I Still Believe: A Memoir

By Jeremy Camp and David Thomas

Narrated by Mark Smeby

Newly revised! I Still Believe shares Jeremy Camp’s journey of finding hope and healing through life’s toughest moments and the songs that came from his journey that have inspired a generation.

When Jeremy Camp lost his beloved wife Melissa just three months after their wedding, the last thing he wanted to do was sing praise to God. But even as he struggled through unimaginable grief and fought to hold on to his faith, God had other plans: Pick up your guitar. I have something for you to write.

Jeremy obeyed, pouring out his heart, writing about the hope that God was still there, even in his deepest grief. The song he wrote that day, “I Still Believe,” has gone on to inspire millions around the world.

This is the story behind that song and the movie that was inspired by it. It is an inside look at Jeremy’s life—from his difficult childhood and teenage years to the tragic passing of Melissa at age 21 and the spiritual journey that followed. Searching for hope and healing inspired some of Jeremy’s best-loved songs and led him, eventually, to find love again.

This revised edition of I Still Believe includes: 

• 3 new chapters with updates on Jeremy’s family and the film release
• 8-page color insert with photos from Jeremy’s life 
• Foreword by Bart Millard, singer/songwriter for MercyMe

I Still Believe is a powerful, heart-wrenching memoir about the strength of undying love and the power of faith—a must-read for Jeremy Camp fans and an inspiring, encouraging read for anyone who has experienced loss.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Feb 18, 2020
• ISBN: 9780785233473

Jeremy Camp

Jeremy Camp is a musician with forty number-one radio hits, four RIAA-certified Gold albums, and more than five million albums sold. He has been nominated for a Grammy, three American Music Awards, and four ASCAP Songwriter of the Year awards. He lives with his wife, Adrienne, and their three children in Tennessee.

Reviews for I Still Believe

[Ellen Wilts · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I really enjoyed this book. Easy listen heartbreaking with his first wife's death.

[blbooks-14314 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

First sentence: Pick up your guitar. I didn't want to. I didn't want anything to do with music. It had been two weeks since Melissa had gone to heaven. My wife was only twenty-one, and we had been married just three and a half months when she passed away from ovarian cancer.

I Still Believe is Jeremy Camp's memoir. The edition I read was newly updated in timing with the 2020 movie release for I Still Believe. Both book and movie tell the love story of Jeremy and Melissa.

The book provides so much more context to Jeremy's life--both before and after. The movie focuses almost exclusively on their love story and nothing but their love story. The book gives a much fuller picture in regards to Jeremy's spiritual journey AND his actual biography. Learning of his family, his childhood, his teen years, and the decade(s) following Melissa's life certainly gives you a more complete picture of who he is.

The book and movie are both sad. Sad in a bittersweet way. Melissa's life was short--yet every day of her life's story was written by God [before one of them came to be] and written to bring him glory.

I Still Believe isn't necessarily a book [or movie] that you "enjoy." But I think there are spiritual lessons within both.

[mookiekat · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is the story of how the faith of one young woman changed the lives of those around her. Though she died young, her legacy lives on today through her unselfish love for others. The story of Jeremy's life and growth through knowing her and the blessings that God gave him because of his love and obedience.