I don’t get it. To me, it’s hard (really hard) not to love Jesus’ teaching. Throughout His life on this earth, Jesus preached love and hope. How can you not agree with that? In fact, recently I said to a group of friends that I don’t understand why everyone didn’t follow Christianity. Even if I didn’t believe in God or Christ, I would find the core message of Christianity (the … [Read more...] about A New Year, a new you: Change doesn’t always come easy
Arnold Machel, CFP®
Arnold Machel lives, works, and worships in the White Rock/South Surrey area. In 1995, he founded Visionvest Financial Planning & Services with the dual goals of “effecting positive financial change” and assisting clients to “Invest with Vision”. Since that time Visionvest has received numerous recognitions, including being voted in the top three in the Best Investment/Financial Advisor category by Peace Arch News readers for the past four years in a row.
Arnold has held the Certified Financial Planner® designation since 1998 and has served on many boards, currently sitting on the board of Abundance Canada (formerly the Mennonite Foundation of Canada), a national charity focused on helping Canadians give generously. He is currently a co-host with his son, Ben, on the popular monthly Retire In BC podcast.
Questions and comments can be directed to him at dr.rrsp@visionvest.ca. Please note that all comments are of a general nature and should not be relied upon as individual advice. While every attempt is made to ensure accuracy, facts and figures are not guaranteed.
Generosity: Part 3, Generosity leads to joy
Rick Warren, in his book The Purpose Driven Life said, “it’s not about you” and while I agree that it’s not about us, I also believe that almost all of the time, when God wants us to do something, it benefits us. We may not be able to see it, but it’s usually there. I won’t rule out that the odd time He might ask us to do something solely for the benefit of someone … [Read more...] about Generosity: Part 3, Generosity leads to joy
Generosity, Part 2: Love leads to generosity
Generosity Part 1: Love love Love leads to generosity. That makes sense, doesn’t it? It certainly does to me. Imagine your kids or your spouse or anyone else you love. Don’t you just want to give them good stuff? To put it more biblically, if your son asks for bread, would you give him a stone instead? I don’t think it’s just me, I think that almost all of us tend to be … [Read more...] about Generosity, Part 2: Love leads to generosity
Generosity
Part 1: Love love It wasn’t that long ago that I wrote about how I feared that those of us who write about Christian money matters all too often focus on the “shoulds” or the “oughts”. That we provoke and admonish others to give more, when instead, we should perhaps spend more time inviting people along with us on a journey to a better way. I hope to remedy that in the … [Read more...] about Generosity
The Duke of Westminster Principle
Duke-ing it out with the CRA The year was 1930. The big crash in America had just occurred, but it had a world-wide impact. Everyone was doing everything they could to stay afloat and reduce their expenses. The Duke of Westminster, tired of the exorbitant income taxes he had to pay every year, had his advisors review the income tax legislation at the time and … [Read more...] about The Duke of Westminster Principle