Catholic Spotlight

In this interview, Phil Lenahan talks about how to become financially free through setting financial goals, retiring bad debt, saving, and investing.  He also brings in the spiritual and relationship side of finances by counseling couples how to talk about money as a couple and how to give back to the Lord what is the Lord’s.  He talks about debt statistics in the country, the financial crisis that is occuring for many people, what is good debt and what is bad debt, college decisions, and planning for a fruitful future.  The winners of our book giveaway are also announce at the end of the show.

Phil Lenahan is popular speaker on finaces and stewardship.  He counsels couples on how to get debt under control and how to manage God’s gifts to them in a responsable way.  He created Veritas Financial Ministries (www.veritasfinancialministries.com) as an outreach to counsel couples and to train others to do the same thing on a local level.  He has also been the CFO of Catholic Answers, the producers of Catholic Answers Live and other apologetics outreaches.

 

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Items Discussed in this podcast:

7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free - A Catholic Guide book
7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free Workbook
All Phil Lenahan Books

Read our call in page to find out how your family, church, or school group can be featured doing our intro.  You are also welcome to call in questions and comments to our voice-mail at 206-312-0069.  You might just be on our next show.

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A VERY special thanks to Dave Miller for providing the awesome inspirational music in this podcast.

In honor of our upcoming podcast interview with Amy Welborn on Sept 17th, we are pleased to announce that CatholicSpotlight.com in cooperation with Our Sunday Visitor is giving away 5 FREE signed copies of Prove It! YOU, Amy’s NEW book for teens and the latest installment in the Prove It! Series.

Prove It! You focuses on one of God’s greatest works of art, you! Best-selling author Amy Welborn, known for her ability to translate theology into practical, real life terms looks at all the important issues of your life:

Amy Welborn has an M.A. in religion from Vanderbilt University. She taught high school theology for nine years before devoting all of her time to writing. Previous best-selling titles include de-coding Da Vinci, which was translated into 7 different languages! She also has a well known blog at http://amywelborn.wordpress.com.

Please help us to promote this giveaway by emailing it to your friends or by linking to it on your blogs.  The number of people who enter will determine if we will be able to give away other things in the future. 

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How do you get your free signed copy?

This Giveaway is over.  Thank you for those of you who entered.

• You must include your name, address, and phone number in the email.
• Entries will only be accepted from US and Canadian addresses.
• Winners will be chosen at random from all entries. 
• Only one entry per person or email address.
• Entries must be received by Midnight Thursday, September 13th, 2007.
• Winners will be announced on September 17th, 2007 during our podcast interview with Amy Welborn.

Also, be sure to check out the other great interview on our homepage at www.catholicspotlight.com.

In honor of our upcoming podcast interview with Phil Lenahan on
Sept 3rd, we are pleased to announce that CatholicSpotlight.com in cooperation with Our Sunday Visitor is giving away 5 FREE signed copies of 7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free - A Catholic Guide by Phil Lenahan. 

 

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Packed with anecdotes and real life experiences, 7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free offers a solid Catholic perspective on how to make the most of God’s generous gifts. In addition to understanding the necessary nuts and bolts of financial management, budgeting, and investing, discover how your Catholic Faith can be the base of a sound financial future!

Author, financier, and life-long Catholic, Phil Lenahan, weaves personal experiences with catechetical training and real financial counseling experience to provide clarity on some of the biggest issues facing you and your families today.

Please help us to promote this giveaway by emailing it to your friends or by linking to it on your blogs.  The number of people who enter will determine if we will be able to give away other things in the future. 

How do you get your free signed copy?

This Giveaway is over.  Thank you to those who entered.

• Send an email to (removed) with “Free Phil Lenahan Book” in the subject. 
• You must include your name, address, and phone number in the email.
• Entries will only be accepted from US and Canadian addresses.
• Winners will be chosen at random from all entries. 
• Only one entry per person or email address.
• Entries must be received by Midnight Friday, August 31st, 2007.
• Winners will be announced on September 3rd, 2007 during our podcast interview with Phil Lenahan.