Lauren Windle

Do you ever feel the need to pray but can’t always find the right words? If so, this fresh collection of heart-felt prayers is for you. Encompassing more than 200 topics – from your own personal needs, and the needs of people around you, to the needs and issues facing the whole world – here is a companion you can turn to again and again when something’s on your mind. The book is in four parts. Part One has over 100 prayers for you to pray for yourself at different times in your life; Part Two has prayers you can say for others – or maybe for yourself when the need arises; Part Three covers issues that affect people all over the world; and Part Four has prayers and blessings for the precious times when you just want to give thanks and celebrate the good things in life. Each of the prayers in this collection is like a jewel, freshly cut from the rock of human experience and shaped in a way that helps you to reflect on the light and shade of your own life, and to draw on God’s guidance and strength for the rest of your journey.

A first Children's Bible for young readers to read aloud or alone, including 80 stories from the Old and New Testaments faithfully retold. The stories selected are God-centred, focusing on the unbreakable relationship between God and people through the encounters of people in the Bible with God and with Jesus. In addition to familiar timeless Bible stories, the breadth of the content includes David's psalms, Solomon's wise sayings, and lamentations, as well as writings of the prophets. Along with a sense of understanding the nature of God, and the fulfilment of God's restoring plan through Jesus, children will grasp an understanding of the chronological order of the events and maps provide the location. Pronunciation guides for names of people and places and a useful Glossary are provided. Bible references are provided for further exploration of the stories. Colourful and engaging illustrations bring the stories to life and make this a children's Bible that will be treasured.

Overwhelmed by the silence of prayer? Struggle to concentrate the moment you get past 'Dear God,'? Drawing as Prayer offers a step-by-step guide to connecting with God through drawing. Each page provides a prompt, inspired by scripture, designed to open up new ways of connecting with the Lord. This practical book will help you offer your worries, desires and gratitude to God in the form of artwork. With more than 75 biblical prompts and exercises, it is the ideal book to add creativity into your prayer practice. There is no need to be a good artist. Just to pick up the pencil and make some time to quietly and authentically sit with God.

A practical book offering a step-by-step guide to connecting with God through drawing. With more than 75 biblical prompts and exercises, this is the ideal book to add creativity into your prayer practice. In a period of doubt, difficulty, trials or change we can struggle to find the words to pray. Instead, DRAWING AS PRAYER helps us to offer our worries, desires and gratitude to God in the form of artwork. Each page provides a prompt, inspired by scripture, designed to open up new ways of connecting with the Lord. Drawing can be the ideal way to uncover feelings and emotions that you may have otherwise had difficulty expressing. There is no need to be a good artist. Just to pick up the pencil and make some time to quietly and authentically sit with God.

Is it possible to be a Christian and a feminist? The hot topic of feminism has been well documented and debated in mainstream media and yet, as Christians we come to the conversation from a slightly different vantage point. For starters, we have the benefit of a personal relationship with our creator plus the ultimate handbook in the Bible to work out what is right and just when it comes to equality. So why do many Christians feel the Bible presents a barrier rather than a boost when it comes to championing equality between the sexes? Lauren Windle draws upon her years as a journalist to weave together a wide range of voices on a subject that society has been wrestling with but, in the Church, few are brave enough to probe too deeply for fear of what they might find. This book isn't here to tell you what to think. The views it presents are intended to inform, not form, your opinion on key topics, including: defining feminism, the lessons we teach boys, female preachers, a woman's place in the household, beauty standards and #ChurchToo. Notes On Feminism features contributions from several high-profile women: - Writer and model Katie Piper on true beauty - Olympian Abigail Irozuru on women's bodies - Comedian Cassandra Maria on why people think women aren't funny - Author Tiffany Bluhm on why people don't believe women - Journalist Delphine Chui on why she isn't a feminist. If feminist stirrings feel like a barrier to your faith, let Notes on Feminism help you unpick the confusion and ongoing debate, while keeping God at the centre.

In this delightfully witty and uplifting book, thirty-something Lauren Windle shines a light on the trials and tribulations - and sometimes also the triumphs - of the world of Christian dating. This is not a how-to guide. Like having a coffee with your mates while you pore over your profile matches, heartbreaks and hilarious mishaps, Notes on Love draws on Lauren's own experiences of being single and dating in the Church to offer a funny, insightful and open-hearted collection of musings on the absurdity, messiness, pain and joy of it all. With notes on 'How to first date' and 'A million ways to meet people' to 'Disappointment' and 'Schrodinger's boyfriend', as well as looking at how you can find true love with yourself, your friends and family and above all in Christ, Notes on Love is a thought-provoking exploration of Christian relationships in the Church today. This is a book for anyone who has struggled with dating in Church, or who has asked themselves how to be single as a Christian only to discover there's no right answer. Warm, generous and honest, Notes on Love is an invitation to laugh, cry and know that whether you are male or female, single, coupled up or somewhere in between, you are not alone.