OVERLAND PARK, KS — Kevin and Lisa Hargrove, both 38, told reporters they sat down Tuesday evening to pray over their household finances after a sermon on biblical stewardship, and within seventeen minutes of opening their bank statement discovered they have been paying a combined $47.96 per month for three streaming services none of their family members have accessed since at least mid-2024.

The services — Paramount+, a premium tier of Peacock, and a free trial of a meditation app that converted to a paid subscription eleven months ago — had been charging the couple’s joint account undetected, representing a total loss of approximately $575 over the past year.

“We asked the Lord to reveal areas of waste in our budget,” said Kevin, staring at a spreadsheet. “I expected Him to convict me about the coffee. I did not expect Him to expose a paid subscription to an app called ‘Calm Horizons’ that I downloaded during a panic attack on a plane and never opened again.”

“We’ve been tithing faithfully and then turning around and tithing to Peacock. The Lord giveth and Comcast taketh away.”

Lisa, who manages the household budget in a color-coded Google Sheet she calls “The Ledger of Life,” admitted she had never scrolled past the mortgage payment line. “Everything below row fourteen was a mystery to me, and apparently also to God, until tonight,” she said.

The couple has since canceled all three services and redirected the savings to their church’s building fund, a decision Kevin described as “the most spiritually productive thing that’s ever come out of looking at a bank statement.”

At press time, Kevin had discovered a fourth charge from an audiobook platform and was laying hands on the laptop.