This is something I’ve been trying to get my head around for over a month now. Aside from having the ceremony in a church, a prayer and a Bible reading, what does a wedding between two people who passionately love God look like?
How does it affect the ceremony?
Should there be more praise songs? Should there be a space for people to lay hands on the couple and pray for them? Should there be more of a focus on God?
How does it affect the reception?
Should you have one? Is it justifiable to spend that amount of money? Jesus enjoyed feasts and parties, but what about his teaching on humility? If you decide to be more humble in it, how do you do that in such a way that people don’t think the people paying for it are tight, or that you’re tacky? Should you care? What about cars, photographers, videographers, disco-ographers?
How does affect your wedding list?
What is the theology of wedding lists? Is it right to have a list of presents and ask people to buy them for you? Should you ask people to donate to charity instead? A mixture of charity and presents?
Interestingly, most people, whether of faith or not seem to begin their wedding journey with a strong desire that their wedding be different, or better, than others they have attended. However, the set up of it all seems to be geared towards a mould, a very workable enjoyable mould, but dare you step out of that? Is it wise? Is it more hassle?
Where are the discussions going on on this?
