Almost all my family and friends are religious (mostly Christian), so when we gather for a meal or special occasion, somebody usually says a blessing or grace before a meal. None of them know that I am an atheist, so at such times I make myself inconspicuous. However, I am occasionally asked by name to say the blessing.
I wondered if there were appropriate secular graces, and a quick Google search turned up a very pertinent site:
http://secularseasons.org/celebrations/graces.html
Some of you may find these graces diplomatically useful at appropriate times. They will certainly help me be more comfortable and prepared if I am called upon in the future.
As an aside, have any of you been asked to say a blessing/grace and how did you handle it?
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This is great, I really like them!
These are wonderful! Thank you.
Thank you very much for posting this! It's something I hadn't really considered as an alternative to the prayers that my family have before meals.