The article that follows is an extended version of a letter sent to the church in the last newsletter. This version was written as an op-ed for local newspapers:
The past week my fiancé and I drafted an outline for the content of our wedding ceremony. There are a couple of unique features to it. One of my all-time favorite songs is “The Wedding” by the South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, so I slipped that into the prelude. In addition, my fiancé and I often like to communicate with each other via love notes, so at three places in the ceremony, poems and prayers that we have included in past notes will be read.