Constructed from stories of interreligious encounter in 'everyday life' this paper will present the following four categories of interreligious encounter: Human Connection, Transcendent Connection, Identity and Life Experience, Questions of Theology of Religions. Utilising a methodology of hermeneutic phenomenology, this paper argues that critical reflection on first-hand interreligious encounter reveals significant thought on meeting with the 'religious other' and that which we may call God or transcendent reality. This paper advocates for personal experience to be acknowledged as a significant gateway into interreligious dialogue for the academy and communities of practice.