Category: Vows and Reflections

Vows – Part III: The Earth Beneath Our Vows

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Scott Slaba

This reflection, adapted once again from Matthew Fox’s Daily Meditations, concludes my three-part series on vows. As an officiant, I continue to find Fox’s insights both ancient and strikingly relevant to the work of holding vows at the center of a wedding ceremony. In his Order of the Sacred Earth, Fox suggests that the vows […]

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Vows, Part I: When Words Carry Us

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Scott Slaba

Wedding vow books with gold lettering and wedding rings — symbol of marriage vows.

Vows, Part I Inspired by Gianluigi Gugliermetto’s meditation in Matthew Fox’s Daily Meditations (9/24/25) Of all the moments in a wedding ceremony, when two people turn to each other and speak their vows, the air changes. Guests lean in. Even the restless children grow quiet. Why? Because vows are different from promises. As Gugliermetto reminds […]

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