My View
A Marriage Reflection On Love, Loss, And The Power Of Promise By Terry Schlossberg
Each year, the Alliance Defending Freedom board recommits to the ministry’s Statement of Faith and Doctrinal Distinctives — biblical beliefs that provide a foundation for its legal efforts. During its October meeting, Board Chair Terry Schlossberg presented a personal reflection on the life she shared with her husband, Herb, to illustrate ADF’s doctrinal distinctive on marriage — and why the ministry fights for the biblical view of the marital union.
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hen Herb and I married in the 1960s, it was all the rage to write your own marriage vows. I was enamored of the idea and wanted to do it. But as our wedding date approached, I found time pressing in on us — and also knew I’d collapse from stage fright in front of all those people. So, in the end, we resorted to repeating the traditional vows. To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until death do us part. I had no idea what Herb and I were doing in repeating these time-honored vows, except keeping me from collapse. But the vows we took were promises we made not only to each other, but also to God and to the society in which we were forming a new family. Those vows would guide us through nearly six decades. We had almost made the 57-year mark when Herb lost his battle with cancer last May.
The vows we took were promises we made not only to each other, but also to God and to the society in which we were forming a new family.
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