Cody J. Sanders is Associate Professor of Congregational and Community Care Leadership at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN, an affiliated faculty member in Pastoral Theology and Chaplaincy Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary, and a faculty member at the Center for Chaplaincy Studies. He is a former parish pastor and chaplain serving both Harvard and MIT. He has published a number of books, including, Spiritual Care First-Aid: An All-Hands Approach for Church and Community (Fortress, 2025), Corpse Care: Ethics for Tending the Dead (Fortress, 2023), and A Brief Guide to Ministry with LGBTQIA Youth (Westminster, 2019). Cody is an ordained Baptist minister (Alliance of Baptists and American Baptist Churches).