Drawing As Prayer

Lauren Windle is a journalist, presenter, public speaker and author of three books. Her first, Notes On Love: Being Single and Dating in a Marriage Obsessed Church was published in 2021 by SPCK. Her second, Notes On Feminism: Being a Woman in a Church Led by Men came out in March 2024 and was covered by Sky, Sunday Morning Live, The Belfast Telegraph, The Church Times and many more. Her third, an activity and prayer book Drawing As Prayer, will be out in October.

On 22 April 2014 Lauren got clean and sober from a cocaine and alcohol addiction and became a Christian five days later. She has a degree in Neuroscience and a master’s in Addiction Studies from the UK’s leading addiction research centre at King’s College London. She has run several charity recovery courses for people struggling with addiction and consults for churches hoping to improve their support of those seeking freedom. In 2018, Lauren gave a TEDx Talk about her personal story of addiction and recovery which has now been viewed more than half a million times. She regularly speaks about her experiences on podcasts, in articles, at conferences, events, churches and schools.