I’m a big fan of Mark Batterson’s book The Circle Maker, and have enjoyed his other books based on the “circle”
theme, including Praying Circles around
your Children; so I was interested in another praying circles book.
Joel and Nina Schmidgall have defined several circles of
influence in a marriage, and done an admirable job of explaining each of those
circles: Vision, Romance, War, Dance, Support, Storm and Legacy in their book Praying Circles around Your Marriage. (Zondervan,
2019). Since the authors are both marriage counselors, they collectively bring
a wealth of information about the subject.
And then they add in the importance of prayer, so what’s not to like?
They discuss each of the circles in layman’s terms, and
share a lot of how each of the circles, coupled with prayer, has played out in their
own marriage.
Overall I would recommend this book to engaged or
recently-married couples; however, I think the cover is slightly misleading. The
authors are listed as the Schmidgalls, with Mark Batterson. I really struggled
to find much of Batterson in this book other than some references to the
authors’ relationship with him, and a few quotes from some of his other books.
Then to top it off, when I went to a major etailer to look at info about the
book, Mark Batteson is listed as the author.
I don’t regret reading the book, but might not have signed up for the launch
(and had to purchase the Kindle version myself) if I had realized how little of
Mark Batterson I would be getting.
4/5
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