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There are many things to think about when teaching tithing to children. This post explores some of the things we should and shouldn’t teach and offers money jars as a helpful teaching tool.

We have recently started to give our 5 year old an allowance. When we did, we wanted to teach him about tithing and saving (he already knows spending). My wife, Cindy, wrote a post about our system for teaching D3 these important concepts. You should check it out. It’s working great!

Budgets are tight. Not only does it cost more to buy milk, it costs more to drive to the store to get the milk (even with the recent drop in gas prices). Families have had to start making cuts to make ends meet, and church giving is one of the places where we can expect to [...]

I feel violated. In effect, Big Banking is telling America to pay up or else they will launch the country into a massive depression. I am irate. This was foreseeable. This was preventable. I remember being warned about sub-prime loans a couple of years ago. The analysts knew the risks then. I think our financial [...]

This story hit home with us, because D3 started kindergarten this year and had a similar experience.
One mother walked her new kindergartener in to school and gave him a five dollar bill to put towards his lunch account. When she picked him up, she asked, “Did you give the lunch lady your money?”
He replied, “No, [...]