One day

The coming together of friends
The meeting of hearts and minds
The joy of remembrance and anticipation:
Sundays

The laughter of small children
The laughter of those well-travelled
The clinking of glasses and the clinking of words:
Sundays

The awkward moment of silence or tears:
To speak or not to speak?
The challenge of differing viewpoints:
Sundays

The word that begins a journey
The word that soothes and sears
The Word around Whom we gather:
Sundays

The mystery of strength in weakness
The greatness of something small
The grace that grows our mustard-seed trust:
Sundays

A family, a field, a building
A body, a gathering, a flock
Each face a picture of dignity given:
Sundays

One day this house will be silent
Another house filled with delight
One day our trust superseded by sight:
One day