The Farmer Who Opened the Floodgates

Margaret Chen had farmed forty acres outside Salinas, California, for nineteen years. She knew the math of survival — every bushel counted, every dollar stretched thin across seed, diesel, and equipment loans. So when her pastor challenged the congregation to tithe for ninety days, Margaret's stomach knotted. Ten percent of her income meant skipping a tractor payment. It meant trusting someone else with money she had already mentally spent.…