“Seventy percent of our budget comes in December, so we live by faith, or by hope,” the Rev. Jim Antal, president of the Massachusetts conference of the United Church of Christ, tells the Boston Globe’s Michael Paulson.
70%!
I know that charities get a disproportionate share of their donations this month as well so everyone’s braced for harder times. We’re already seeing it shortages at food pantries.

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