Weddings from the Heart: Contemparary and Traditional Ceremonies for an Unforgettable Wedding [Hardcover]

Daphne Rose Kingma (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997

From the author of True Love comes a book for the millions of couples who don't want a traditional religious wedding ceremony, but are afraid to write their own. Includes five complete wedding ceremonies, and couples can use them as is or mix and match parts. Two-color throughout; line drawings.

Editorial Reviews

Review

With its combination of contemporary and traditional ceremonies, as well as suggestions for vows, readings and extra special touches, Weddings From the Heart will help any couple understand the meaning behind the wedding ceremony and create the most exquisite ceremony possible. Movingly written in Daphne Kingma's warm and intimate style, Weddings From the Heart offers five complete ceremonies: one that emphasizes the psychological dimensions of love; one for the previously married; one that celebrates the joy of finding soul mate; a ceremony for people in recovery; and a ceremony that focuses on the spiritual commitment of marriage, as well as the texts of traditional Christian and civil ceremonies and hundreds of vows, consecrations, and blessings of the rings from traditions around the world. Weddings From the Heart also contains more than fifty heartwarming, philosophical and poetic readings on love from a wide range of writers and poets, including Pablo Neruda, E. E. Cummings, Rainer Maria Rilke, Shakespeare, Shelley, and Elizabeth Barret Browning. Also included are step-by-step suggestions on how to put together your own ceremony and a multitude of ideas on how to deepen the experience both for the couple and the guests. -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Daphne Rose Kingma is a psychotherapist who has counseled couples and individuals to a deeper understanding and improvement of their relationships for more than 25 years. She has appeared on national television shows including Oprah and Sally Jessy Raphael and is the best-selling author of many books including True Love, Finding True Love, and Loving Yourself. She lives in Santa Barbara, California. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 191 pages
• Publisher: Fine Communications (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567311776
• ISBN-13: 978-1567311778
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,726,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #82 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Home & Garden > Weddings > General

More About the Author

An undisputed expert on matters of the heart, Daphne Rose Kingma has been a therapist for more than twenty-five years, and is a frequent guest on television programs like "Oprah," "Sally Jessy Raphael," and "Leeza." She is the author of six previous books, including the bestsellers Finding True Love and Coming Apart. Kingma lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Customer Reviews

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must if you are writing your own wedding ceremony!, September 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Weddings from the Heart: Contemporary and Traditional Ceremonies for an Unforgettable Wedding (Paperback)

My fiance and I decided early on in the stages of planning our wedding that we wanted to write our own ceremony. We were getting married in a garden setting and wanted a ceremony that reflected our personalities, feelings and the joy we felt at being together and committed for the rest of our lives.

This book gave us so many great ideas on how first, to structure the ceremony, and then some of the wording we could use. We didn't copy any ceremony exactly, but the ideas that this book provides are great! I can't tell you how many people came up to us afterward and said it was the best wedding ceremony they had ever attended!

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Weddings from the Heart : Contemporary and Traditional Cerem, January 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Weddings from the Heart: Contemporary and Traditional Ceremonies for an Unforgettable Wedding (Audio Cassette)

An excellent book for those planning a nondenominational wedding. With a keen interest in spirituality and creativity, hours of searching at libraries and bookstores lead us to this book. Kingma recognizes that every wedding ceremony is unique and offers the food for thought that many need to formulate a meaningful event. She defines "types" of marriages the first section. As one might expect of any relationship, we found that while none applied exclusively, there was some meaning in each. This exercise helped us engage our officiant in a thought and discovery process about our vision for a ceremony. The descriptions of traditions from various cultures stimulated our creativity; the outline of traditional western wedding components offered structure; and a list of readings included one of our final choice readings (adapted from the Christian Bible in an amazingly polically correct manner).

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Looking hard for a Unique wedding? THIS BOOK might help, February 23, 2002

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Paola Suarez "Paola" (Bronx, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weddings from the Heart: Contemporary and Traditional Ceremonies for an Unforgettable Wedding (Paperback)

This book is not a workbook on what kind of linen to use at your reception or how to get bridesmaids to wear ugly dresses...
For someone (me!) who's trying to put together a spiritual, unique, open-minded wedding this book helps. It's been really hard finding books that are for people like me that don't want to have a Church wedding with a lot of pomp and circumstance that doesn't keep in mind those of other sexualities and partner relationships.
Though this book doesn't scream alternative..it's a good reading and offers a lot for you to think about!