Holistic Christian Life - Worshiping God - Mind, Body, Soul

Has it been a while since you’ve said those marriage vows or did the Dance of Isaiah?  Orthodox weddings are quite different from the way many Hallmark movies end.  Today Cynthia talks to Drs. David and Mary Ford about marriage.  They cover what an Orthodox ceremony looks like, and take us through the purpose of marriage and... what is submission?                        Dr. David Ford is Professor of Church History at St. Tikhon’s Seminary in South Canaan, Pennsylvania.  He went to college at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, where he majored in History.  Immediately after graduation he went to Liberia, West Africa, as a volunteer in the United States Peace Corps; he served there for three years in the field of education. Upon returning, he entered the M.Div. program at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Here he learned about the Early Church, and through his continuing study of the facts of Church History, he realized that only Holy Orthodoxy has preserved the fullness of the Christian Fai