This post assumes that you have children living at home, or that your grown children live in the area.
He had revealed that his family rarely, if ever, gets together at the table. Was it that they don't get together or that they don't want to get together? Was this a family or a group of loosely-connected people held together only by last name or living arrangement? A "family" that shares proximity but not presence? Hmm . . .
There is something about family, isn't there? (Yes, even the outcast -- you know, the "weird" one who only visits once a year, if that, and tells the most bizarre stories.)
The family, the building block of society, is under attack. There is an attack on family values, family purpose, family structure, etc. How quickly the family can disintegrate without attention! One of the best places to re-cement family members is at the table. The table is common ground, a place of formation. There you can listen, encourage, mature. There you can know and be known.
Table talk usually doesn't happen without a meal. Sure, preparing a meal can be one more thing on your to-do list. What reward for your effort, though! I challenge you to schedule a family meal in the next 7 days. In order to maximize opportunity for relationship-building, make your table environment a "no technology zone."
BTW . . . if you need help eating the leftovers . . .
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