The Power of a Personal Relationship with God
What if faith were less about obligation—and more about relationship?
In this episode of Honest Christian Conversations, I sit down with Amelia Walden to talk about moving beyond ritualistic faith and into a deeply personal relationship with God. Amelia shares her journey of navigating a mixed Jewish and Catholic upbringing, wrestling with legalism, and ultimately discovering freedom through understanding who Jesus truly is.
Through her story, we explore how faith shifts when God is no longer viewed as distant or demanding—but as present, loving, and personal. We also talk about how this understanding shapes everyday life, from reading Scripture without pressure to raising children with honesty, grace, and openness about faith.
This conversation invites us to ask:
What if time with God wasn’t about checking a box?
What if grace made room for growth instead of guilt?
And what if faith was something we lived—not something we performed?
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Wife. Mother of five. Podcaster. Fiction Novelist
Ana is the host of the Honest Christian Conversations podcast and a prodigal saved by God’s unending grace.
She grew up in a legalistic Christian home where asking questions often felt wrong. In her early twenties, overwhelmed by confusion and hurt, she walked away from her faith. Yet even then, God’s love never stopped pursuing her. At thirty years old—and after a painful second divorce—He brought her back to himself, and she has never looked back.
As Ana returned to Christ, she began rebuilding her faith from the ground up and asked the questions she once feared to ask. Along that journey, she discovered inconsistencies, misplaced teachings, and even lies woven into the Christianity she grew up with. Instead of destroying her faith, this only deepened it. Out of that discovery, she founded Honest Christian Conversations. Ana's heart is to help others navigate the same tension she once lived with: wanting to know the real Jesus while sorting through the noise of deceptive teachings, spiritual manipulation, and “wolves in sheep’s clothing.”
Everything she creates flows from gratitude for the God who rescued her, restored her, and continues to shape her into who He intended her to be.
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