What if the disruption you’re avoiding is actually an invitation? In the quiet of the night, something shifts—and God meets us there. As we approach a 10 day prayer event together, why should we get out of our beds to pray?

We recently asked people in our community to share how they’ve been practising the presence of God in the flow of everyday life. What we heard was not a list of perfect habits or lofty ideals, but stories—real, honest, beautiful stories—of how the Holy Spirit is gently, faithfully present in the middle of it all.

Have you ever had that jarring moment where you realise that you don’t really know a person? You thought you knew them, but it turns out, you don’t. They are familiar, yet, a stranger. Somewhere along the line, the Holy Spirit has become that familiar stranger to so many in the Church.

Each year we do a Sunday series based on a book. This year for Pentecost we will be journeying through Tyler Staton’s The Familiar Stranger. To prime us for the series, Dan has turned into a novice book reviewer, writing for us a little review.