ABOUT SARAH
BIO / SARAH L. SANDERSON
Sarah is an author, speaker, and listener who believes in the life-giving freedom found in radical honesty. Her work has appeared at PBS NewsHour, Sojourners, Christianity Today, Fathom, Blackpast, and Christ and Pop Culture, among others.
Sarah studied English and Philosophy at Wheaton College, and holds a Master in Teaching degree from Seattle University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from Seattle Pacific University. As a creative writing and history teacher, she has worked with every age from preschool through adults.
Sarah’s first book, The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate, was published in 2023 from WaterBrook. This book was born out of a question: “How do I reckon with the legacy of white supremacy passed down to me from my ancestors?” Her second book, Without Ceasing: Bold Prayers for Troubled Times, also sprang from a question: “What does it look like to pray for our nation in times like these?”
Sarah’s work engages both secular and faith-based audiences, and she enjoys speaking on topics that make the spiritual life more real to a variety of listeners, including undergraduate and graduate-level audiences at the University of Washington, Whitworth University and Eastern Washington University.
Sarah is married to Jeremy Sanderson, senior pastor at Central Presbyterian Church in Towson, Maryland; together they parent four young adult children. She teaches American history and literature at Cambridge School in Baltimore, Maryland.
