Vows vs. Promises: Matrimony in the Age of Broken Rituals with Stephen Jenkinson

Author and wisdom-carrier Stephen Jenkinson returns for a deeply textured, no-BS unpacking of Matrimony — his newest cultural autopsy. We track the broken shards of our seemingly antiquated wedding traditions back to their source, dissect the difference between promises and vows, and talk about what happens when ritual life flatlines into spectacle. Stephen calls out the privatization of love, the poverty of “authentic,” and the radical hospitality required to make a vow matter.

This is not a “how to plan your special day” conversation. It’s a clear-eyed, occasionally confronting exploration of what matrimony could be if we had the chops, the courage, and the cultural literacy to make it real.

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Show notes:

• On writing Matrimony & being an officiant
• Etymology & meaning of a ‘crisis'
• Examining the ritual of modern weddings
• Searching for ‘real’ inside matrimony
• 'It takes a village’ of strangers

• Wedding invitations & non-sacred wording
• “Do you vow….?”
• The ir/relevance of marriage
• ‘Blessing’, origin and meaning
• What cultured people do
• Role of the Artist
• Privatization of love
• A profound story about a morning after
• Pushback to S’s matrimonial methods
• Gracefully breathing life into ritual
• Roles of elders in matrimony
• Working with words as spells