A Christ-Centered Wedding

I honestly don't know what to rate this book. I'm in the thick of planning my own wedding, so it seemed like the perfect time to read this. I did really love reading about God as the creator of weddings, and learning about ancient Jewish wedding traditions that really do point to the gospel. It was a beautiful thing to picture my wedding as a way to proclaim the love of Jesus for His bride, the church. And there were some good, practical tips for how to accomplish that.

However, I overall felt like the book added more pressure to display the gospel perfectly at your wedding in millions of little ways, and I found it to be overwhelming. It also seemed like a lot of the advice and ideas only applied to people with perfect families with all healthy relationships. I know this was not the authors' intention, but I couldn't get past it as I read.

I don't think I'm in a place to give a fair review for this, so I'm leaving it unrated. I'm sure though that many people could get a lot out of this book. I also think it's worth reading just for the description of marriage as portraying the gospel.