One question that inevitably comes up when creating a plan to pay off debt is: “should I continue to donate to charity &/or tithe to my church?”
As a practicing Mormon, I have paid a 10% tithe since I began my first job mowing lawns at age 11. Tithing is not unique to the LDS church, most churches believe in some form of tithing or offering. But it was instilled in me at a young age that tithing is something that is not only important, but essential. Since my early days of mowing lawns, I’ve gone from earning little (babysitting, my first “real” job as a sales clerk at JCPenneys, secretarial work) to now earning a solid & steady income (for the record, Joseph earnings are my earnings, too).
There were scarce times when our income was irregular & spotty. But through it all we paid a...
