The Ceremony: the corner stone of your wedding day.

Happy third anniversary Bethany and Scott ! Red Rock Cornerstone

"Thank you for helping us with and playing such an important role in the most fantastic day. We had the best time and the ceremony was the corner stone. It was everything we hoped it would be - inspirational, spiritual, grounded, loving, funny, fluid, warm - I could go on and on. We loved it. It captures us perfectly. Thank you thank you".- Mara and Kevin Movember 1, 2014

These kind words from Mara and Kevin inspired me to think of the ceremony in a new way. I've written about how the ceremony is the heart of your wedding day. I've mused about  how it sets the tone for the rest of your big day. But this use of a structural term caught my imagination. The ceremony is the first stone in the construction of your wedding day. And more importantly, the vows and promises you make set the foundation for your future life as husband and wife. 

 The cornerstone (or foundation stone) concept is derived from the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation, important since all other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure.

     "Scaffolding” by Seamus Heaney

Masons, when they start upon a building,

Are careful to test out the scaffolding;

Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points,

Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints.

 And yet all this comes down when the job’s done

Showing off walls of sure and solid stone.

 So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be

Old bridges breaking between you and me

 Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall,

Confident that we have built our wall.

Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown- Jen and Joe's Wedding Setting October 2014

Cape Cod Soulful and Fun Weddings for All Seasons

This Cape Cod Wedding Celebrant/officiant /interfaith Minister and her hubby have just returned from a trip to the South Seas on South Beach, Miami. Soon Cape Cod will slowly begin its transformation and one day it will suddenly be summer!

We are on Cape Time and it is a time outside of time and spring takes its own sweet time like these sprouting succulents.

These succulent sproutlings were the perfect symbol of a Cape Cod Spring Wedding. Emily and Jim were wed last March at Wequassett

 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY  EMILY and JIM -May your love remain new throughout all seasons! 

A Valentine's Day Reflection

One Spirit Community of Sacred Practice A Daily Practice of Sacred Reading & Meditation February 14 The human heart is surely a most precious and mysterious reality. It can be strong and yet it can be hurt. It can open and yet it can close. It can include others in love and yet it can exclude others because of fear. Such polarities need not discourage us. Instead they can point us to our splendid evolutionary task: We humans are here to go beyond fear and limitation so we can become ever more open to love. Indeed, we were given a lifetime just for that.

Update on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 8:26AM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

A December Wedding 

   

Sweet Simplicity

Just the two of us saying, 'I do'

a promise, simply, but sincerely, to be true

 Photos by Stacy Hedman Photography

The Vows

The wedding ceremony is built around the cornerstone of the vows. A promise to be faithful to the one you choose above all the rest. The one to whom you give your word. 

 The Meaning of Marriage: Wendell Berry

The meaning of marriage begins with the giving of words. We cannot join ourselves to one another without giving our word. And this must be an unconditional giving, for joining ourselves to one another, we join ourselves to the unknown…you do not know the road; you have committed your life to a way.