from Christianity Today, Inc/Christian Reader Magazine
I was watching my five-year-old granddaughter Christy play with her dolls. At one point, she "staged" a wedding, first playing the role of the bride's mother who assigned specific duties, then suddenly becoming the bride with her "teddy bear" groom. She picked him up and said to the "minister" presiding over the wedding, "Now you can read us our rights." Without missing a beat, Christy became the minister who said, "You have the right to remain silent, anything you say may be held against you, you have the right to have an attorney present. You may kiss the bride." ~ Sonja Ely, Oregon
My husband, a pastor, is often asked to officiate at weddings. During one well-booked wedding season, we were preparing for one son's birthday party. When I asked him whom he wanted to invite, the only names he gave were his "girl friends." "Who are you going to marry when you grow up?" I asked jokingly. Without hesitation he replied, "When I grow up I'm going to be a pastor and marry them all." ~ Marian Obeda, Ontario
Before performing a wedding, my father spent a few minutes explaining to a reluctant six-year-old ringbearer how important his job was - the wedding couldn't happen without him. All went well, despite a heavy snowstorm outside. But near the end of the ceremony the electricity went out. Everyone decided to continue in the dark. Just as the groom was about to kiss the bride, the lights came on and the ringbearer looked at his pillow, horrified. "All right," he yelled, "Who stole the rings?" -~ Debbie Sparrow, British Columbia
My five-year-old grandnephew was obviously worried as he looked down the long aisle of the church where his aunt was to be married the following day. His grandmother had an idea. "I think I'll give a prize to the person who does the best job tomorrow!" We were all holding our breath the next day, but when it was time, the ringbearer performed without a hitch. When his grandmother told him he had won the prize, he was both excited and relieved. "I was pretty sure I had it," he admitted, "until Aunt Dana came in wearing that white dress and the horn was blowing. Then I started thinking-she might win!" ~ Barbara Lee, NC
I was watching my five-year-old granddaughter Christy play with her dolls. At one point, she "staged" a wedding, first playing the role of the bride's mother who assigned specific duties, then suddenly becoming the bride with her "teddy bear" groom. She picked him up and said to the "minister" presiding over the wedding, "Now you can read us our rights." Without missing a beat, Christy became the minister who said, "You have the right to remain silent, anything you say may be held against you, you have the right to have an attorney present. You may kiss the bride." ~ Sonja Ely, Oregon
My husband, a pastor, is often asked to officiate at weddings. During one well-booked wedding season, we were preparing for one son's birthday party. When I asked him whom he wanted to invite, the only names he gave were his "girl friends." "Who are you going to marry when you grow up?" I asked jokingly. Without hesitation he replied, "When I grow up I'm going to be a pastor and marry them all." ~ Marian Obeda, Ontario
Before performing a wedding, my father spent a few minutes explaining to a reluctant six-year-old ringbearer how important his job was - the wedding couldn't happen without him. All went well, despite a heavy snowstorm outside. But near the end of the ceremony the electricity went out. Everyone decided to continue in the dark. Just as the groom was about to kiss the bride, the lights came on and the ringbearer looked at his pillow, horrified. "All right," he yelled, "Who stole the rings?" -~ Debbie Sparrow, British Columbia
My five-year-old grandnephew was obviously worried as he looked down the long aisle of the church where his aunt was to be married the following day. His grandmother had an idea. "I think I'll give a prize to the person who does the best job tomorrow!" We were all holding our breath the next day, but when it was time, the ringbearer performed without a hitch. When his grandmother told him he had won the prize, he was both excited and relieved. "I was pretty sure I had it," he admitted, "until Aunt Dana came in wearing that white dress and the horn was blowing. Then I started thinking-she might win!" ~ Barbara Lee, NC
My brother, Denny, and most of his friends were avowed bachelors and avid pranksters. When Denny's best friend, Tim, got engaged, my brother was best man. The wedding had a country-western theme with the men wearing western suits, string-ties, and cowboy boots. When the minister asked, "If anyone has just reason why these two should not be joined together, speak now or forever hold your peace," the groomsmen all spun around, whipped back their suit jackets, brandishing cap pistols and menacing stares. No one spoke, but we've laughed ever since.~ Tamara Morris, Illinois
On our first anniversary, after a romantic candlelit dinner, my wife, Elizabeth, emerged from the kitchen with the finishing touch: the top of our wedding cake for dessert. At the first cut, the iced layer "squeaked" at us. For an entire year, we had saved a round chunk of frosting-covered Styrofoam in our freezer. ~ Don Singleton, Alabama
Our church fellowship hall has framed Bible verses on the wall -- most of them extolling God's love and care. But at a recent wedding reception, another verse caught everyone's attention. Directly behind the cake table where the couple were cutting the first piece hung the warning: "Flee from the wrath to come!" ~ Nancy Camp, West Virginia
After forty-six years of marriage, my husband and I still chuckle about our four year old ringbearer's next-day panic when he asked his mother if he had gotten married the day before. "No," she reassured him. Little Jerry's reply: "Then what in the world was I doing up there?" ~ Jackie Mickels, Nebraska
My husband was performing a wedding, and I was the organist. Everything went smoothly until the end, when he forgot the line, "You may now kiss the bride." The awkward silence was broken by me trying to cue my husband with kissing noises. It got his attention, but it didn't sink in. Afterward he told me he thought I was picking an unusual time to flirt with him.--Janice Reese, OK
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