What are wedding vows?
Vows are a statement of intent, a promise or pledge to your partner. Vows are made with sincerity and speak from the heart of one person to the heart of another. They are emotionally and spiritually binding and are often the only part of the ceremony that the bride and groom can [...]
Wedding vows
Writing your own wedding vows
If you are getting married for the first time the very thought of putting a ceremony together would send most couples running for the smelling salts. What about writing your own wedding vows or ring vows? I think a reasonable reaction to that suggestion might be, well where do I start?
Getting married or taking the [...]
Teenage transition ceremony
Today’s society with all its complexity brings special needs for each one of us, and celebrating with ritual or marking a special occasion can be as important as the occasion itself. This can be for example, to help with the healing process after divorce, to assist with the transition from one phase of life [...]
The marriage officiant in today’s society
The marriage officiant and civil celebrant in today’s society understands that a wide range of ceremonies are necessary to fulfill the needs of the average person, to add meaning and purpose to lives and as a result benefit society as a whole.
Most officiants and celebrants conduct wedding, name giving, funeral, commitment and renewal of vows [...]
The marriage celebrant
In 1973 civil marriage celebrants first started to officiate at weddings in Australia. A decline in church attendance and personal choice being two contributing factors. This practice has spread now throughout the western world. Many popular traditions used in today’s ceremonies come from European and ancient Greek and Roman times. Nothing new under the sun, [...]
Stroke information for kids
There has been a rise in older members of our population mainly due to the post World War II baby explosion – the baby boom. This coupled with the facts, that advances in medicine and better lifestyles have us all living for much longer.
With this longevity, come degenerative diseases, the diseases that many of us [...]
Eloping
Eloping is gaining in popularity!
Why is this?
Now more than ever couples are eloping………often 6-12 months ahead. Its not the young, wild couples parodied in films and stories of the past but responsible, successful, intelligent young couples….our sons and daughters! A very large percentage of these couples have given the ceremonial act of marriage a lot [...]
Parkinson’s explained to kids
According to many doctors Parkinson’s disease is one of the most baffling of all neurological disorders and sadly one of the most common.
Because the overall numbers of aging people in our society has risen its very likely that more children than ever before will have a grandparent or an older friend of the family with [...]
Dementia explained to kids
Never in human history have we lived so well or for so long and as a result of this the frequency of diseases such as Alzheimers Disease and other forms of dementia that become more common in old age, has increased with the aging of society.
And it’s because of this that children are more likely [...]
Taking responsibility for your own health
Faced with immune system health problems myself during the last 40 years, I have had a lot of time to observe, listen and discover answers to many of my health related questions and to situations I found myself, members of my family or our friends and acquaintances in.
Its largely because I have taken responsibility for [...]