Christians shatter taboos on talking about money
No sooner had 29-year-old Graham Messier joined a small group at his
church earlier this year than he found himself breaking an American
taboo: talking about how much he earns and where it all goes.
Others
in the group in Beverly, Massachusetts, did likewise as they kicked
off an eight-week program aimed at reconciling personal finances with
Christian rhetoric about economic justice. It's countercultural, they
said, but it works.
By the eighth meeting, Messier's group had
raised $1,800 for three nonprofits simply by cutting back on gourmet
coffees, dining out and other nonessentials.
