Author name: mikeghouse

Starting over with a clean slate

Instead of an open heart quad-pass surgery in Louisville, our Doctors in Dallas decided to do a balloon and a stent. I appreciate my friends Dr. Harbans Lal and Dr. Amer Suleman for pushing and facilitating me to go for the alternate procedure. Thanks to Dr. Taysir Jarrah for the smooth operation, I did not […]

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Amita Weds Sarah

This is for the first time, a woman has chosen another woman’s name as her last name in a gay-lesbian marriage and this the 2nd most publicized wedding of two Indian women. Both married White women and chose to be the feminine part of the relationship.    Years ago I did some research on the preference of single women in a

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What does it take to have a better relationship

SIX TOXIC RELATIONSHIP HABITSNo matter how much couples argue and fight, their underlying bottom line for the exercise is to improve their relationship, but sometimes they choose the wrong words and make it worse.  Please take the time to do this exercise.  Whether you are married or not, or considering exit-ing from the relationship, the following

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Interfaith Marriages – Religious Double Standards Leave Many Muslims Single

URL – http://interfaithmarriages.blogspot.com/2013/07/interfaith-marriages-religious-double.html Indeed, there are more single Muslim women in the United States than single men. As a pluralist and an interfaith specialist who has conducted many interfaith marriages between people of different faiths, I continue to learn, understand and know the issues, and the more I learn, the more openings pop up, learning is

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Texas Faith: Are Interfaith Marriages Good for Couples?

Texas Faith: Are Interfaith Marriages Good for Couples?Interfaith couples must be admired by one and all. When couples are having difficulty in getting along, they are setting a new standard: respecting the otherness of someone else and accepting the God-given uniqueness of each other. They may have grown up in different religious traditions, but yet,

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Marrying Out of the Faith

Please check out my sermons on any one of the weddings listed on this blog Courtesy of New York Times: By STANLEY FISH Back in 1963, my brother Ron was going out with (that was the phrase then) an Irish Catholic girl named Ann who was attending the University of Rhode Island. One day, she

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The Church and the State of Matrimony

I am please to share articles related to interfaith wedding. Please read my partial sermon in any one of the weddings listed on this blog – Mike Ghouse Courtesy : New York Times ’Til Faith Do Us Part,’ by Naomi Schaefer Riley By GUSTAV NIEBUHR Published: May 23, 2013 Americans have always been a religiously diverse

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Jewish Woman Weds a New Thought Christian Man by a Muslim Officiant

The bride and groom must be admired by one and all, in this divisive world, where people have difficulty in agreeing, and difficulty in getting along – they are setting a new standard, that of respecting each other’s uniqueness. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SpeakerMikeGhouse@gmail.com   Jewish Woman Weds a New Thought Christian Man by a Muslim Officiant 

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Interfaith Hindu Christian wedding

The bride and groom must be admired by one and all, in this divisive world, where people have difficulty in agreeing, and difficulty in getting along – they are setting a new standard, that of respecting the otherness of other and accepting the God given uniqueness of each other. They grew up in different religious traditions,

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About Interfaith Weddings

Interfaith Marriages in America Research continues on the intricacies of Interfaith Marriages. Dr. Mike Ghouse Nearly 40% of weddings in the United States are interfaith. Indeed, two in five South Asian Americans marry outside their faith, that is, marrying with a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jew, Sikh, or the other that includes even Atheists. The Religious

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