Fig Leaves

Genesis 3:7 tells us that Adam and Eve were ashamed of their nakedness after their sin.  To cover themselves, they sewed fig leaves together and wore them.  This seems an expecially unfortunate choice, since fig leaves are rough and induce painful itching.
But isn’t this just like us?  When we sin, we try to hide our [...]

Cracked Pots

There is a story about a farmer who had to make a long walk each day down to the stream, where the clear water flowed.  To carry the water back, he used two, large, clay pots that he had fashioned with his own hands.  These he hung on either end of a long pole that [...]

Where You Focus

I’m going to show you a magic trick.

On the picture frame below, there are eight cards. I would like for you to pick one and memorize it (number, color and suit) before scrolling down.

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Okay, in the next picture frame, I’ve shuffled the cards up a bit, but the card you selected [...]

A Kingdom of Giants

David Ogilvy, founder of the advertising firm Ogilvy & Mather, regularly sent Russian nesting dolls to new members of his leadership team. The nesting dolls (pictured above) were hollow, and smaller dolls fit inside the larger ones.

Ogilvy taped the following message to the smallest doll:

“If each of us hires people who are smaller [...]