DUMPING
THE COTTON

Topics: Change; Habits; Traditions

Reference: Mark 7:1–13

Bayer Corporation has stopped putting cotton wads in its aspirin bottles. The company realized the aspirin would hold up fine without the maddening white clumps, which it had included since about 1914.

“We concluded there really wasn’t any reason to keep the cotton except tradition,” said Chris Allen, Bayer’s vice president of technical operations. “Besides, it’s hard to get out.”

Likewise, long-standing traditions in the church can also be more annoying than helpful.

—Ed Rowell, “Parting from Tradition,” PreachingToday.com