Doing Makes the Difference

“But someone will say, ‘You have faith; I have deeds.’ Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.” – James 2:18 In David Bayles’s book, Art and Fear, he recounts an experiment conducted by a pottery professor to discover what truly contributes to great pottery: volume or quality. The professor divided his students into two classes. In the first class, he instructed the students that they would be graded based on the quality of a single piece of pottery. The better the piece, the higher their grade would be. In contrast, the second class, unaware of the first class’s assignment, was told that their grades would be based on the quantity of pots they made. They didn’t need to focus on making exceptional pieces; instead, their goal was to produce as many pots as possible. He believed that the class focused on