“The gap between the rhetoric of what the church was saying on Sunday and the reality of what was happening in my life on Monday was enormous. The problem was that my church was speaking as an extrovert, but behaving as an introvert. It was calling on me to serve as a disciple of Christ in the world without giving me any help on how to do it. On the other hand, I got help in the form of affirmation, training, and even prayers for my service in the church as a Sunday school teacher, youth advisor, and church council member. … I became increasingly uneasy about the hypocrisy of a church that preached Christian service in the world, but practiced Christian service exclusively within its own institution.”
William Diehl – a former Bethlehem Steel sales manager and author of The Monday Connection