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Lavinia Byrne offers a challenging Lenten companion that refuses easy answers. Connecting biblical figures such as Abraham and Jonah to contemporary events including the Gaza conflict and Grenfell tragedy, A Place of Belonging pushes readers beyond comfort zones into deeper encounters with God and scripture, says our reviewer

Lavinia Byrne’s A Place of Belonging: Finding Your Space in the Bible During Lent and Beyond (Darton, Longman and Todd) is a historically grounded and theologically rigorous work that invites readers to encounter scripture through an intellectually demanding yet poetically resonant lens.

Byrne reshapes how faith, biblical texts, and personal application intersect, offering a reading of scripture that feels both expansive and deeply personal.

While Lent is traditionally framed as a period of solemn reflection leading toward Easter, Byrne disrupts this narrow focus. Rather than focusing on the Easter narrative, she guides the reader on a journey from the Old Testament to the New, opening up broader questions about faith, the person of Christ, and belief in God.