In my African American, Baptist worship tradition, fast can be a mighty worship force. I have in mind instances when a moving song concludes, only to have a "sanctified P.S." added. Suddenly the organist and accompanying musicians will launch a fast, rhythmic praise beat, and the whole church explodes in ecstatic clapping, dancing, and shouting. This is high-octane worship! . . . If fast is fun, necessary, productive, and even sacred, what's the problem with speed? What's wrong with hurry?

Kirk Byron Jones, Addicted to Hurry