After decades of locker-room talks, living-room conversations, and boardroom counsel, Jerry has finally put it all on paper. Brave Hearts, Strong Arms: Locker Room Talks for the Only Game That Matters is now available — and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you.
Forty Years in the Making
Jerry played football at the University of Alabama under Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, and later served as chaplain of the Washington Redskins under Hall of Fame head coach Joe Gibbs. In the 40+ years since, he’s walked with athletes, generals, executives, journalists, pastors, and everyday men — all asking the same questions about identity, courage, and what it really means to follow Jesus.
Brave Hearts, Strong Arms is the book his friends have been asking him to write for decades. It’s 46 short chapters, organized into 11 parts, each one written to be read the way Jerry has always taught: one locker-room talk at a time.
The book carries a foreword by Brit Hume, Senior Political Analyst for Fox News, who has known Jerry for years:
“Jerry is not like other ministers I have known. He doesn’t wear a clerical collar. He looks like what he was: a linebacker. He has a special way of relating to men.”
Not About Perfection. About Commitment.
This isn’t a book of easy answers. Jerry blends the grit of the game with the truth of Scripture to speak honestly to men about showing up, staying in the fight, and learning to rely on God as the ultimate Coach — whether you’re a husband, father, friend, teammate, or leader.
What Others Are Saying
The response from the men and women who’ve read early copies has been humbling:
“Jerry played football at Alabama for one of football’s greatest head coaches — Bear Bryant; but when Jerry was our chaplain for the Redskins, he emphasized his Head Coach in life was God.” — Joe Gibbs, Hall of Fame Head Coach, Washington Redskins
“Jerry has a unique gift of seeing into a man’s heart, of understanding him and of speaking the truth. Get this book for all the men in your life.” — Susan Alexander Yates, Speaker and best-selling author on family & faith
“This is the book the world has been waiting for Jerry Leachman to write.” — Andy Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of The Traveler’s Gift and The Noticer
Get Your Copy
Brave Hearts, Strong Arms is available now in paperback, 252 pages, published by Union Hill Publishing.
Whether it’s for yourself, your husband, your father, or a friend who’s still in the fight — we believe this book will meet you right where you are.
As always, thank you for being part of this ministry and for walking alongside Jerry and Holly all these years. This book is, in so many ways, a fruit of that partnership.
— The Leachman Ministries Team