'Where Your Treasure Is...': The Podcast where Faith and Finance Meet

In Episode 6 of our ‘Practical Financial Planning’ season, Simon explains how cash flow planning can help to create a useful 'budget for life'. Some key points of interest covered in this episode include the following: Bex and Simon set the scene by quoting the following biblical references: Luke 14.28-30 & 12.31-41; Proverbs 31.16-21 & 21.5. These verses flag up a number of topics relevan...

In Episode 6 of the ‘Key Life Stages’ season, Simon and Bex discuss various points to consider in connection with getting ready for retirement. Some key points covered in this episode include the following: Simon provides a brief overview of planning for retirement and explains why it is important to prepare well for that stage of life. [04:06] The first, and most obvious, step is to build up your...

In Episode 5 of our ‘Practical Financial Planning’ season, Simon explains how an understanding of platforms (technology that enables us to interact with various financial elements) can help us to manage our money. Some key points of interest covered in this episode include the following: Simon uses the analogy of buckets (places we put money) on a shelf (a way to organise our money) to explain how...

In Episode 5 of the ‘Key Life Stages’ season, Simon and Bex discuss various issues and opportunities connected with career progression. Some key points covered in this episode include the following: Simon introduces the topic of ‘Career Progression’, explaining what is going to be covered in this episode. [00:55] Bex and Simon consider some of the things that the Bible says about work, referring t...

In this bonus episode, Simon and Bex talk with Ben Clift, of Christians Against Poverty (CAP), about the Cost of Living Crisis and various ways in which support can be provided. Some key points covered in this episode include the following: Following an entertaining difference of opinion between Bex and Simon about whether or not Simon had foreshadowed Ben Clift as their guest in this episode [00:...

In this bonus episode, Simon and Bex discuss practical approaches to budgeting for ‘big ticket items’ but also talk about ways in which we can ‘refresh’ our thinking regarding these expenses. Some key points covered in this episode include the following: Bex asks Simon for some tips on how to deal with major expenses that can wreck a budget, such as birthdays, Christmas, weddings and holidays. [00...

In the fourth episode of our ‘Practical Financial Planning’ season, Simon and Bex discuss Investing: what it is; why you might want to do it; and some principles you may wish to follow. Some key points of interest covered in this episode include the following: Simon defines investment as something that has an ‘expected return’ and illustrates this comment by examining whether or not various purcha...

In Episode 4 of the ‘Key Life Stages’ season, Simon and Bex highlight the significance given to homes in the Bible before going on to discuss the financial practicalities and implications of buying your first home. Some key points covered in this episode include the following: Bex and Simon quote various verses from the Old and New Testaments (Micah 4.4; John 14.2 & 14.23; Acts 2.46, 4.32-35 &...

In episode 3 of ‘Practical Financial Planning’ (the third season of the ‘Where Your Treasure Is…’ podcast), Simon and Bex explore the whys and wherefores of considering an ISA, (Individual Savings Account) as an investment option. The following points are among those covered by Simon and Bex in their discussion: Simon explains that investment vehicles are ‘containers’ that have been created to ‘ca...

In the third episode of the Key Life Stages season, Simon and Bex delve into the things that you need to know about your payslip when you get your first job. Simon and Bex introduce their comments on payslip deductions by making some observations on tax, including some examples of occasions when tax is mentioned in the Bible. [02:01] In response to a question from Bex, Simon explains why income ta...

In the second episode of ‘Practical Financial Planning’ (the third season of the ‘Where Your Treasure Is…’ podcast), Simon and Bex discuss pensions: how they work, the different types and why they are so important. Some key points of interest covered in this episode include the following: Simon introduces the topic of pensions and explains the ages at which they can become available. [01:53] Simon...

In the second episode of the Key Life Stages season, Simon and Bex discuss various finance related matters that come to the fore when starting a family. As well as covering the significant changes that inevitably occur with the arrival of children, points relating to hybrid families and managing finances jointly are also explored. Some key points of interest covered in this episode include the fol...

In the first episode of the third season of the ‘Where Your Treasure Is…’ podcast, Simon and Bex explore the importance of establishing clear personal goals before embarking on any kind of practical financial planning. Some key points of interest covered in this episode include the following: Simon explains that the practicalities of financial planning need to be preceded by a process of setting c...

