I had a lovely surprise when I bumped into David and Allana, whose wedding I conducted at The Vu back in November 2015. They were guests at Serena and Gary’s wedding at Carlowrie Castle last weekend, and it turns out that it was their wedding that made Gary and Serena decide to work with me… I […]
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April 2018
Emma and Daniel’s Humanist Wedding at Inchcolm Abbey
Getting married on an island presents quite a few practical problems. Getting the bride there at the same time as the rest of the wedding party is the first of them, so Emma and her family went aboard a good half hour before everyone else just to make sure that nobody saw the dress. The […]
Kirsty and Rob’s Humanist Wedding at West on the Green
Robert and Kirsty totally got that idea, and I loved the way they told their story at their winter wedding at West on the Green. “When Robert and Kirsty met, it quickly became clear that Robert had – and continues to have – some fairly terrible habits. Luckily, Kirsty likes a challenge, and Robert has often proven himself […]
Humanism in Pastoral Care
I am more than a little confused however, by Humanism, which implies a much sharper-edged conception of identity. I wish it were more. As a humanist celebrant I rarely meet anyone who actively identifies as humanist, which is why my reaction on these occasions is one of surprise as delight. My lift-pitch version goes like […]
Lucy and Jason’s Humanist Wedding at Eskmills Venue
We’ve all had those conversations outside nightclubs, haven’t we? Well it was on the steps outside Mood, not long after she and Jason first met, that Lucy told her bridesmaids Dawn and Danielle, ‘If I don’t marry him one day, there is something wrong!’ Six years later, she was proved right, in a very […]
Speaking your vows
It works very well in an intimate setting where all your guests are within earshot, but when you have a bigger gathering, you may find that not everyone can hear what you’re saying. You could opt to have a microphone on a stand between you, as Rebecca and Gary did, or you could do what […]