Panning for Gold
The recovery ratio.
American Christianity uses the term 'nugget' to describe a bit of wisdom in a Biblical teaching.
This term comes from prospecting for gold.
A gold mine's profitability depends partly on the ratio of the TONs of ore
that has to be processed to recover just 1 ounce of gold.
Gold mines are classified by the number of ounces of gold recovered - per ton of ore.
Low-grade ore: .03-ounce gold per ton of ore
Medium-grade ore .03 - .15-ounce gold per ton of ore
High-grade ore: .15 -.6-ounce gold per ton of ore
Bonanza-grade ore: .6+ ounce gold per ton of ore
1 ton of ore weighs 32,000 ounces
What is your denomination's suggested ratio of seeker's email per ton of junk email?
I once panned gold as a boy in 1966, on vacation at a tourist stop in Nothern California.
I still have that little glass vial with a few micro-grains of gold. It is a fond memory.
I have a hunch that a soul gained via email would be even more precious to a pastor.
