What if the Hokey Pokey Really is What's All About?

Ok, not the Hokey Pokey, but is it really all about getting married? And if not... why is that always the first question people ask you when you haven't seen them for awhile... "So are you seeing anybody" or as a high school acquaintance asked last night: "So why aren't you wearin' a ring yet?"

Tyson's prayer and poultry

"Trend expert Faith Popcorn, keynote speaker at the Future of Food conference, sees faith-friendly food showing up in the marketplace, an outgrowth of what her company calls "clanning," or the desire to belong to groups with common ideas.

"Tyson Foods, which makes chicken, beef and pork products, already has begun offering free downloadable prayer booklets on its Web site. The booklets provide mealtime prayers in a variety of faiths."

(Source: The Washington Post, 1/4/06)

In my previous post on this, I felt that choosing one faith and excluding others was uncalled for for a corporate food provider. I'm glad to have been wrong in that Tyson is actually aligning itself with dinner prayers in general and will be offering them as a supplement to the meal they provide in any religion, not just Christianity.

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