Reverend Sid

Sid performed a wedding for our dear friends last Saturday. He had never done it before, but you would never have known. It was a touching and funny ceremony and it was met with approval by the Bride, the Groom and both of their families. I’m so proud!!

Awaiting the soon-to-be couple

It was very special for me to get to be a part of Sid’s process of developing the ceremony. It was especially cool to listen in on the conversation he had with my dad. Dad’s ceremonies always had a level of depth that typical wedding ceremonies (though always touching, just by virtue of the fact that two people are making that most sacred commitment to one another) lack. I think that’s because he could always get to a place, in getting to know them, of seeing the couple through God’s eyes, in all their pneumatic beauty (pneumatic is a term my dad coined to clarify the definition of our true self, our spirit as opposed to our flesh, the self God created us to be; read more about this idea by searching “pneumatic” at the Reflexion, or Express Image link to the right). As an attendee of these weddings, you couldn’t help but fall in love with the couple yourself.

Sid and I discussed marriage a lot during his process and we both got to reflect on the things we are so grateful for in our own relationship. We’ve been married almost 14 years now and somehow I feel like we’re reaping rewards never granted us before. Relationships are tricky, complicated and challenging, ours is absolutely no exception, but at this point we just both feel we have so much to be grateful for in each other. I’ve never seen Sid like I see him now, and his performing this ceremony highlighted a part of him that isn’t always shining so obviously as it did that day. I just love him so much and felt very overwhelmed at the emotions that surfaced as he joyfully joined our friends in matrimony.

He loves me!

I pray blessings on your relationships.