Expectations of Worship

What do you expect?
The answer is important
for often
our expectations shape reality
like prophecies self-fulfilled.

What do you expect of this hour?
Might it include
Moments of joy, words of comfort,
Intriguing questions to ponder,
And possible answers to consider,
Intellectual stimulation and spiritual nurture,
Sweet silence,
And music whether infinitely poignant
or unbearably sublime.
And some further insight into the meaning of life

What do you expect of this church?
Perhaps that it might become a great, good place in your life
and in the lives of others:
An Oasis for the spirit
A Forum for the mind
A Home for the heart and
A Workshop for justice.

What do you expect of life?
Of yourself?
And of others, especially those closest to you?

May we have great expectations
And the boldness to live them into being.