In the first episode of Key Life Stages , the second season of the ‘Where Your Treasure Is…’ podcast, Simon and Bex discuss what the priorities should be for people who are starting out on their individual journeys of applying principles of the Christian faith to their own financial planning. A good understanding of biblical principles, clarity of purpose and effective budgeting are identified as...

Co-hosts Simon Glazier and Bex Elder introduce what will be covered in the two new seasons of the ‘Where Your Treasure Is…’ podcast. Season 2 starts on 31st August and will cover eight Key Life Stages , exploring the main financial decisions and actions that need to be considered in each phase. Season 3 will provide a deeper dive into Practical Financial Planning , and its first episode will arriv...

In this bonus episode, Mike Elder - who produces 'Where Your Treasure Is...' on behalf of Free Range Podcasting - takes a light-hearted look at some of the technical issues and challenges that Simon and Bex encountered during the recording of the first season of the podcast. Seven aspects of creating a podcast are covered, as follows: To produce a podcast, you need sound, and to produce sound you...

This bonus episode, following the conclusion of Season 1 of the ‘Where Your Treasure Is…’ podcast, is a spin-off from the fifth episode, ‘Giving’. In it, Simon explains how he came to take part in a humanitarian aid trip to Poland in June 2022. As well as describing the nature and purpose of the journey, Simon reflects on the importance of being open to participating in different types of ‘giving’...

In this final episode of Season 1 of ‘Where Your Treasure Is...’, Simon and Bex discuss the topic of Investing: what it is, what the Bible says about it and how to go about doing it wisely. The following points are among those covered by Simon and Bex in their discussion: Simon starts off by referring to the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25.14-18) - also known as the Parable of the Bags of Gold...

In Season 1 Episode 9 of ‘Where Your Treasure Is…’, Simon and Bex continue to look at ways in which financial planning strategies can be applied to key life stages. Generic principles grouped together under the acronym PEPSI (Protection; Emergency Fund; Pension, Savings, Investment) are again used to identify financial needs and priorities at each life stage. Points of particular significance that...

In Season 1 Episode 8 of ‘Where Your Treasure Is…’, the focus is on ‘Financial Planning for Key Life Stages’. Foundational principles are explored by considering the situation faced by those who are starting out on their financial journey, but those principles are generic and are relevant for listeners whatever their life stage may be. Specific points of interest covered in this episode include th...

In Season 1 Episode 7 of ‘Where Your Treasure Is…’, Simon and Bex continue to explore the theme of ‘Negative Money’, a term used by Simon to prompt us to think about various kinds of debt and borrowing that can be part of our financial experience these days. Some key points of interest covered in this episode include the following: Initially, a quick recap of Part 1 of this topic is provided. [01:...

In Season 1 Episode 6 of ‘Where Your Treasure Is…’, Simon and Bex consider the topic of ‘Negative Money’, a term used by Simon to prompt us to think about various kinds of debt and borrowing that can be part of our financial experience these days. A key theme running through the show is the importance of being able to distinguish between “what we need” and “what we want”. Some key points of intere...

In the fifth episode of Season 1 of ‘Where Your Treasure Is...’, Simon and Bex take a deeper dive into the topic of Giving. They consider what the Bible says about the subject and discuss how various key points should be interpreted. Simon outlines his own thoughts and practice in this area with the aim of providing listeners with some points which may be helpful to them as they consider this aspe...

In the fourth episode of Season 1 of ‘Where Your Treasure Is...’, Simon and Bex consider the key topic of Foundations of Faithful Finance, first of all from an individual point of view, and then by looking at five foundations that everyone can use when managing their finances. Key points that are covered in this episode include the following: • In response to a question from Bex, Simon identifies...

In this episode of ‘Where Your Treasure Is...’, Season 1 (Foundations of Faith & Finance), Simon and Bex discuss Financial Planning and its potential benefits for anyone wanting to manage their money wisely and effectively. They comment that a key point to note is that it is important to establish personal priorities at the outset so that finances can then be used to achieve relevant and desir...