Why not give your favorite engaged couple a gift they can really use? These 7 gifts make wedding planning fun and easy, because getting married should be joyful, not stressful!

From neuroscience to marketing tips, book recommendations for wedding officiants that shake up perspectives, improve communication, introduce new services, and help with writing creative scripts and ceremonies.

Magic, love, & symbolism come together on a Pagan wedding altar. Learn some of the most common items you can expect, using a Wiccan Year and a Day ritual as an example. For officiants, wedding guests, and curious couples.

Mormon priests perform marriages and baptisms for dead ancestors to give their souls a place in the afterlife. Learn more about these rites, including proxy baptisms, and the history and ethics of speaking for the dead.

A queer wedding officiant in Nashville, Tennessee talks about the importance of online ordination in the LBTQ IA+ community as the fight against the state’s anti-online ordination law continues.

An update from American Marriage Ministries on the fight against Tennessee's discriminatory anti-online ordination law SB 1377 / HB 0213. With information on how ministers and couples can protect themselves when applying for or filing marriage licenses with the county.

A new Gallup poll shows US church membership is lower than ever, below 50 percent in 2020. The largest contributor cited was a lack of religious preference or affiliation in all demographics, and AMM knows why!

Oregon will not be issuing permits for weddings and outdoor gatherings of over 50 people until after July 1, 2021, due to the continued spread of COVID-19. Small weddings are allowed. Closures and restrictions have impacted wedding vendors and couples throughout the pandemic.

The endurance of group weddings is telling about what matters most to modern-day couples, and the challenges they face.

Couples planning a wedding in Bucks County, PA can now apply for their marriage license online over video conference, as part of a pilot program launched by the Probate and Orphan’s Court and Register of Wills.

The best worst wedding jokes and funny quotes on marriage! Would you use these in your toast, speech, vows, or ceremony?

Take a look inside the very private Mormon wedding ceremony, including temple sealings, recommends, civil ceremonies, magic underwear (garments), and even Mormon divorce.

One-day marriage officiant designation is one step closer in New York as Senate Bill 729A heads back to the Assembly for review. (NY Senate Bill S739A, previous S3652) (SB 739/ AB 6300)

Indiana Senator Mike Braun says Supreme Court should not have voted down interracial marriage bans in Loving v Virginia, in a stark reminder that the fight for marriage equality continues.

American Marriage Ministries welcomes ordained minister number 900,000! We’re committed to providing legal ordination online and minister credentials valid and recognized in every US state and territory, along with wedding officiant training tools, sample wedding ceremony scripts, and wedding planning articles.

A wedding smudge ceremony is a meaningful way to bless a marriage with lasting love, harmony, wisdom, protection, and good luck. Learn how to add a custom smudging ritual to your wedding, including the origins and basics of burning sage and other herbs, how to make and burn a smudge stick, and finding the perfect words to say for a spiritual, religious, Pagan, Celtic, or Indigenous/ Native American inspired wedding ceremony.

These Nightmare Before Christmas inspired wedding vows always make us swoon! Read Jack and Sally’s lyrics of love from the Henry Selick & Tim Burton animated dark fantasy film classic, and learn how to add a whimsical, romantic, musical touch to your own wedding ceremony and marriage vows.

Use this simple recipe to make a sweet-smelling protective wedding smudge stick for your wedding’s smudging ceremony. This sacred combination of sage, sweetgrass, and lavender is said to welcome love, harmony, wisdom, and good luck into your marriage, while clearing away negative energy.