Wedding Blog

As a Wedding Officiant, I love offering couples helpful suggestions, useful, silly, funny, and heartfelt tidbits of information, and important reminders as you prepare for your wedding day. I hope you enjoy this blog and come back for updates—I’m always posting!

The Benefits of Having A Micro Wedding

by Mitzi Schwarz | Jun 20, 2023 | Marriage

Chaplain Mitzi Schwarz explains the benefits of having a Micro Wedding.

Why Are You Getting Married?

by Mitzi Schwarz | Dec 27, 2022 | Marriage

Why Are You Getting Married? Chaplain Mitzi Schwarz reflects on what one psychological ingredient is crucial for a successful marriage

The Beauty Of Interfaith Marriages

by Mitzi Schwarz | Oct 3, 2022 | Marriage, Spirituality

Between 2010 and 2013, I co-officiated Jewish High Holyday services with a very influential 20th/21st century Rabbi, a man whose impact on how Judaism has been practiced since the Holocaust cannot be overstated. His name was Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, may his...

Marriage Licenses, Marriage Certificates, Ketubot, and Other Ritually & Symbolically Significant Marriage Contracts

by Mitzi Schwarz | Sep 1, 2022 | Marriage

You’re getting married; CONGRATULATIONS!!! You're doing so much now. You feel an extra intensity. Be careful! You might inadvertently procrastinate on getting the legal, “boring” tasks accomplished. Perhaps that's because they feel time consuming, and let's face it,...

The Significance of the Wedding Ring

by Mitzi Schwarz | Jul 25, 2022 | Marriage

What is the significance of the wedding ring on a record album? As far as historians can tell, people have been giving wedding rings to each other since at least the time of the ancient Egyptians; that’s 3000+ years ago! To the ancient Egyptians, rings represented the...

The Spirituality of Curiosity

by Mitzi Schwarz | Jun 22, 2021 | Spirituality

I have been immersing myself in the psycho-spiritual practice of being consciously curious for close to 10 years now, and I am beginning to experience some real dividends. By this, I mean that I am recognizing that I’m approaching life from a different perspective,...