Why the Church should shout louder about the beauty of weddings

Renewing her vows after ten years of marriage reminded Chine McDonald why we need to shout about church weddings

Recently, my husband and I stood in a chapel in front of a local vicar and renewed our vows – ten years after committing to each other at our wedding. It was a different church, a different priest and, to some extent, we were different people. 

Ten years in anyone’s life will change them – and how they see the world. On our anniversary, we looked back on a decade that had included the death of Mark’s parents just a year into our marriage, work stress and challenges, new homes, new friends, old friends, money worries, two pregnancies and the birth of two boys, Brexit, a global pandemic, a few prime ministers and a world that feels increasingly destabilised.