The roots of conflict are also planted in our cultural soil. A significant part of that soil is our demand for instant gratification and the immediate solution of problems. As we American Christians have been reminded ad nauseum, we live in the “now” generation. At McDonald’s we buy fast foods and at Sears we buy microwave ovens, or television sets whose weekly programs pose great human dilemmas and mysteries, all to be solved in sixty to ninety minutes, excluding commercial breaks. All of our