Article February 9, 2004 ISSUE

lives transformed through giving

with contributions from Edith Washington, Makengo ma Pululu, Clara Metzner, Ginny Luedeman, Rajan Krishnaswami

Edith WashingtonDallas, Texas

When I worked as an elementary school teacher, I was at one point raising a niece and nephew as well as nursing my mom. My finances were such that I could only give one dollar to the collection at church. I faithfully gave that dollar every Sunday. But it troubled me because I really wanted to tithe, and I'd read that tithing meant giving ten percent of one's income.

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