1337 Articles by Jessica Levey
Check out these 1337 articles written by Jessica Levey, Content Manager; Lead Staff Writer & Illustrator at American Marriage Ministries. The AMM Blog Covers wedding trends for officiants, and more!
Cómo incluir "Handfasting" en su boda o Ceremonia de Renovación de Votos
Todo lo que necesita saber para añadir una ceremonia de "handfasting" a su boda o renovación de votos, incluyendo el simbolismo y el significado del ritual de handfasting, cómo hacer un bonito nudo con el cordón, cuándo incluirlo en la ceremonia (en qué orden) y cómo realizar una handfasting como oficiante, con ejemplos de lo que debe decir y hacer con enlaces a un guión de muestra.
Would You Sell Tickets to Your Wedding? A Curious New Tourism Trend in Indian Weddings…
A growing trend in wedding tourism: ticketed weddings for tourists. Join My Wedding is helping Indian couples sell tickets to tourists to attend their traditional Indian wedding ceremonies. Ticketed weddings might become popular in other countries and vacation destinations too, as a form of cultural tourism. So what do you think, would you be a wedding tourist?
Michigan bans child marriage, raises legal age to marry to 18
You must be 18 years old to get married in Michigan. This week, Gov Whitmer signed legislation to ban the marriage of minors in the state, without exception. Michigan becomes the 10th state to fully ban child marriage. Learn more about the updated law, and how this change may impact AMM Ministers and other wedding officiants in the state. ( HB4294 , HB4295 , HB4296 , SB0212 , SB0209 2023 / Act 121, Act 122, Act 123)
How Filmmaker Nico Raineau Fell in Love with Writing Wedding Ceremonies
Award-winning filmmaker and one-of-a-kind wedding officiant Nico Raineau is in the business of telling love stories. His officiant business RomCom Weddings takes center stage this year, as he performs stunning, cinematic-style custom weddings. Read his take on theme weddings, the Writers Guild of America strike, his upcoming romantic comedy film about professional wedding officiants, and more!
We can’t stop thinking about this marriage advice from 1880
This marriage advice from 1880 offers an interesting glimpse into the past! The wedding reading, titled 'How to Perpetuate the Honeymoon,' has been reprinted and read at weddings by wedding officiants for decades, and was re-discovered over the weekend on Reddit, when a poster found it attached to a vintage marriage license from 1946.
Inviting Death Home: Home Funeral Guide Sara Williams on Reconnecting with Death and Dying
AMM interviews Celebrant Sara Williams to learn what a home funeral guide does, how Death Cafes change the conversation around death and dying, the role of a death doula, and how natural after-death care and green burial helps people reconnect with the natural cycle of life. Sara is an educator, consultant, and officiant of funerals and weddings, and owns Shrouding Sisters, near Raleigh, North Carolina.
Ordenación en Línea para Paganos Modernos: Por qué es tan importante, especialmente ahora
El acceso a la ordenación en línea no denominacional para ministros Paganos y oficiantes de bodas Paganas es esencial. Aprenda sobre la estructura del Paganismo moderno, incluyendo denominaciones como Wicca, Druidismo, Helenismo, Heathenismo y más, y por qué muchos practicantes eligen la ordenación en línea para cumplir con los requisitos legales para realizar handfastings (amarre de manos), bodas y ritos matrimoniales similares.
