Some things to do with your money instead of giving it to your church:

It is my opinion that the tithe was never meant to buy multi-media soundstages, hire efficiency experts, design church internet websites, or most of the multitude of unnecessary crap that many churches spend their money on (Deuteronomy 14 and Malachi 3).

Therefore, here are a few much better uses of your money:

1) Go to a "less fortunate" area of town, drive up to an apartment complex office, randomly select a number, and pay that person's rent for the month
2) Go to a restaurant where you know you'll get crappy service, and tip the total amount of the bill
3) Buy books for a library
4) Buy a ton of the Arby's "Five for $5" roast beef sandwiches, drive around town, and deliver them to everyone with a sign that says "Will work for food" (I know, I've heard all the scam stories and everything... but my guess is a lot of those people really are pretty hungry)
5) Buy school supplies and give them to either kids or a school
6) Pay for a stranger's gas while you pay for your own
7) Go to a bar and order a round of beers for the four guys who just walked in to listen to the band play
8) Buy a sack of groceries... the basics... and after you pay the cashier for them, ask them how they're doing, really listen to them, then ask them where they'd like their groceries
9) Go buy clothes to donate instead of just giving up your hand-me-downs (but do that, too)
10) My personal favorite... subsidize a teacher's pathetic income
posted by Stephen at 11:06 PM | |