In her book Kindness: Reaching Out to Others, Phyllis J. Le Peau relates this story: “Some seminary students were asked to preach on the story of the Good Samaritan. When the hour arrived for their sermon, each one was deliberately delayed en route to class.
As the students raced across campus, they encountered a person who pretended to be in need. Ironically, not one of the students stopped to help.”
Le Peau commented, “After all, they had an important sermon to preach.”