Maybe it's time

A thought for the Episcopal Church. My home church.

Maybe it’s time

To hold hands with our Methodist

Sisters and brothers,

Mr. Welch included.

Maybe it’s time

To consecrate grape juice,

To offer only

The equally attractive alternative

At church functions.

Maybe it’s time to figure out

How to celebrate life

Without alcohol

For an undetermined period of time

And then

Only then

Our heads may be clear enough

Our hearts may be clear enough

To figure out what’s next.

Maybe it’s time.