Do you have a healthy relationship with money?
The
key to money issues isn’t how much you have, but your mindset about it
Many
people live their lives thinking, “If I just
had a bigger salary, I would be happier.” They live life with ongoing and often unexamined
tension related to money, finding themselves unable to escape the credit-card
trap or free themselves from the fear of not having enough for the future. CEO
of Thrivent Financial Brad Hewitt and psychologist Dr. Jim Moline write
in their book, Your New Money Mindset: Create a Healthy Relationship with Money (Tyndale
House Publishers/October 20, 2015/ISBN: 9781496407801/$15.99), the belief
that simply having more will solve
all money problems is completely false.
Through
personal anecdotes, scripture and timely research, Hewitt and Moline reveal that
financial peace has much more to do with one’s relationship with money rather
than money itself. They invite
readers to spend more time examining their fundamental attitudes toward the financial
resources they have and aligning those views with their core values — and it
all starts in the heart.
Hewitt
explains that Your New Money Mindset is
different from other books on the topic of finances because it encourages
readers first to examine their motivations toward money. “Before you can remake
your habits, you need to remake your heart. Financial guidance usually begins
with advice about the mechanics of money management, such as debt repayment,
retirement planning and college funding, without talking about the heart
motivations. From virtually all the new behavior economics research, we know financial
motivations have profound physiological and behavioral implications. Based upon
how much money is talked about in scripture, we believe it has spiritual
implications, too.”
Breaking away from the regular mold of financial
books, Your New Money Mindset:
- Defies
the consumerism that infects our culture and sickens people’s hearts.
- Shows readers
how to approach the tension they feel about money so they can experience
greater contentment and peace.
- Guides readers
to live generously with their time, energy and paychecks.
- Provides
an online assessment tool to help determine attitudes toward finances.
The ultimate goal for readers of Your New Money Mindset is to cultivate what
Hewitt calls a surplus mindset, where they truly believe they have enough for
themselves and enough to share. He adds, “We believe if people — especially Christians — could have
a healthier relationship with money, it would change the world. People can be
free from the slavery of a consumer culture, enabling them to live
openheartedly with their time, energy and finances.”
Regardless of their current financial
situation, all readers are invited to journey with Hewitt and Moline toward
transforming their relationship with money by remaking their heart.
Advance
praise
“These
gentlemen turn our thinking about contentment, giving and financial stability
on end and ask us to make a radical change, one that begins not with the
budget, but with the heart.”
~ Sherry Surratt, President and CEO
of MOPS International
“Encouraging
rather than preachy, Brad and Jim make a compelling, biblically grounded case
that being wise and generous with your money and time will lead to greater joy,
less worry and a world more as God intended, and the authors provide actionable
steps to get there.”
~ Jonathan T.M. Reckford, CEO of
Habitat for Humanity International
“In
a culture in which financial plans and money tips abound, Your New Money Mindset takes us deeper: to the heart. Brad and Jim
invite families into a soul-healthy approach toward finances, casting a vision
extending well beyond bills and 401(k)s into the gospel-calling of generosity.”
~ Kelli B. Trujillo, Editor of Today's Christian Woman
About
the authors
Brad Hewitt is the CEO of
Thrivent Financial, a not-for-profit Fortune 500 organization dedicated to helping
Christians be wise with money and live generously. Before joining Thrivent, Hewitt
served a variety of organizations in various financial roles. In 1993, he was
named CFO of Diversified Pharmaceutical Services and later became its president
and CEO. He went on to serve for five years as chief administrative officer of
the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.
Hewitt
also serves on the board of regents of Concordia University in St. Paul,
Minnesota, as well as on the boards of Habitat for Humanity International and
the American Council of Life Insurers. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in
mathematics from the University of Wisconsin — River Falls — and has completed
the Harvard Business School’s program for management development. Hewitt and
his wife, Sue, have two adult children and live in Minnesota.
Learn more about Brad Hewitt and
Thrivent at www.thrivent.com, Facebook (Thrivent
Financial) and Twitter (Thrivent).
James Moline, Ph.D., is a licensed
psychologist who has built a 30-year career providing leadership and management
consulting to global companies. Moline earned
his Ph.D. from the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, and he also holds a
Master of Arts in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. He and his family
live in Minnesota.
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