Category: Wedding Ceremony Reflections

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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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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