Does prayer seem remote from daily life, out of touch with the modern world? It can do sometimes, what we believe barely impinging on the way we live? Yet to be worth anything, faith must relate to our day-to-day existence, touching us where we are.

In this book, the commonplace provides the backdrop to an encounter with God; things as ordinary as a burst pipe, cup of tea, exam paper, packet of cigarettes, broken window, sleepless night or knotted hankie offering inspiration for prayer. Informal yet reverent in approach, its aim is to speak both to you and for you, such that every part of life might be enlightened by God's presence, heaven touching earth.