Mark Meynell is Director (Europe & Caribbean) for Langham Preaching (a programme of Langham Partnership). Prior to this, he was a part-time Whitehall Chaplain (for HM Treasury, HMRC & the Cabinet Office) and was for 9 years on the senior ministry team of All Souls Langham Place. He taught biblical studies at a small seminary in Kampala, Uganda between 2001-2005 after doing student ministry in Sheffield and Oxford churches. He’s crazy about music (from Bach to Bono), art (from Raphael to Rothko), fiction (esp John le Carré & Graham Greene) and movies (from The Third Man to Grand Budapest Hotel). He has even allowed his son to convince him to join him as a Sheffield Wednesday supporter.
Laura S. Jansson is an Orthodox Christian doula, childbirth educator and mother living and writing at the intersection of birth and faith. She earned her Masters degree in Theology and Philosophy from the University of Oxford (UK) and has also resided in the USA, Serbia, Germany, and Fiji. Since 2005 she has guided scores of expectant mothers on the path to parenthood, witnessing with wonder as bellies and souls grow along the way. Her book, Fertile Ground: A Pilgrimage Through Pregnancy (Ancient Faith Publishing 2019), is the first book for pregnant women arising from the Orthodox tradition.
