Chaplain preaches the gospel of money

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Capt. Buddy Winn of the Minnesota National Guard makes it his mission to teach money management to the troops.

By KARA McGUIRE, Star Tribune

Last update: July 19, 2008 - 9:37 PM

One of Capt. Buddy Winn's jobs in Iraq as a National Guard chaplain is to counsel soldiers concerning everything from family to money matters so they can concentrate on their job: the war.

Civilian studies have shown that financial stress causes lost productivity and distraction in the workplace. So he made it a goal to lead money seminars for the Minnesota National Guard assault helicopter battalion deployed for 16 months to Iraq. snip

Winn chose bestselling author and radio host Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University (FPU) to educate the troops. "I like that Mr. Ramsey tells people upfront that it's not going to be easy, and it's going to take discipline," Winn said. Ramsey incorporates Christian beliefs into his teachings. After making and losing millions in real estate before his 30th birthday, Ramsey made it his business to spread the gospel of debt-free living to the Average Joe.

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1. Sounds like Reverand Ike.

A black preacher I heard in North Carolina in the early eighty's.

His basic message was that the root of all evil was not money, but the lack thereof. Made sense to me.

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2. Sounds like he's devoted to the One True God.

"Man is the only animal to have found the One True God.....several of them." - Mark Twain