S4B10: Surviving Wonderland
Heaven Bent
Heaven Bent Media
4.3 • 897 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Once upon a time, Brittany gave 6 years of her life to IHOPKC's 24/7 prayer room. Today, she's turned her experience in this high-control religious group into art. Join Tara Jean for her conversation with Brittany Hart on her debut poetry collection Surviving Wonderland: A Journey Beyond Control.
Brittany also supports survivors through creative writing and healing resources.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Heaven Bent. |
| 0:03.6 | I'm Tara Jean Stevens. |
| 0:07.3 | Season 4, bonus 10. |
| 0:09.7 | Surviving Wonderland. |
| 0:13.5 | My guest for this episode is Brittany Hart, |
| 0:17.1 | the author of a new, poignant book of poetry, |
| 0:20.3 | called Surviving Wonderland. |
| 0:23.9 | As a young person, she was closely involved with the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, |
| 0:32.1 | starting in 2007, when she was 16. |
| 0:36.6 | Once known for its 24-7 prayer room, IHop KC is now known for its tragic implosion just over two years ago, when its founding leader was accused of alleged, systemic, grooming, and sexual and spiritual abuse. |
| 0:57.4 | Also, it's March 26, and Mike Bickle has still never been charged with any related crime. |
| 1:05.9 | And Brittany, as it's turned out, was amongst the final generation of people who would sacrifice their |
| 1:13.0 | youth to keep the 24-7 flame from going out, praying, worshiping, fasting. It just broke my body, |
| 1:23.5 | my nervous system. It just was not sustainable for me. |
| 1:33.4 | On this episode, I've invited her to reflect on her time at IHOP, |
| 1:37.8 | share her faith journey, and tell us more about her new book. |
| 1:51.6 | I was part of IHop, KC, for about six years, very much during my younger years. |
| 1:58.5 | So I wasn't physically there for all six years, but I might as well have been for a lot of it. |
| 2:03.3 | But I did do an internship, a ministry school, was on staff for a bit. |
| 2:10.8 | So I've tasted a lot of different parts of that throughout my time connected there. |
| 2:17.2 | So the title of your new book, Surviving Wonderland, I really am curious to hear about the connections that you've made |
| 2:18.2 | between Alice and maybe yourself. Yeah. So the connection with Alice and Wonderland and my |
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