I Visited A Shrine For The Patron Saint Of Procrastinators
Believers around the world call upon St. Expedite for strength from temptation to delay. In a church in New Orleans, devotees offer prayers in pound cake.
On a road in fourth-century Armenia, the story goes, a Roman centurion met a talking crow. The officer had resolved to convert to Christianity, but now this eloquent crow had come to urge him not to do anything rash. The crow had an idea for the centurion: Delay the conversion; don’t rush. Maybe take a day to think about it.