A Beautiful Wedding

This weekend, my dear friend Erin got married. Her personal life story is a beautiful one of her faith in God's providence. I find it to be no mere coincidence that that is exactly where she met her husband. Erin was working on her PhD at Baylor and she moved to Providence, Rhode Island to study under some professors at Brown for a year. When I took my trip to Boston, she rode the T from Providence and I got to hear all about the amazing man that she met. One of their connections was that they both had a love for the philosphy of Immanuel Kant. What a love connection. Pretty funny, I think, yet very sweet.

The wedding was the most unique wedding I have ever attended. Erin love for music was expressed in the musical selestions for the ceremony. Selections of Beethoven, Bach and other great composers were played by some of Erin's close friends on the flute, guitar and piano. There was also congregational singing which included one of my favorite hymns, Be Thou My Vision. The ceremony was officiated by, one of Erins professors, (whom I've also had in class,) Dr. Robert Baird and by the pastor of her Waco church, Dorisanne Cooper, who is the daughter another philosophy professor. (Erin attends one of the two baptist churches in Texas with a female pastor. I attend the other. Interesting that they are both in Waco.) Before the vows were said some scripture was read in addition to some great texts from other religious traditions that were read first in their original languages by some of Erin's and Michael's professors over the years and then they were translated into English.

My favorite part of the wedding was when Erin sang to Michael. She has an amazing voice and she held her composure beautifully. It was one of the romantic things I've ever seen in a wedding. I wonder if I'd be able to do in my own wedding one of these days. I'd like to think so. The reception afterwards echoed many of the interesting cultural things that the wedding had. I had a lot of fun and enjoyed catching up and spending time with some friends I hadn't seen in a while at the reception.

I hope my reflections on the wedding didn't bore you. I just wanted to recap and remember what it was all like.