Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. He holds a doctor of ministry degree from Regent University and is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books, including The Circle Maker, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Play the Man, Chase the Lion, Whisper, Double Blessing, and, most recently, Win the Day. Mark and his wife, Lora, have three children and live on Capitol Hill.