Some of the most familiar words from our prayer book come the marriage service. We have come together in the presence of God. It was a true sign from God. I admit that Anglicans and Episcopalians have long gotten a lot of distance and more than a few chuckles from citing this gospel story. Unlike our Baptist and Methodist friends, Episcopalians have been known to partake in the moderate, social consumption of alcohol.
Moderation is o.k.
Not just any wine. Not the kind of wine one buys in boxes or big jugs with twist off tops, or the kind of wine that is drunk on street corners out of paper bags but the good stuff. The kind of wine that comes in dusty bottles at expensive restaurants with labels you can not read because it comes from a chateau in France that no one can pronounce. The wedding feast in Cana started out fine. Night had fallen, torches were lit, and sounds of flute and drums filled the air.