"There was a time when we were afraid of being caught doing something sinful in front of our ministers," observes a character in one of Peter DeVries' short stories. "Now we are afraid of being caught doing something immature in front of our therapists." - Cited by by Thomas G. Long, "God Be Merciful to Me, a Miscalculator," Theology Today, June 1993, pp. 165-168. |