Summer. Long days, vacations, warm weather, slower pace. Opportunities to relax, spend time with family, take a break from hectic seasons. And a great chance to check in on our stewardship.

If we've been tracking our spending against a plan, then this is the perfect time for a checkpoint. Are we over-spending in some areas? Under-spending in others? Have we saved what we said we would save and are we making the progress we need to on debt retirement? Is our generosity where we planned for it to be?

With half the year behind us, we have enough information to know whether we're on track or need to make some adjustments. And we have enough time left in the year to make those adjustments. Did we save enough for our summer vacation? If not, will we adjust the vacation, or will we adjust spending in the second half of the year to account for the shortfall? This is a great time to have those family conversations and decide priorities. If we're under-saved for vacation, do we want to reduce our Christmas spending so that we have the money for summer? Having the conversation now helps get everyone on the same page and can prevent emotional meltdowns later.

Asking the right questions can help us identify the places where we need to make adjustments. Join us as podcast host James Lenhoff leads us through some key questions to ask for our summer stewardship checkpoint.

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