O Lord,
We're grateful that we can come together as a family,
united in our love in spite of the misguided political views held
by some of our members gathered with us here today.
We hold hands around this table,
putting aside our differences,
confident that Your wisdom
will help them see the error of their ways.
We give thanks for the bounty of this table
and for our nation rich in its blessings,
now threatened by the idiotic policies being proposed
by a certain political party who shall remain nameless
because we have put politics aside on this day of Thanksgiving.
Really, you would not believe the asinine things they're considering--
What?
Oh, sorry, Lord. Margaret reminds me
that I can get a bit carried away in defense of
truth and justice and, heck, just basic common sense.
We ask that You bless this great nation of ours in the year coming
as we must choose between sanity and
the catastrophic alternative offered by the other party.
We pray this in the name of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ,
who we know shares the same values as half of us sitting here at this table.
Amen.
...Margaret, why aren't there any knives on the table?
[First posted: November 26, 2015]
