“Counting up the dough / Counting up the dough / We shall come rejoicing / Counting up the dough”
A priest, a Rabbi and Joel Osteen walk into a bar together and order, respectively, a Virgin Mary, an egg cream soda and a Coke. They start talking abut how they divide up the tithes.
The priest says, “This is an unfortunate fact of life for all of us. Without funding we would have to close our doors. I send half on and use the other half for operating expenses.”
Joel and the Rabbi agree, yes, operating a church and synagogue takes money too.
The Rabbi says, “I don’t know how to divide the contributions without being arbitrary, so each week I put it all in a pail and throw it down some stairs.
“We keep anything that makes it to the bottom, thinking that is what He wants.
Joel spoke up: “I put all the donations in a pail, too, then I toss it up in the air—whatever the Lord catches, He can keep.”
