It is so good to see people put aside the perceived barriers and learn to accept each other. Mike Ghouse Carol Kuruvilla Religion Associate Editor, The Huffington Post Courtesy – Huffington Post noor al-mosawi Planning a wedding is notoriously stressful. But for the growing number of people who are falling in love with a partner of …
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Today, I officiated two interfaith weddings – between a Palestinian Muslim and a Lebanese Christian, and British Atheist and a Mexican Christian. The second wedding was a surprise, last minute call, literally last minute call; friends of friends. There have been many Jewish-Muslim, Muslim-Hindu and other combinations. I had to learn a lot to officiate …
Today, I officiated two interfaith weddings – between a Palestinian Muslim and a Lebanese Christian, and British Atheist and a Mexican Christian. The second wedding was a surprise, last minute call, literally last minute call; friends of friends. There have been many Jewish-Muslim, Muslim-Hindu and other combinations. I had to learn a lot to officiate …
A good piece! Good signs of knowing the relationship Mike Ghouse Courtesy of Huffington Post margaret.johnson@huffingtonpost.com As anyone living in the age of depressing divorce rates knows, a happy long-term couple is almost like a unicorn: If by some miracle you encounter it, you can’t stop staring, and you have a feeling no …
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I will be posting pieces on interfaith marriages, as I continue to cherish the couples who respect the otherness of others, and continue to conduct weddings for people of all faiths or no faith with sermons to satisfy their own tradition. Mike Ghouse Seven things you don’t know about interfaith marriage By Naomi Schaefer Riley …
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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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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, …