I both shudder and celebrate when I perform a wedding. A beautiful couple stands before me who has worked hard to arrive at the start of their marriage. They deserve to be celebrated! A few rows from the stage sits a beaming and beautiful eight-year-old girl with a toothless grin. That beaming and beautiful eight…
One of the best ways to prepare yourself for marriage is by studying married couples. One particularly inspirational couple are the Churchill’s. Sir Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He also won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 and was the first…
“Why am I so exhausted tonight?” my husband asked as he collapsed on the hotel bed. We’d taken a few days off to celebrate his birthday and recover from a very busy month at work. I yawned in response, “We cheated on the diet twice today. Remember?” For 4 months, we’d towed the line and…
A couple in our church recently got engaged. Knowing that my husband and I have experience doing pre-marital counseling with soon-to-be married couples, they approached us to ask if we would meet with them. Before we could even schedule a time, the bride-to-be spoke up: “I have a question. Why do we only do this…
When James and I were engaged and meeting with the wedding coordinator in church, there just happened to be a wedding happening simultaneously. After our meeting, we were walking through the lobby and noticed the wedding party getting ready to begin the procession. This was a sacred occasion, right? James pushed me over to a…
