Fear makes you stupid.

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel (who is speaking from Texas on a terrible audio connection, bless him) have a conversation about great funerals, what the Bible says about honoring the dead, how to maximize the opportunities that funerals present, and one recommended way to grieve communally, as Steven offers a guide for “sitting shiva”. Find our related article here.

15 Syys 202159min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel gab about the Mars Hill oral history podcast, both what it gets wrong by declaring some things as bad, and what it gets wrong by declaring other things good. They are fascinated, intrigued… and disgruntled.

8 Syys 202145min

Get to know one of the voices of Abraham’s Wallet (and by golly, the best Certified Financial Planner we know), Mark Parrett. Mark shares his background with God and money, how those uniquely intersect for him, and his heart for helping others navigate finances.

1 Syys 202133min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel finish their seres on 401Ks (17:00) and give detailed information about “rolling over” 401Ks into various products. We also hear about Steven’s daughter, Joy’s experience running a flea market stall (11:00), Mark’s new ski house, and more annoying pickleball talk (4:30).

25 Elo 202152min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel go into more detail regarding 401Ks, and the FOUR THINGS you should know and do about them (27:45). First, though, we check in on bear stories, and Steven rant about the “moratorium on evictions” (8:00) including Rudyard Kipling’s “The Gods of the Copybook Headings” (12:00).

18 Elo 20211h

Steven Manuel drags Jeremy Pryor around his house, asking to hear the vision and goals that inform each area of his property. Jeremy has been extremely intentional about every square inch of his home, so we hear some of his insights around family spaces, how JRR Tolkien influences the Pryor house… and he and Steven both gush about pickle ball.

11 Elo 20211h 6min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel warm your hearts, and the front of their microphones, as they discuss 401Ks. WARNING: THIS IS A MAJOR BANTER EPISODE, beginning with Mark’s personal updates, then 2 tales of Steven’s brushes with fame (12:15). When they finally address 401Ks (20:15), they talk about what they actually are (a government-sponsored retirement savings program), how to fund them (27:50), how to take money out of them (32:50), then tease the 401K concepts coming next week.

4 Elo 202146min

Is your home based on the unchanging Kingdom, or the swirling whims of a culture gone amok? Is freedom a more important value than Truth? Steven Manuel shares a message from 2015 that feels as applicable today as ever.

29 Heinä 202130min