Build the Financial Framework
You Were Never Given
A 6-week live course for Canadian Christian men
Six weeks. A working stewardship framework. The confidence that comes from actually knowing what to do: debt, giving, saving, marriage, and the long picture.
A letter from Dan
I've sat with more men who are embarrassed about their finances than about almost anything else.
Not men without discipline. Not men without intelligence. Men who were never shown the way.
Nobody sat down with them - not their father, not their pastor, not anyone - and said: here is how a Christian man thinks about money. Here is the framework underneath the tactics. Here is what stewardship actually looks like in practice, in Canada, in your life stage, with the income you have.
So they figured it out as they went. Or they avoided it and paid the price of avoidance. Or they read personal finance books written for American agnostics and translated as best they could. Or they heard "be a good steward" from the pulpit on giving Sunday and left with no more idea what that meant in practice than when they walked in.
I'm a pastor. I see this every week. And I built this course because that gap is real and costly.
Not a personal finance course with a Bible verse in the intro. A course that starts from the foundation - you are a manager of God's resources, not an owner of your own - and builds a complete, practical framework from there. The stewardship lens on debt, giving, saving, investing, marriage, and the long picture.
Six weeks. A small group of men doing the work together. A physical workbook you keep. A framework you carry for life.
If you've been looking for something like this, you've found it.
The right fit
Who this is for - and who it isn't
This is for you if...
- You want to handle money in a way that actually reflects what you believe - not just the 10% on giving Sunday, but the whole picture.
- You never had a father, mentor, or pastor walk you through a Christian approach to money. You have good intentions and a rough guess at a plan. That's not enough anymore.
- You're carrying some debt shame - or no debt but no real framework either.
- You're a husband or father working out what faithful provision looks like. You want a map, not more guilt.
- You're ready to stop managing by feel and build something that holds up under pressure.
This isn't for you if...
- You're looking for get-rich-quick strategies, market predictions, or a shortcut to wealth. This course has none of those.
- You want information without accountability. This is a live cohort. Homework and participation are required.
- You're hoping someone else will make the hard decisions for you. You'll leave with a framework - but you have to build it.
The before and after
Day 1 vs. Day 42
When you arrive
Managing by feel. Carrying something you haven't said out loud.
Some combination of shame, avoidance, and a rough sense of where the money goes. You know there should be more to stewardship than the offering plate. You've been meaning to open a TFSA for three years.
When you leave
Six things you built yourself. One framework you carry for life.
- 1A net worth snapshot and first working budget - on real numbers
- 2A debt inventory and 12-month plan (or vulnerability map if debt-free)
- 3A defined giving practice - started before Week 5, in place and running
- 4A clear next step on saving and investing for your specific life stage
- 5A framework for money in your marriage - joint accounts, real conversations
- 6A written stewardship plan and the lens to carry it for life
The curriculum
The 6 Weeks
Each session runs 90 minutes on Zoom. You'll have a stable accountability partner, group discussion led by Dan, and a workbook section to complete between sessions.
The Foundation
The Owner and the Manager
What stewardship actually means. You don't own what you have - you manage it on behalf of someone else. This changes everything. We clear away the prosperity gospel noise and the money shame, and establish who you are before the numbers begin. The lens applies to time and talent, not just treasure.
What we cover
- The three domains of stewardship: time, talent, and treasure
- Why every financial decision is also a spiritual one
- What faithful management looks like at your specific life stage
- Clearing the shame and the noise before the work begins
Homework
Write your "starting line" letter - where you actually are, what you actually feel about money, what you've been carrying that you've never said out loud.
Luke 16:10-12 / Matthew 25:14-30
Honest Assessment
The Honest Picture
Face the numbers without flinching. Net worth, cash flow, savings rate, giving percentage - and your first working budget. These aren't two separate steps; they're one movement. You can't see the picture without the budget, and you can't build the budget without facing the picture. Most men have never done both at once. This week they do.
What we cover
- Net worth, cash flow, savings rate, giving percentage - all in one place
- The shame audit: what have you been avoiding and why
- Zero-based vs. percentage budgeting: choosing what fits your household
- Variable income, irregular expenses, and the Canadian household version
- Life-stage assessment: where you are and what that means
Homework
Net worth snapshot + first working budget. Both. This is the foundation of your workbook. Take the time.
Proverbs 27:23-24 - "Know well the condition of your flocks"
Debt
The Debt Question
Now that you have a budget with real numbers, you have what you need to face the debt. The biblical case for debt freedom - not as law, but as wisdom. The theology of debt, the math of compounding in both directions, the shame architecture, and the strategic-debt framework. This week pays off for everyone, not just the men carrying it.
What we cover
- Snowball vs. avalanche: starting matters more than which you choose
- When to attack debt vs. build an emergency fund first
- Strategic debt: when does borrowing make sense for a Christian?
