Our daily bread

In his book, "Praying the Lord's Prayer," author Elmer Towns tells the story of a salesman who attended one of his Bible classes. The salesman worked in the appliance section of the local department store and was known for always wearing a straw hat.

Everyone simply knew this man as the tall man wearing the straw hat. Most people assumed he always wore the hat because he was bald but that's not why he wore the hat.

The man in the straw hat loved to talk to people and was a very good salesman. He was known to have a patterned way to make a sale. When people said no, he would shake his head as t...