Looking Back on Our Interfaith Wedding, One Month Later
It is hard to believe it has already been a month since our “big day.”
It is finally starting to sink in.
It...
Author: Ryan Mount
Being of Service During Your Services
"...the one who chops your wood.. that you may enter into the covenant with the LORD your God, and into...
Simchat Torah: Celebrate the Endings and Rejoice the Beginnings
The Grooms Party
We just celebrated Simchat Torah as a community. The purpose of the holiday is to celebrate...
Extended Family, Jewish Holidays, Mikveh, Simchat Torah, Wedding Stories, Weddings
An Inter-Faith Yom Kippur in a Time of Weddings
This year may have been the perfect snapshot for our inter-faith life together.
As Friday settled in and the...
Expectations, Acceptance, and Fantasy Football
“My Happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.” –...
Signing a Ketubah in a Sacristy
Cole Porter famously wrote, “What is this thing called love? This funny thing called love. Just who can solve...
Christian Jewish Wedding, Ketubah, Wedding Planning, Weddings
The Misunderstandings of Being Inter-Faith
I am having a rediscovery of music and have been listening to the band The Mars Volta quite a bit. One of the...
Liminal Space and the Yichud
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the space between the checklists, but this week, I wanted to go further.
One of...
Circle Up for the Horah!
Circle up everyone, it is time for another blog post!
It is Friday so let’s put on our dancing shoes and talk...
Christian Jewish Wedding, Family, Newlywed, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Recap, Wedding Ritual, Weddings
A is for Abraham, B is for Ball (of meat), C is for Cake, and D is for Doughnuts!
In the Torah, Genesis 18:2 talks about how Abraham welcomes strangers (who would turn out to be angels) into...
The New Mikvah for The New Inter-Faith Wedding; Spiritual Readiness in the Modern World
In many religious communities, it is customary for men and women to spiritually ready themselves before they...
Mikveh, Religion, Spirituality, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings
The Seven Blessings, A Modern Take
This past week was all about fun. Lisa and I decided to have one last getaway before we are putting all our...
Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings
My Jewish Wedding, My Formal Jewish Education
This week, I was asked by a co-worker about my Bar Mitzvah. She is part of a team that is putting together a...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Identity, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings
Looking Through and Stepping on Glass: An Odd Look at Glass
While trying to find my inspiration for this week’s post, I just realized how important and how surrounded we...
Breaking the Glass, Christian Jewish Wedding, Wedding Planning, Weddings
Getting Lost and Remembing Important Details of Wedding Planning
With so much planning even a wedding of our size, it is easy to get lost in the details.
There are the fun details...
Christian Jewish Wedding, Ketubah, Religion, Spirituality, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Weddings
Finding a Rabbi for Two
Lisa and I attending the New Members Dinner at Temple Sholom
A question that all soon-to-be married couples...
Under God, In a Chapel, With a Rabbi
Welcome back. If you remember from our introduction, our wedding date is November 8th of this year! It is 205...
Christian Jewish Wedding, Officiant, Religion, Wedding Planning, Wedding Venue, Weddings
East Coast Meets Midwest: Ryan and Lisa’s Wedding Blog Introduction
Ryan and Lisa at Cincinnati Museum Center
Welcome. Shalom. My name is Ryan Mount and I am a great story teller,...
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