Drawing As Prayer

Lauren Windle is a writer, presenter, and public speaker who focuses on faith, love, and recovery. She is the author of Drawing as Prayer: Connect with God through the Bible and art, Notes on Feminism: Being a woman in a Church led by men (SPCK, 2024), and Notes on Love: Being single and dating in a marriage obsessed Church (SPCK, 2021).

On April 22, 2014, Lauren became clean and sober from a cocaine and alcohol addiction and became a Christian five days later. She holds a degree in Neuroscience and a Master’s degree in Addiction Studies from King’s College London. For five years, she managed an addiction recovery service from her West London Church. In 2018, Lauren delivered a TEDx Talk titled “Lessons an Addict Can Teach You” about her personal journey with addiction and recovery. She frequently shares her experiences on podcasts, in articles, at conferences, events, churches, and schools.

Lauren’s writing has been featured in Vogue, Marie Claire, Huffington Post, Red Magazine, Mail Online, The Sun, Fabulous Digital, The Star, Church Times, and Premier Christianity, among other publications. She previously led the digital opinion page for Premier’s Woman Alive and co-hosted TBN’s women’s panel show Sisterhood. Lauren also presents a bi-weekly Christian dating show on the dating app Salt’s YouTube channel.