction

All Posts

2/13/2023 – Takeaways from my 20’s: a Financial Look Back at the Last Decade

1/29/2023 – Taking Stock: A Financial Book Review for Life and Death

11/2/2021 – Hiatus: Family and Forming of Thoughts

4/30/2021 – Throwaway and Recycle Culture

2/20/2021 – Lent and Continuous Improvement

1/30/2021 – On Borrowing and Lending

9/6/2020 – The Circle of Uncontrol – Leap of Faith

6/14/2020 – How to Make a Work of Art

5/24/2020 – BREAK YOUR BUDGET: On Savings

5/1/2020 – St. Joseph the Worker: Work, Art, and Leisure

4/28/2020 – BREAK YOUR BUDGET: On Hobbies

4/19/2020 – Divine Mercy Sunday

3/28/2020 – Trust in Trying Times

3/14/2020 – User vs. System Optimized: The Corona Dilemma

2/22/2020 – Lent: Giving Up and Giving Back

2/1/2020 – BREAK YOUR BUDGET: A Resolution to Change

1/16/2020 – Cultivate and Care with HSA

12/24/2019 – Giving Intentional Gifts for Christmas and Beyond

12/8/2019 – What is Tithing? – Do I Have to Give 10%?

11/1/2019 – Why Did the Turkey Cross the Road – A Thanksgiving Reflection

10/10/2019 – 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying Baby Items (Or anything else)

9/8/2019 – Nothing < Something < The Right Thing

8/23/2019 – “Who am I?” – a Reflection on Work-Life Balance

8/1/2019 – Community of FIRE

7/25/2019 – The Cost of Joy – Christmas in July

7/21/2019 – If Time Is Money…

7/13/2019 – How Should Christians View Money?

7/4/2019 – Happy Independence Day! – a reflection

6/30/2019 – Sanctify Your Work – The Universal Call

6/22/2019 – The Simplest Path to Retirement

6/16/2019 – Joy vs. Pleasure

6/8/2019 – A FIRE of Faith – an Introduction


Featuring A FIRE of Faith

Being Catholic While Pursuing Financial Independence – Compass Catholic Change Maker Podcast

Financial Independence for Catholics – Treasures in Heaven


Cool Stuff That Is Not a FIRE of Faith

This is what I have gotten into and enjoyed. I’ll be elaborating and adding with time.

On Finance

Blogs

The Mad Fientist – especially this blog on HSAs

Mr. Money MustacheShockingly Simple Math, and this post on the effect of compounding interest!

Afford Anything – Great writing on personal finance, also a podcast!

Podcasts

Again, The Mad Fientist for all things FI.

The What’s Up Next Podcast is a great way to hear a wide variety of individuals on a panel.

Marriage, Kids, and Money Podcast for light family finance.

Change Maker / Manage Your Money God’s Way – Compass Catholic

Treasures in Heaven – ConsumerCatholic.com

Bogleheads On Investing – for deep dives into investing.

Videos

Two Cents – Short fun videos on almost any financial topic

Books

The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News,in Politics, and in Life

Your Money or Your Life

On Faith

Podcasts

The Bible in a Year – Fr. Mike goes through the Bible with great explanations!

Catholic Stuff You Should Know – 4 Priests talk about life.

Catholic Creatives Podcast – Catholics being creative.

The Crunch – Humor paired with serious discussion about being a young Catholic in today’s world.

Books

The Catechism of the Catholic Church – This edition is a great reference

In the School of the Holy Spirit – Fr. Jacques Philippe (or any of Father Jacques’ books)

He Leadeth Me – Fr. Walter Ciszek

Much more to be added soon!