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Hilda questioned the attitude of nowadays Christians on worship. Her comment reminded me of the following quote:

Worship is humble and glad; worship forgets itself in remembering God; worship celebrates the truth as God's truth, not its own. True worship doesn't put on a show or make a fuss; true worship isn't forced, isn't half-hearted, doesn't keep looking at its watch, doesn't worry what the person in the next pew may be doing. True worship is open to God, adoring God, waiting for God, trusting God even in the dark.

… Worship is nothing more nor less than love on its knees before the beloved; just as mission is love on its feet to serve the beloved — and just as Eucharist, as the climax of worship, is love embracing the beloved and so being strengthened for service.

N.T. Wright, For All God's Worth, p.9