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POLL: Cash or cow this Christmas?

By: Tracy Simmons

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December 17, 2013

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When it comes to charitable giving, is it better to give cash or the cow? According to a report by Christianity Today, it remains a hotly contested issue.

The report examined the relative impact of different types of charitable giving on the poor abroad: micro-lending vs. direct grants vs. groups such as Heifer International.

“Heifer supporters are going to feel great after reading this, but there are also some surprises about where your money may do more and less good,” says Lauren Markoe of the Religion News Service.

Bottom line, CT reports, “This Christmas we can eschew the materialistic spirit of our culture, and instead make Christmas a time of giving to those truly in need, whether cash or cows.”

What do you think? Is it better to give cash, or cow?

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Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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