The Familiar Stranger: (Re)Introducing the Holy Spirit to Those in Search of an Experiential Spirituality

Tyler Staton is the Lead Pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon, and the National Director of 24-7 Prayer USA. He is passionate about pursuing prayer – communion and conversation with God – while living deeply, poetically, wildly, and freely in the honest and gritty realities of day-to-day life. Tyler believes that justice is kinship, stories are a gift, and prayer is an invitation.Tyler is the author of Searching for Enough: The High-Wire Walk Between Doubt and Faith and Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer. He lives in Portland with his wife Kirsten, and their sons Hank, Simon, and Amos.