The Lord Is My Courage: Stepping Through the Shadows of Fear Toward the Voice of Love

Written by K.J. Ramsey and Curt Thompson, MD

Narrated by K.J. Ramsey and Gabe Wicks

Read by the author.

Walking through Psalm 23 phrase by phrase, therapist and author K.J. Ramsey explores the landscape of our fear, trauma, and faith. When she stepped through her own wilderness of spiritual abuse and religious trauma, K.J. discovered that courage is not the absence of anxiety but the practice of trusting we will be held and loved no matter what.

How can we cultivate courage when fear overshadows our lives? How do we hear the Voice of Love when hate and harm shout loud? This book offers an honest path to finding that there is still a Good Shepherd who is always following you. Braiding contemplative storytelling, theological reflection, and practical neuroscience, Ramsey reveals a route into connection and joy that begins right where you are.

The Lord is My Courage is for the deconstructing and the dreamers, the afraid and the amazed, for those whose fear has not been fully shepherded but who can't seem to stop listening for their Good Shepherd's Voice.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Jun 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9780310124184

K.J. Ramsey

K.J. Ramsey is a trauma-informed licensed professional counselor and author whose work offers space to see every part of our souls and stories as sacred. She holds degrees from Covenant College and Denver Seminary and is the author of This Too Shall Last: Finding Grace When Suffering Lingers. K.J. writes at the intersection of theology, psychology, and spiritual formation to guide readers in recovering the rhythm of resilience through nervous system regulation and the wonder of communion with God. She and her husband, Ryan, along with their two exceptionally cuddly dogs, Merton and?Resa, live near Denver, Colorado, where K.J. listens for the liturgy of life in wildflowers, sunsets, sorrow, and church. Connect with her online at kjramsey.com and across social media @kjramseywrites.

Reviews for The Lord Is My Courage

[Leslie Schilling · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Required reading for those in American Christian church. It’s both tragic and beautiful. KJ’s words are a balm for the broken. This lovely work is a reminder that the Lord (not the church) is most definitely our courage.

[Peggy Crutchfield · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A must read for any one wanting to live free!

[Penny Warren · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Beautiful and inspiring book! God placed this bill in my hands to heal from spiritual abuse! Thank you KJ Ramsey for helping me on my healing journey!

[Jeffrey Williams · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I so needed to hear this. It's brought peace into my abusive, dysfunctional childhood in a religious family.