All want their wedding to be personal and welcoming, dignified and humorous, profound and celebratory. Such hopes align perfectly with those of Alan Neale who after hundreds of weddings has constantly been praised and thanked for wedding services as never experienced before. Alan believes that the your wedding should express your hopes and expectations for marriage
Dear Alan and Wendy, We just wanted to say how much we appreciate you and all the time you put towards our special day. We were honored to have you there celebrating and marrying us in the presence of God surrounded by our friends and family. I know my Grand-daddy and Uncle were smiling down… Continue reading
So, at last… A Museum of Failures. When we obsess about our failures we become captured by them but when we acknowledge, consider and accept our failures they can become springboards for new and functional growth and success. This applies to our lives and to all our relationships! Ask St. Peter… Sweden’s Museum of Failures… Continue reading
Embrace change – embrace life! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/style/modern-love-to-stay-married-embrace-change.html?_r=0 A couple of years ago, it seemed as if everyone I knew was on the verge of divorce. “He’s not the man I married,” one friend told me. “She didn’t change, and I did,” said another. And then there was the no-fault version: “We grew apart.” Emotional and physical… Continue reading
About a week ago, I received a note from someone that I knew in Philadelphia. Towards the end of an essay he included the words below; they will be always very special because they speak to me of an openness to God that I hope I will never, never lose both in personal and professional… Continue reading
Below the sermon audio is the sermon text; the passage from John 3 with its talk of being “born again” and of “God so loving the world…” suffers the danger of over-familiarity. Please God, let it not be so. After the sermon, I suggested that some people might be puzzled, challenged, concerned about the sermon;… Continue reading
When I was at Oxford University, eons ago, I was faced with the prospect of writing many essays to subjects given by tutors and professors. I confess that generally I had already decided the conclusion and so carefully selected (and discarded) concepts, arguments that would bolster my pre-selected conclusion. Only once did this process signally… Continue reading
The wedding of Chelsea and Morgan was such an elegant affair and with effusive hats in abundance, thank you ladies. Look at the video below for the whole sense of a Newport wedding adorned with so much style and also so much personal uniqueness. A Newport Wedding with a Significant British Flair These glorious… Continue reading
It seems a very long time ago now, actually sometime in Spring 2015, I asked Christine Bevilacqua if she would come speak to a church group about the practice of mindfulness. Christine accepted the invitation and within a very short time facilitated the group to think and… practice mindfulness. Good job, Christine. I had already… Continue reading
13 Questions to AskBefore Getting Married By ELEANOR STANFORD MARCH 24, 2016 When it comes to marriage, what you don’t know really can hurt you. Whether because of shyness, lack of interest or a desire to preserve romantic mystery, many couples do not ask each other the difficult questions that can help build the foundation… Continue reading
These glorious photographs are not in order (thanks to me!) but they still speak eloquently of a glorious celebration of love and commitment, of dignity and fun, of formality and the unexpected. It has been a special joy for me to begin a friendship with Paige and Tyler; especially Paige (forgive me Tyler). I cannot… Continue reading