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Our first novel features an…interesting…church fund raiser. Ever wondered how much the neighbors are donating or whether the Protestants or Catholics are more generous? In the course of our book research we found out the fascinating answers to these questions and more courtesy of The Barna Group, a Christian research and communications organization. According to an article on their website, the average individual (from a random phone survey of ~1000 people) gave away about 3% of their income in 2004. Protestants gave an average of $1304 and Catholics $547. The report did not mention whether any fundraising chairwomen have been known to engage in suspicious extracurricular activities like the ubermother in our book.

--Melanie & Kelly