Classic FT articles on personal finance, debt and money

Online extras for "Confronting the personal financial cri$is" (May/Jun 2026)

Practical features

• Good debt, bad debt: Generosity in the face of personal debt, by Shelley Tomlinson (2019)
• The Canadian Christian debt problem, by Debra Fieguth (2014)

Reflective essays

• When you become the poor among us, by Meagan Gillmore (2020)
• Being, doing, having: The strange and beguiling complexities of money, by Rod Wilson (2016)

Christian groups tackling poverty and the housing crisis

• Building housing and community: Christians bringing ideas and action on affordable housing, by Sarah Robinson (2022)
• Bucking the system: Can we end chronic poverty in Canada? Christian advocates are saying yes, by Amy MacLachlan (2019)

Additional resources

• Christians Against Poverty is a nonprofit that helps equip churches to help those struggling with poverty (CAPCanada.org). It offers a budgeting course and has a debt help line at 1-855-214-9191.
• KingdomAdvisors.com is an association of Christian financial advisors with its own directory of Certified Kingdom Advisors (FaithFi.com/find-a-cka).
• Relèven is a Canadian charity that helps preserve, restore and repurpose underused churches into community hubs and affordable housing (Releven.org).
• Indwell is a Canadian Christian charity that creates affordable housing communities that support people seeking health, wellness and belonging (Indwell.ca).
• Reimagine Church Land Community is a coalition of Christian groups in Canada collaborating to rethink church property usage. It has roots in CityGate Vancouver and its next annual conference is May 19–20, 2026 in Halifax (ReimagineCLC.ca).

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