Cody J. Sanders

Embodied Reconciliation

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Praise for Embodied Reconciliation Reconciliation is at the heart of the Christian story, yet conflict is a given in Christian community—from mundane differences of opinion in everyday church life to intractable polarities that create division, rupture relationships, and split congregations and denominations. In Embodied Reconciliation, Leanna K. Fuller comes alongside faith community leaders—lay and ordained—to guide the repair of relationships amid conflict and help communities heal through practices of reconciliation. Fuller revitalizes the reconciling function of pastoral care by infusing it into all the arts of ministry leadership. She offers congregations and their leaders a refreshing approach to the gifts of the Christian reconciliation tradition embodied in concrete acts of truth-telling, grieving and lamenting, confessing and repenting, blessing and releasing. Pastorally astute, practically oriented, and prescient for our era of increased polarization, Embodied Reconciliation is a gift to congregations.”

Lay Pastoral Care

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Through all the years I have trained laypeople in the skills of pastoral care, this is the training resource I've been search­ing for! Rich in narrative theory, yet approachable to anyone wishing to develop their caring abilities, this book promises to transform congregations through a consultative empower­ment model of care that relies on the strengths and gifts of every person. It will be a welcomed gift to any community desiring to mobilize its members in skillful, caring response to the many precarities and vulnerabilities we face. I am eager to introduce this book to my own communities!”

No Longer Male and Female

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“If you are trying to figure out how to think about transgender, gender-expansive, and nonbinary people in relation to the Bible and the Christian tradition, read this book. At once biblically rooted in addressing theological questions and pastorally sensitive to lived experience…this book will be a gift to parents of gender-expansive children, a useful text in the seminary classroom, and a must-read for churches committed to supporting queer and trans people.”

Youth Ministry as Peace Education

Children & Youth

“Through all the years I've worked with youth, this is the book I've been missing. Corrie guides readers in the practical cultivation of ministry that holds the potential to form youth and transform communities in the shape of compassion, peace, and justice. I've never read anything like it.”