Articles by Jessica Levey

Metaverse weddings offer engaged couples a unique way to honor deceased loved ones through the use of virtual avatars. As virtual, augmented, and mixed reality wedding ceremonies become more mainstream, holograms, super-imposed digital photographs, and other technology can inspire new, modern rituals to remember ancestors and relatives who have died.

Learn how to start a website for your wedding officiant business or update your existing site, with helpful tips for what to include and a review of the easiest web building and hosting platforms with free and affordable options.

A step-by-step guide to getting married in New Mexico - from finding an officiant and choosing a wedding venue, to how to apply for, complete, and return your New Mexico marriage license.

The Orange County Clerk-Recorder office announced that virtual marriage services are now available to engaged couples in the county. California is one of several states to offer virtual services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as the number of cases of COVID-19 rise.

What new trends will the new year’s wedding boom bring? Looking forward to unique elopements, drive thru weddings, and creative officiants, after the OC Innovation Award goes to ‘Hitched at the Honda Center’ for making it fun and easy to get a marriage license or civil wedding in California during the coronavirus pandemic.

Looking for a short wedding script? How about the shortest wedding ceremony script ever? This simple script is only 200 characters, making it short enough to tweet! It includes a Declaration of Intent and the wedding officiant’s Pronouncement.

Plan an inspired underwater wedding ceremony with this helpful how-to guide! From finding an officiant, choosing a venue or diving location, scuba gear and equipment needs, exchanging vows, legal requirements, and more!

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly got engaged, and celebrated by drinking each other's blood. It has us wondering, What will their wedding ceremony look like? We predict a blood ritual! Plus, learn a few ways blood has been used as part of the marriage rite over the years, from Vikings, to pagan handfastings, to vampires, to that time Angelina and Billy Bob were married.

Everything you need to know to get your real wedding submission accepted and published in wedding magazines, blogs, websites, and social media, by following these important suggestions. How to get your wedding published - for engaged couples and newlyweds!

What is covenant marriage? Learn more about the potential pros and cons of these unusual agreements, which states offer a covenant marriage license, and why some religious leaders frame them as a response to celebrity culture and a high divorce rate.

See the most recent update to Rhode Island Marriage Laws for one day wedding officiant certification, and visit American Marriage Ministries marriage laws library to learn who can perform marriage in each state, officiant registration requirements, and more.

NJ legislators passed a bill to codify same-sex marriage and protect marriage equality. All NJ state laws concerning marriage and civil union will now be read as gender neutral.