This book features daily readings exploring the major themes surrounding this time of year This is a book of daily devotional readings for the Lent and Easter period, exploring themes such as death to new life, suffering to joy, oppression/betrayal to freedom, blindness or unbelief to faith, abandonment to foundness, despair to hope, darkness to light. For each day, a reflection on a Bible passage (not necessarily from the Passion/Easter narratives) is followed by a true story from an 'ordinary' person to illustrate and earth the day's message, then a short prayer or meditation.