Can You Really Be Honest With God? |Steven James — Pulpit & Porch Rewind

<p>What if we stopped trying to sound good when we pray?</p><p>In this Pulpit &amp; Porch Rewind, we sit down with author, storyteller, and longtime friend Steven James for a conversation about prayer, pain, vulnerability, and what it really means to know God.</p><p>Steven is the author of <em>A Heart Exposed</em>, a collection of honest, raw prayers written over decades. But this conversation quickly becomes about much more than a book.</p><p>Steven shares the story of the childhood burns that left him with permanent scars, and the surprising moment years later when those scars helped another child begin to heal. He talks about why our prayers can become stale, how we can develop a deeper “vocabulary” for prayer, and the difference between knowing about God and actually knowing God.</p><p>They also talk about the masks we wear, the pressure to maintain an image, and what happens when we finally bring God our real questions, pain, joy, grief, doubt, and hope.</p><p>This is an older conversation from the Pulpit &amp; Porch archives, but the questions feel as relevant as ever:</p><p><strong>Can we really be completely honest with God?</strong></p><p>And what might happen if we were?</p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Honest and vulnerable prayer</li><li>Why our prayer life can become stale</li><li>Steven&#39;s story of childhood scars and Alex</li><li>Storytelling, imagination, and faith</li><li>The difference between knowing about God and knowing God</li><li>Taking off the masks we wear</li><li>Bringing doubt, grief, joy, and pain to God</li><li>What prayer reveals about us</li></ul><p><a href="https://a.co/d/0eE3grWs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Steven James:</strong> <em>A Heart Exposed</em></a></p>