What Your Money Reveals About Your Faith: Insights from Author Heather M. Day

In this episode of the 'Pastors & Money Podcast,' we welcome author and ministry leader Heather M. Day. We discuss the intersection of faith and finances, emphasizing the importance of inviting the Holy Spirit into financial decisions. Heather shares her personal journey with money and how a crisis led her to trust God over financial concerns. She also explores the spiritual battle tied to our relationship with money and offers practical advice for church leaders to support their congregations in financial matters. Heather's book, 'Money and Spirit,' provides additional insights on aligning money management with spiritual values. 00:00 Introduction to Pastors & Money Podcast 00:36 Missionary Spotlight: Kristin Jenson 04:16 Interview with Heather M. Day 04:57 Heather's Financial Journey and Insights 06:24 Spiritual Transformation in Finances 08:42 Practical Financial Wisdom 12:16 Navigating Financial Struggles with Faith 20:41 The Role of the Church in Financial Education 29:33 Inviting the Holy Spirit into Financial Life 32:11 Conclusion and Resources Resources in this Episode: Money and Spirit: Surrendering Our Finances to the Work of the Holy Spirit by Heather M. Day Barnabas Foundation - Helping Christians give more effectively to ministries Chi Alpha Campus Ministries Financial Peace University - Financial stewardship and education program for churches Crown Ministries - Financial stewardship and education program for churches Heatherday.net - Heather Day's blog and website where she shares resources on faith and leadership Episode Transcript: Introduction to the Pastors & Money Podcast Joy Hunt: [00:00:00] Welcome to the Pastors & Money Podcast. I'm Joy Suzanne Hunt, pastor and financial coach, bringing you conversations about personal finance, church finance and how we disciple our churches in the areas of finance and stewardship. You can find the episode show notes, and more at pastorsandmoney.com. And here's the show. Today we have a missionary spotlight with Kristin Jenson. She is a missionary with Chi Alpha Campus Ministries here in the US. Let's listen to a brief word from Kristin Kristin Jenson: Hi, my name is Kristin Jenson and I've been working with Chi Alpha here at Salem College. I've been here [00:01:00] for seven years. Missionary Spotlight: Chi Alpha Campus Ministries https://youtu.be/qv67LrRbyjs?si=c-K_x61VYmRFE7CX Thank you so much, Kristin for the work you are doing with Chi Alpha Campus Ministries Kristin Jenson: A day in the life here is. Really every week has been different, just really just building relationships with students and just sharing the gospel as as, as the opportunity arises. And it's been really cool to see just the opportunities here. A big goal of ours has been to start a community of Christians who will. Be discipled and disciple others. And so that is what Chi Alpha is all about. Kristin Jenson: I've been working with Chi Alpha three years, and Chi Alpha is gonna continue here under the leadership of Radon and Kim Haskins. So I'm so excited for that, that just over these seven years a's community of students has formed. And it's a small school, but there is, you know, we have an international student who is our student leader right now and. Just a number of students involved. Kristin Jenson: But I've really enjoyed just getting to know many, many [00:02:00] students over the years and sharing the gospel and just seeing students keeping their faith at college. It's really important to me that that's sort of the essence of the work I've been doing is just building those relationships and. Connecting students to each other, but more importantly connecting students to God. Kristin Jenson: So one of my favorite stories that explains what Salem students are like, is I was having a discipleship meeting with two students. One of them brought their friend and I didn't have the he...