The guy writing the check during the offering.

My friend, who is a Jehovah's Witness, once asked if Southern Baptists used offering baskets with mesh bottoms. He'd heard they did that because then if you tried to tithe with change, it would fall out and loudly proclaim you as a cheapskate. That would hopefully guilt you into giving paper money next week.

I told him it wasn't true and that I hated that his side got Prince.

The offering can be a funny thing though and I haven't written about it often. But recently I experienced something...