This is part four of a 10-part series of reflections on Eric Sloane’s book on the bicentennial, “The Spirits of ’76.” Each chapter covers a different spirit of America.
It’s no longer fashionable to pray before meals, especially with guests around. Don’t want to offend anyone, invoke a god someone else rejects, or otherwise be seen as old-fashioned or superstitious. I get it, and I too feel the sense that we should all just sit down and start eating.
