Dearly beloved: using Prince in your wedding ceremony
Our ceremony was non-religious (we wrote our own vows), and performed by a dear friend who got ordained via the internet. The ceremony kicked off with our officiant reading the intro lyrics to Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy”…
Wedding vows from ancient faiths
Use wedding vows from ancient faiths to bring both freshness and tradition to your ceremony.
5 gender-neutral vow examples to melt your nonbinary heart
Looking for a gender-neutral vow for your wedding? Gender-neutral vows can be as beautiful, romantic, funny, quirky, and inspiring as more traditional phrasings. Check out five examples from the Offbeat Bride community.
5 reasons to master how to livestream your wedding in the age of Coronavirus
If the coronavirus has put a crimp in your wedding plans, you might be able to livestream instead. Here are just a few good reasons to livestream your wedding.
A Blessing On Your House: Decoding weird wedding language with a queer Christian minister
Words have histories, and the words that go along with wedding ceremonies have millennia of symbolism behind them.
But those of us with a progressive or non-traditionalist streak sometimes wrestle with those ancient meanings as we seek to queer our rituals and find words that reflect the humanity-uplifting equal partnerships we want to build…
Marry a man who understands feminism: A feminist wedding reading
One of the most challenging aspects of organising our wedding for me and my wife was finding a reading that reflected our mutual values around feminism. I spent hours searching around for a reading to include during the ceremony…