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A review by annamontana
Anything: The Prayer That Unlocked My God and My Soul by Jennie Allen
challenging
informative
medium-paced
3.0
This book didn't do it for me. On the surface, knowing what it is about it should. This is the type of message I love. But this time it didn't work for me.
First, her writing style was not one I liked. She writes a blog and this felt like a blog. I have nothing against blogs and I even read some, but when I read a book I don't want it to be a blog. This may work for some but it turned me off.
Second, and this is much more judgmental, I felt her "anything" was rather ordinary. I know so many people who have adopted foreign children. It seems like she could have gone down this path without having to pray anything. I was also struck when she goes to Rwanda, the feeling she had about taking her son from this place of joy. It made me wonder if a bigger "anything" would have been to put the money she used for adoption into this boys family or village and making life better for a group of people, instead of playing the white savior and rescuing one. (I told you this was judgmental.) Her "anything" really lead to book deals, Bible study offers, speaking engagements, and more, which I don't think is the norm for praying anything.
I did like that she put the study guide in the back, it could be a useful tool if anyone wants to lead this as a study.
First, her writing style was not one I liked. She writes a blog and this felt like a blog. I have nothing against blogs and I even read some, but when I read a book I don't want it to be a blog. This may work for some but it turned me off.
Second, and this is much more judgmental, I felt her "anything" was rather ordinary. I know so many people who have adopted foreign children. It seems like she could have gone down this path without having to pray anything. I was also struck when she goes to Rwanda, the feeling she had about taking her son from this place of joy. It made me wonder if a bigger "anything" would have been to put the money she used for adoption into this boys family or village and making life better for a group of people, instead of playing the white savior and rescuing one. (I told you this was judgmental.) Her "anything" really lead to book deals, Bible study offers, speaking engagements, and more, which I don't think is the norm for praying anything.
I did like that she put the study guide in the back, it could be a useful tool if anyone wants to lead this as a study.