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- From: andy@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Andy Michael USGS Guest)
- Newsgroups: soc.couples
- Subject: Re: Gibran
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 01:25:59 GMT
- Organization: Stanford Univ. Earth Sciences
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- In article <1992Nov11.201303.14177@mail.cornell.edu> Thomas Bjorkman <Thomas_Bjorkman@cornell.edu> writes:
- >In article <1992Nov10.063121.15911@wam.umd.edu> Dreaming,
- >sorsha@wam.umd.edu writes:
- >>Try Khalil Gibran's "The Prophet"; there are some great sections in
- >>there...
- >
- >Although most people who officiate at weddings will tell you that this is
- >probably the ultimate in cliches for those trying to be different. Some
- >of the readings looked interesting to me, but the reactions of people I
- >mentioned it to meade it clear that the message I was after wouldn't be
- >made by The Prophet. (I got the same reaction to the white tux idea :-))
-
- One of the best parts of writing your own wedding and picking readings
- is that you get to go through the standards like The Prophet and see if
- they fit you. This can be a good way to see what marriage means to you.
- Personally, we both rejected this reading and couldn't imagine it being
- read at our service.
-
- I'm going to post a rather long piece under the non-traditional thread.
- There are 3 readings from our wedding in it (A poem by Gwen Frostic,
- an opening reading about marriage, and The Apache Wedding Prayer).
- Look there if you are interested.
-
- Andy
-