Depending on who you ask there are many ways to say grace before a meal. You show us how you pray when gathered with others and we’ll tell you what that says about your theology.
So listen carefully next time during grace and that’ll be a dead giveaway as to what that person believes.
The prayer is for massively unhealthy fried chicken and casseroles to nurture our bodies – Baptist
Every other word is “thou”, “thy”, or “yeoldethinesteth” – KJV Baptist
Prayer is led by a woman – Hey, wait a minute, you’re not a Christian!
Prayer is about how terrible, awful, and undeserving we all are of the food we’re about to eat – Calvinist
No prayer – Unitarian
Makes strange hand gestures, might be praying or summoning an eldritch Lovecraftian horror – Catholic
Starts with Daddy God – Episcopalian
Start with Mother God – Episcopalian
Recites ancient prayer claimed to have been the exact words the Apostle Peter prayed over his fish tacos – Eastern Orthodox
Makes everyone hold hands – Your mom. DAAAAAANG!
Says cute little liturgical prayer between gulps of beer – Lutheran
By thanking the moon and sun god for this bountiful harvest – Wait a second! You’re a pagan!
Pray incantations in Latin – Catholics again
Pray incantations in Pig Latin – Joe Biden
Only Dad prays in this house – Presbyterian
Peek through your eyelids during prayer to see if the tide is back in and the surf is lookin’ gnarly – Calvary Chapel
Silent prayer over delicious oatmeal – Quaker
Prays in Hebrew and glances around to see if everyone noticed – Seminary student
No prayer just rolling around on the floor saying gibberish – Pentecostal
Well there you have it folks! That’s the definitive list of all the different ways to say grace.
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