- Grace for the man who's been in this longer than he'd like to admit
- The vulnerability map for debt-free men
Homework
Debt inventory + 12-month plan. For debt-free men: vulnerability assessment + written plan to stay out.
Proverbs 22:7 / Romans 13:8
The Theological Heart of the Course
Giving First
Giving comes before saving. Not as a rule - as a conviction. A man who gives before he saves is operating from a different belief about who owns what. Most personal finance courses cover giving in the last chapter, as an afterthought. We put it here, on purpose, because this is the week that makes this course different from every other.
What we cover
- What the Old and New Testaments actually say about tithing
- Gross vs. net: what actually matters and why
- How to build a giving practice that holds up over time
- How to give first and still build
- The compounding math of generosity - and why it's not in competition with saving
Homework
Define your giving practice for the next six months. Start it before Week 5 - not after. That's the point.
Proverbs 3:9-10 / 2 Corinthians 9:6-8
Saving and Investing - Allow 105 min
Building
You've faced the debt. You've established the giving. Now you build. Emergency fund, TFSA, RRSP, FHSA - in plain language, for a Canadian household, at your income level. Index investing for a Christian. Real account-opening guidance: not theoretical, but what to do on Monday.
What we cover
- The emergency fund: how much, where it lives, and when to build it vs. attack debt
- TFSA vs. RRSP: the real answer for your income and timeline
- FHSA: the best account most first-time buyers don't know about
- Index investing: the simple approach that works for most people
- How to open an account this week, step by step
Homework
Pick your next saving or investing move and execute it - or schedule a specific date to do it. Not "soon." A date.
Proverbs 13:11 / Proverbs 21:20
Marriage, Legacy, and Finishing Well
The Long Game
What does faithful stewardship look like over a lifetime? We start where most couples have their worst conversations: joint money. Two incomes or one, different spending instincts, the mortgage, mat leave - this week gives you a framework for handling money as a team without micromanagement or silence. Then: CPP, retirement, the estate basics every adult with dependents needs, and the conversation about what you're building and for whom. We end with vision, not mechanics.
What we cover
- Joint money with two safety valves: trust without micromanagement
- How to lead a real money conversation with your wife - not just a budget meeting
- Term life insurance: how much you need and how to get it
- Will and beneficiaries: what every married man with dependents needs to have done
- CPP, retirement, and the long picture of what you're building
Homework
Write your stewardship plan. Scaled to your life stage: 2 to 3 years for younger men, 5 for mid-life, 10+ for men with older kids. This is the document you leave with.
Psalm 112:1-3 / Proverbs 13:22
Format and experience
How It Works
6 Live Zoom Sessions
90 minutes weekly. Opening prayer, 25-min teaching, paired breakout, 30-min group discussion, homework walkthrough, closing prayer.
Physical Workbook
Printed pages in a three-ring binder, mailed before Week 1. Worksheets you fill in by hand. You keep it. Not a PDF.
Accountability Partner
A stable partner for the full six weeks, paired at the start. Breakout time every session plus the option to connect between sessions.
Private WhatsApp Group
The cohort has its own group for questions, wins, and encouragement between sessions. Zero friction.
Mid-Course 1:1 with Dan
A 15-minute conversation booked for you around Week 3-4. No asking required. Bring the question you haven't asked in front of the group.
Lifetime Access
Session recordings and the community are yours for life. This is not content that expires. Round 1 graduates are permanent members of a community of stewards.
Your guide
Dan Taylor
Pastor & Founder, Wise and Faithful
Dan is a pastor at a church in Ontario. He came to faith as an adult - the only person in his immediate family who goes to church. He does not assume church background and does not take for granted things many lifelong Christians inherited.
He went to school for financial services with the goal of becoming an investment broker. He used to hold a mutual funds licence and a life insurance licence. When ministry became his full-time work, he let those licences lapse. He leads with pastoral identity, not credentials - but the training gave him a working foundation beneath the knowledge he has built through years of real conversations and real life.
He will not gain anything when you finish this course - you already paid him. That is why he can be honest with you about where you are and what needs to change.
Your investment
What's Included
- Six live 90-minute Zoom sessions with Dan
- Physical workbook mailed before Week 1 (worksheets, templates, and printed articles in a three-ring binder you keep)
- Stable accountability partner for the full six weeks
- Private WhatsApp group for the cohort
- Mid-course 1:1 conversation with Dan (booked and scheduled for you)
- Anonymous question form open all six weeks
- Lifetime access to session recordings and community
- Welcome package mailed before Week 1
Scholarships
This course tithes itself. Ten percent of every cohort goes into a scholarship fund. If cost is a genuine barrier, write to Dan. No form, no committee - just a conversation.
- First-year ministry, missions, or seminary discount - ask before registering
- Refer-a-man: $50 off for both men (Round 2 onwards)
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Questions? Write to dan@wiseandfaithful.ca