How full is your Lenten lockbox this year? Ah, that miraculous vault where we store our excesses and bad habits for a little more than a month, only to take them back when the stone is rolled away from the empty tomb. At times it can be hard to tell if we are overjoyed at
2020 was a rollercoaster year in many respects, including the impacts that the pandemic had on giving to churches. With the onset of social distancing, giving to churches and religious organizations experienced a significant drop in March and April. That drop was exacerbated by two key factors. The first factor was linked to the adoption
To use money – indeed to engage in the modern economic system at all – is to embark on a walk of faith, because at its core money is about belief. People prefer to think of money and monetary value as fixed things that have an element of certainty at their base. The reality is