Pay Off That Debt: Episode 737
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Creative ideas for paying down debt, plus a Q&A on friendships with the opposite gender, and dating without disappointing your parents.
Featured musical artist: Stu Garrard ( http://www.stugworld.com/ )
Roundtable: Creative Ways to Tackle Debt
School loans, car payments, credit cards. Many young adults walk into adulthood staring at a mountain of debt. Is there a way to take control and start chipping away at the problem? Surprisingly, small steps make a big difference, and being creative in your approach will get you even further. Our guests share their most unique and efficient ways to pay off debt and save money.
Culture: Guy and Girl Friendships (Part 2)
Ambiguous male/female friendships — they happen to the best of us. Fortunately, Boundless contributors Joshua Rogers and Suzanne Gosselin have written about the subject and are here to talk about it. Are opposite-gender friendships possible? What happens when one party develops feelings for the other? In part two of our discussion, Joshua and Suzanne answer your questions about guy and girl friendships.
Links to Articles: "Not Your Buddy"& "Your Friendgirl Deserves Better" & "Whose Job Is It to Define the Relationship?" & "Revisiting 'Not Your Buddy'"
Inbox: Will My Parents Feel Left Out?
She’s close with her parents, and is somewhat of a social and emotional support for them. She wants to start dating, but doesn’t want her parents to feel abandoned in the process. What’s the best move? Counselor Elaine Humphries weighs in.
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| 0:00.0 | Friends, it is that time of year when people contact you and ask you to bless them as we are in the Christmas season and heading into a new year with a monetary gift. |
| 0:12.2 | And you know what? |
| 0:12.8 | I'm just going to go ahead and do that on behalf of Boundless. |
| 0:15.8 | This is Lisa Anderson, host of The Boundless Show. |
| 0:19.8 | And we are in our year-end giving campaign here |
| 0:22.9 | at Focus on the Family and Boundless, and your gift this year is going to be doubled in order |
| 0:28.9 | to further the work of Boundless as we minister to young adults. |
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| 0:50.9 | year here at boundless as we continue to provide great content and conversation |
| 0:55.9 | for you and everyone you love. Thanks so much in advance. |
| 1:02.0 | Boundless Show. Well, hey, everyone, and welcome to this week's episode of The Balmast Show, Lisa Anderson, here with you. |
| 1:15.3 | Happy St. Patrick's Day to you, for those of you, Irish and others who celebrated. |
| 1:20.3 | I hope you're having a great day. |
| 1:21.9 | A little bit of what's coming up on the show. |
| 1:24.1 | For our inbox, we have a woman who's interested in trying out dating, but feels like |
| 1:28.4 | doing so would hurt her relationship with her parents. So what should she do to navigate that |
| 1:32.8 | situation? Well, one of our counselors is going to share some insights on how to go about that. |
| 1:38.7 | And then for our culture segment, our friends Joshua Rogers and Suzanne Gosselin are back |
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