Naked Prayers: Honest Confessions to a Loving Creator

by Mara Measor

In Naked Prayers, singer-songwriter Mara Measor shares a series of authentic prayers through words, doodles and songs. Imagine the book of Psalms penned in New York City, that the writers liked to doodle, and that they had access to a professional Manhattan recording studio to lay down these songs of intimate meditation.

When starting a prayer room on her college campus, Measor encountered many students who would confess with dismay, “I’m not good at praying.” In this book Measor fights the notion of “bad prayers” by suggesting that prayer is simply about getting naked before God: no frills, no pretend, just honest confessions to a loving creator. Her doodles tell the story of an earnest sojourner following God through a big city, and her evocative songs take you along the ride.

There are a million and one books on prayer floating around Christian circles, but according to Measor, “This is not a how-to-pray book, this is a how-I-have-really-prayed book.”

Naked Prayers contains 86 prayers taken from 13 months of Measor’s life, and is framed by four stages:

Following God through making a home in NYC
Fretting about the purpose and direction of her life
Falling into a period of depression
Finding her way back to freedom

160 pages, Paperback

First published November 3, 2015

Reviews

[ChelC · Rating 5 out of 5]

Naked Prayers: Honest Confessions to a Loving Creator was very inspiring. I feel like it takes a lot to sometimes be that honest with God. We have a tendency to not want to admit when we do wrong or when there are barriers that are between us and God. I think it also takes a lot to share these struggles with others. The book is exactly what it says it is... you can see the honesty in Mara's prayers to God. I also found some of the prayers relateable, and once I started reading I definitely couldn't put it down because it was so relateable.

I also very much enjoyed all of the cute little doodles as you read through the prayers.

*I recieved this book free in exchange for an honest review through the Goodreads First Reads program.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was actually not bad to read at all. I'm not a religious person and enjoyed the book.