What do you or your family pray at mealtime? When I was growing up, our family typically recited the "God is good, God is great" prayer that so many folks use as a table grace. At Christian camp settings as a teenager, I grew accustomed to singing the Johnny Appleseed song before we ate. My children are fond of singing the doxology at the dinner table. And over the years I have heard a great many people offer mealtime prayers, thanking God for his bounty, for fellowship, for the hands that prepared and the homes that hosted, and praying that God would bless the food to our bodies and us to his service.

Perhaps you have seen the famous 1918 photograph taken by Eric Enstrom. Simply titled, "Grace," the photo shows an old man, Charles Wilden, sitting at a small table, with a simple meal befo…