This piece is for ALL who will be sitting around a table this holiday season . . . GRACE for all at the Table of Common Prayer . . . and for those who may be dining alone.
The Table of Common Prayer, p. 77, Handling Difficult Holidays by Dr. Jane Noreen Geiger, M.A.
The Table of Common Prayer
Our variety-pack dinner gathering,
glued by love, not just DNA,
makes a warm and lovely
circle of diversity
around our
table of
common
prayer:
Peppered and checkered table,
a solid variety pack . . .
Singles, married, Democrats, Republicans, Independents
Libertarians, atheists, Muslims, Quakers and Christians
+
people with partners
the healthy and the sick
young, middle-aged, and golden
grace-givers and legalists
forgotten and famous
rejected and revered
liars and loons
alone and lonely
paired and happy
skinny and not-so-skinny
Jewish, Polish
Vegan dish
meat for carnivores
all just delicious!
HOLIDAY HEAVEN!