Sharon Galgay Ketcham

Enhancing Christian Life

Science & Faith

“Enhancing Christian Life provides a compelling vision for the community of faith as integral to Christian life. Strawn and Brown challenge streams of Christianity that reduce the faith to an individualized and privatized spirituality resulting in a diminished faith and life, and persuasively reframe the Christian life by explaining how our brain/body systems embed us in and with others. As embodied people, we enact the body of Christ by building cognitive extensions with one another through worship experiences and carrying out Christian practices. The authors effectively argue that Christian community should become an extension of ourselves—enhancing our lives personally and corporately. When we join with theSpirit's transforming work between and among us, we act as God's people prepared to further extend ourselves 'for the sake of the world.'”

Ministry with Youth on the Margins

Church Leadership & Ministry

“How have we carried out decades of youth ministry without this book? Drawing from a deep well of their combined education, ministry, and personal experiences, Mike and Laura remind us that just as Christ seeks those on the margins, so we, too, are called to welcome and prepare a place for teens on the margins. When we do, everyone in the community is enriched. In this book, expect to find a theological vision and practical ideas that equip your faith community to become a place where every young person has access to healing because they know they belong.”