The World Is in Haste

Wolfstan's sermon speaks powerfully to our time as well. His picture of a society suffering from a breakdown of truth is uncomfortably familiar. Fear and despair can make people do terrible things, sacrificing even what they hold most dear. We struggle with the disparity between the pace at which events are unfolding around us and our ability to process them mentally and emotionally. But wolf stan's conclusion stresses action, the belief that there are still things worth doing and steps that all can take.