i am the prayer, how bout you

a few years ago at the new family's business Christmas party i was asked to lead the prayer. fitting given my chosen vocation i get asked to lead public faith practices every now and then. after that, my bro & sister in-law joked that i am "the family pray-er." it's the joke, but it is also the truth.

for my own family we make my dad do the prayin and then proceed to poke fun at him for his repetitive phrasing and method to his prayers. it has been the same prayer since our childhood (some changes due to us all getting older).

so in lie of the upcoming holidays, do you have an assigned prayer? is there a fun story behind that?

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[Andy]

My 3rd grade son was asked to write about a time he had fun with his family. He chose to write about Thanksgiving Dinner. Here is his essay.

When it's time for thanksgiving dinner everyone comes to the table. Then we say grace. We light candles and say something we're thankful for. After that we eat.

Well, we do have candles, grace and conversation over what we are thankful for. But I love the way he described it. I plan on using his idea with everyone lighting a candle and adding to the blessing at small family gatherings. Hopefully, we can raise up a family of pray-ers.

[gavin]

that's a pretty good tradition. if you do this andy, come back and let me know the things people are thankful for. i am curious, at least when it comes to youth, to know if they are capable of more abstract parts to happiness (ie. moments of joy, deeper relationships) or things that are more possession in nature. i think they are capable of it, but i wonder if we are conditioned to be thankful for stuff.