by maureencotton | Jan 23, 2023 | Ceremonies, Roadmap
Photo by Scot Woodman photography Soulful vs. performative Your wedding puts you at the center of your community for a moment. All eyes are on you, and all your wishes will be heard. Do you use that opportunity to… A: Express the full version of who you are?...
by maureencotton | Jun 13, 2022 | Roadmap
So much has changed in LGBTQ weddings I started in the wedding industry in Boston as a photographer in 2008. At that time Massachusetts was one of the only states in the country that allowed queer couples to have a marriage on par with straight couples (as opposed to...
by maureencotton | Jun 1, 2022 | Ceremonies, Roadmap
My definition of ritual, influenced by David Whyte’s definition of poetry. Mosaics For something as vital to our individual and collective experience as ritual I do not strive to have a set definition with clear boundaries. Like the word “sacred” I see the definition...
by maureencotton | Mar 16, 2022 | Ceremonies, Roadmap
What is Interspirituality exactly? Here’s a dispatch from my 7 years as an Interspiritual minister. Brother Wayne Teasdale’s 1999 book The Mystic Heart debuted the word, “Interspiritual.” Since then it has become a movement that provides guidance and spiritual...
