Christian discipleship, it is often observed, is not so much a destination as a journey, a lifelong pilgrimage in which we daily travel from the old to the new. But what does that mean in practise, and in what does it apply to Lent?

Nick Fawcett explores such questions through three sets of paired themes: putting off the old self and putting on the new; giving something up and taking something on; and, finally, celebrating what God has done and all he has yet to do.