'There is very little time and occasion for openness in most of our gatherings because we fear it. We think it may lead to confrontation, anger and divisiveness. We are not open because we fear what others will think of us and do to us. If we honestly compared the amount of time in church spent thinking about what others think or might think with the amount of time spent thinking about what God is thinking, we might probably be shocked. Those of us in congregational leadership need to think more deeply about this.'
Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy, p.223.
