My Bro and his family recently stayed with my parents for about 5 weeks. He is in the military and they took advantage of a base re-assignment across country to stay in Utah for a while and visit family and friends as part of the move. My bro is ExMo and SIL is NeverMo. They visited us for a couple days as part of their cross-country moving trek.
My folks have a nice house. The main floor is the standard area and the basement is basically a self-contained apartment. By bro and family have their own space downstairs.
Some of the tid-bits shared were interesting, but the most fascinating to me what my little niece. She said "Upstairs we pray at dinner but downstairs we don't have to". My niece was relating what my mom told them and how they divide customs regarding something as standard as dinner time. IF they eat upstairs with Gpa and Gma, they gotta say the meal prayer. but prayers aren't necessary in the privacy of the heathen downstairs.
I get it. Their house their rules. It's just so bizarre hearing about it.
Recently, my mom stayed with us for a few days and we didnt pray at the onset of dinner. She took a couple moments to close her eyes, clasp her hands and silently pray as we were serving the food. It's fine, it just seems so silly to me now. Apparently, 'when in Rome' is only applicable to people visiting Rome. Romans in foreign lands still follow Roman tradition.
Also, I told my dad about D&C 89:17 - regarding barley based mild drinks. He said we need to remember context of the time it was written.
I asked what other possible context is a barley based mild drink of the mid 1800's?
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