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I took a class in college where we were encouraged to set things on fire, melt metal, and get our hands dirty. It wasn’t your typical college class, and it was the one class I never skipped. One thing we were able to learn was the process of casting and refining metals. Metal workers refine metals by removing the impurities that exist within the metal. Yet, you can’t just cut the metal apart and pick out the impurities, there is a much more profound process. When you take most metals to their molten state, something interesting happens — all the impurities, the junk, the dirt, rises to the top. It just sits there, ugly and sinister, a layer of scum called the dross. In the 15th century, dross was a word associated with rubbish and waste in general. In the Bible, dross is used as a metaphor for the worthless substance within the hearts of people. Dross is the offensive impurity that is scraped away and thrown out. This metal-working-process is a necessary one, and it produces two things: dross and refined metal. It’s a process of separation and purification, but it can’t happen without fire. From Refinement by Ryan Tate buff.ly/1eakrhJ
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:08:06 +0000

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