Advent Photo #05 Expectation

 Expectation
  I'd read about and been told about the chunky chips at 'Pegs' cafe... but they had to be tasted to see if my expectation would be met or not...
Is expectation a good thing when it's about fried carbohydrates... well, they were that good!!
   Sea salt and golden fried potato, alongside a soup like meat dish that was pretty impressive on a sunny day this winter just gone... these expectations are the stuff of life... I can't quite muster the same excitement about a 'Sumo Salad'
   On the other hand there's expectation of institutions... like the one where I find my vocation. This one is struggling and groaning under the weight of expectation or challenge. Our model is broken, we need to work to rediscover who we are called to be and order our selves accordingly. Instead people's expectation is to be left alone or taken care of until death. Without 'change' that desire will be fulfilled and more quickly!!

I'm mindful of:
- a busted model from centuries ago and at least shaped by the 1950s
- children expected to be well behaved or not present [you'll get that wish too]
- lack of purpose
- the possibilities of ethos vs the hopelessness of what is
- people stepping back from possibilities
- shrinking funds meaning the wrong stuff gets cut
- property rich cash poor
- failure to hold our story as good news
- retreat to conservatism, radical foolishness or managerial madness
- mission exploration driving what shape of the movement is needed and then lining up resources accordingly
and much more really...