Category: Vows

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 II: The Science and Spirit of Promise

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Scott Slaba

This reflection, adapted largely from Gianluigi Gugliermetto in Matthew Fox’s Daily Meditations, continues my three-part series on vows. As an officiant, I find his insights deeply relevant to the work of holding vows at the center of the wedding ceremony. In my earlier reflections, I called vows the heart and soul of a wedding ceremony. […]

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