Chapel Talk, 2001 September 26: Fear / Will Speers

Talk given after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks. "We can’t run away from fear or the events of this world. Yet we have already responded to this attack upon our way of life with instantaneous charity, love, fortitude; we have countered violence with compassion and measured talk. We are human. We will stumble. We will act out our fears in anger and racism... But if we listen, if we listen to each other and to ourselves, even if we listen to our fears, we will hear the music that will conquer this rage and chaos with majesty, wholeness, expression and communion."