The Art of Marriage by Wilferd Arlan Peterson has always been a favorite of mine—a great choice for young people starting out in marriage, couples celebrating a vow renewal, or folks discovering love the second time around. Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In marriage the […]
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Having met later in life, there are no memories of young romantic love, high school roller skating parties, college weekdays longing for your touch. No memories of experiencing together life’s first tastes of freedom or the innocence of believing that we had all the time in the world… I never knew your young body nor
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Tomorrow I marry a bride whose family came to the United States from Cuba. They have harrowing stories. I felt that one way to pay tribute to their families heroism was to use a reading by a Cuban author. Some years ago, I picked up Burnt Sugar: Cana Quemada: Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and
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At a recent ceremony of New York ladies, they invited a couple of dear friends to participate in their ceremony. Their participation included selecting a special reading for the couple. For the assignment, they selected “The Promise,” by Heather Berry, perfect for any ceremony. Within this blessed union of souls, where two hearts intertwine to
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The mother of a recent groom introduced me to this particular passage from Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s “A Gift from the Sea.” It is a beautiful description of the constantly changing nature of love in a strong marriage partnership. “When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way,
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Wendell Berry is the kind of person we all want to have in our lives. He reminds me of Thomas Jefferson…..wise, reflective, philosophical, communitarian, and an advocate for the agrarian life. The Kentucky born poet, essayist, and social activist has written many books and received countless awards. His words on marriage are meaningful to all:
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Sara Teasdale, the contemporary poet, has become a favorite author to express lovely sentiments in wedding ceremony scripts: To-night I close my eyes and see A strange procession passing me — The years before I saw your face Go by me with a wistful grace; They pass, the sensitive shy years, As one who strives
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