About the Book:

What if the life we long for isn’t elsewhere but rather right here, waiting to be discovered?

Joshua Luke Smith believes the greatest lie facing our generation is that the life we long for lies beyond the life that we have. We so easily learn to disdain the inconveniences and interruptions that infuse our everyday. But the real transformation happens when we look at our life as it is and dare to announce: This is the main event.

With devotional depth and prophetic wisdom, and interspersed with the author’s original poetry and blessings, This Is the Main Event is your invitation to awaken to the sacred in your ordinary life. The pathway is through three spiritual practices, as Joshua commends, each proclaiming a transformative truth:

• LAMENTATION: you are allowed to name your pain
• CONSECRATION: you are called to let grace change you
• ADORATION: you are invited to live in the wonder of God’s daily presence

It’s easy to see the bills, packed lunches, traffic jams, dentist appointments as mundanity, but then again, God comes to you in the shape of your actual life. Joshua Luke Smith writes from the raw materials of his own ordinary life—toddler tuck-ins, recovery meetings, flat tires a mile from home—to speak to yours. As you’ll soon discover, every moment becomes meaningful when you recognize the God who meets you in it—a holy encounter accessed in the everyday.

My Thoughts:

I met Joshua Luke Smith in Oxford at Hutchmoot UK a number of years ago and I found his way of communicating truth very down to earth and engaging. I started paying attention to the things he was doing and I loved his book “Something You Once Knew.” So I was excited about the release of This Is The Main Event and even more excited to be offered a copy for review. The book did not disappoint. There is something so sincere about his writing; it slips off the page and connects to my life, even though my life looks very different from his.

I appreciated the very clear sections of the book and the fact that all throughout the book the main idea was reiterated over and over again in the midst of the varying stories and reflections. It was so helpful that even though the book takes you through many places along the journey you never lose sight of the plot. I would pause, put the book down and walk away remembering that the life I long for is hidden in the life I have.

This Is The Main Event is encouraging, engaging, and easy to read. More than that the truth that is being shared could be life changing if you let it. I absolutely recommend you pick up this book and let the words speak to you in your own unique life situation.

I received a free digital copy of this book. My endorsement and opinion are entirely my own and were in no way required of me.