Canadian Personal Finance Blog

In any faith based community, there is an important aspect that isn’t spoken about a lot and that is Monetary Stewardship (Stewardship in general comes in many forms, so let’s just worry about money for now). Many non-faith friends I have view the monetary pledges made by parishioners, or mosque or temple members as a “cash grab” and will usually tell that bad joke about throwing your money in the air, and what God wants, he’ll keep, that’s fine. All communities whether faith based or not, need monetary support, so I have no big issue with giving to my church, and the fact that it is tax deductible is good too. I have some friends who refuse to take the Tax break, they view this as ruining the spirit of giving, I have no such views.

If the government wants to give me money back for giving money to my church, or non-profit community organizations, who am I to argue? As long as you give with a good heart, I think taking the tax breaks is just fine.

I am going to look for Muslim and Jewish blogs today, to see what they say about giving (just for a little spiritual thrill seeking). –C8j