Readings: Expressing Your Love

This post looks at Rainer Maria Rilke’s Thoughts on Love. I love the power of the opening lines of this wedding reading. Love is not easy – it’s not easy to open one’s [...]

This is one of my favorite readings of all time. In the present moment of a wedding day, when there are so many logistics and emotions, this blessing reminds a couple that they are entering into [...]

Love is a powerful emotion. It can overtake us. It can overwhelm us. But there is something extraordinary that happens when you find your soul mate. This reading embodies soulmates. It’s [...]

In certain stages of falling in love, it feels as though nothing will ever go wrong. You will always agree on things. You will love every quirky habit of the person you love. You will have no [...]

A number of couples that I work with have only known each other a short while before they get engaged. They have lived a life that explores their own identity and their dreams. They have had [...]

Throughout an engagement, couples will continue to get advice on how to plan their wedding – who to invite, how much to spend, where to have the wedding, etc – but I think that some of the best [...]

I enjoy this ceremony reading at weddings because it speaks to our human nature and the reality of a relationship. We are all in constant motion and what happens to us, or our loved ones, [...]

As an English Minor, I believe that one of the best ways you can express your love for each other during your wedding ceremony, is through the written word. I will be sharing a monthly feature of [...]