Presbyterian here. We were taught you can&#x27;t buy your way into Heaven. Yes, donate to charity. But don&#x27;t publicly congratulate yourself.<p>I&#x27;ve worked to overcome my WASP reluctance to talk about money. As a geek, we should be comparing salaries. As an activist, to be effective you need resources, which is a nice proxy for buy-in, so you learn how to ask for money.