Here are this week’s on-topic posts:

• Christian Personal Finance advises delaying gratification to avoid debt.
• Bible Money Matters includes some debt reduction tips in his list of twenty ways to press onwards toward your financial goals.
• Get Rich Slowly says that slow and steady wins the race, with debt reduction and other things.
• The Digerati Life discusses how the new credit card rules can affect debt reduction plans.
• Personal Finance Analyst debates investing vs. paying down debt.

Thanks!

• Welcome to a windy and rainy Carnival of Debt Reduction We're in hurricane season, and early last week there were five named Atlantic storms on the map:  Gustav, Hanna, Ike, Josephine, and Karina.  Hanna is flying up the east coast of the United States as I'm putting this Carnival together. Thankfully Hanna wasn't much where I was on Saturday but......
• Welcome to this week's Carnival Here are this week's debt reduction posts for your reading pleasure (personal debt reduction story at the top!): Personal Finance Journey cut the cable and applied the savings to Operation Destroy Debt. Debt-Tips.com discusses the pros and cons of debt settlement. Free Money Finance calls the mortgage interest tax deduction......

• Happy New Year (and personal finance links) I know it's a little late, but I'd like to wish you a Happy New Year. You may have noticed that the posting schedule here has slowed down a bit. That is due to two factors. The first is that with the holidays, I felt people had better things to......
• Personal Finance Links (Moving, Moving, Moving edition) Yesterday was the first day we've had keys to our new place. We loaded up the wife's SUV and my car to make three trips of stuff around the house that we won't be using for the next few weeks. It's never that much fun, especially in 93 degree heat.......