Ordained Interfaith / Interspiritual Minister (nondenominational) and Transformative Peacebuilder
A few days ago, I had the great pleasure of officiating the wedding of Luc and Galina, my first wedding of 2017. The couple’s story is somewhat unique. Luc is French-Canadian, from Montreal, and Galina is Russian, from Moscow. On a whim, Luc decided to check out an...
These days, for two people getting married, it is not at all unusual that one or both of them have been married before and have children. So, oftentimes now, it is not just the couple joining their lives together in marriage, but also it’s a joining of their families,...
As noted on the Weddings page, the home and property in West Windsor, Vermont, that I share with my wife, is also a place where couples can get married. While it is quite lovely to tie the knot outside, under our beautiful arch amidst the trees when the weather...
At a wedding I officiated last Saturday on a beautiful hilltop in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the couple chose to include the Christian ritual of the Unity Cross. Signifying the wedding covenant, the Unity Cross is a lasting reminder of the Bride and Groom...
Last Saturday, I was honored to officiate the wedding of a Wiccan couple in New Hampshire. Wicca is a contemporary Pagan religion which, like many other nature-based spirituality faiths, is pantheistic, meaning that the Divine is seen as everywhere and in everything....
Last Saturday, my wife and I traveled up to Lake Placid, NY where I officiated at the lively wedding of Lorena and Jafet, a Latino couple. (She’s Columbian and he’s Cuban.) The wedding took place at a secluded property alongside a beautiful pond. So that all the...
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of officiating the wedding of Albert and Sara, in Brattleboro VT. It was a cozy wedding at the home of a family member. The actual ceremony took place in the living room. It was a simple and love-filled event for the couple and the...
Last Saturday, I had the great pleasure to officiate the wedding of Lauren and Cliff, a joyous and loving couple who have known each other for 20 years. The ceremony took place at a beautiful lodge overlooking Lake Placid in New York State. It was a cozy and heartfelt...
Here’s a poem for today - “New Year’s Day” by Kathleen McTigue: The first of January is another day dawning, the sun rising as the sun always rises, the earth moving in its rhythms, With or without our calendars to name a certain day as the day of new beginning,...
Most weddings are joyous and meaningful occasions, but the wedding of Alexandra and Joseph that I officiated last weekend was especially so. The setting was at an elegant inn on the shores of Lake Winnipesauke in New Hampshire. At the couple’s request, the ceremony...