Both of his parents, he says, were perfectionists. A student was trying to figure out how long it would take a frog to get out of a 20 foot deep well if he hopped upward three feet at a time, and slid backward two feet before he could make another leap. The frog obviously progresses one foot forward each time. Twenty leaps takes him to the top of the well. That same statement would probably be expressed, at one time or another, by most church members.
Perfectionism is one of the two great criticisms leveled at the Christian church.
The other is hypocrisy. I don't measure up. I can't measure up. God is perfect. At the risk of sounding blasphemous, God is all that he can be.