Meet the Founder
Tammy Ingram
also known as
Tammy Tangent Tuesdays
Did she really say that???
Probably…
The HOT Club is for the brave—honest, open, transparent humans who are done pretending. Around here, everything becomes possible, and the wild ones? Yeah… this is where we finally get to breathe.
Many thought I was finished…
I was not extinguished.
I was refined — and resurrected.
And now I speak!
Meet Miss Tammy
Can I hear a great BIG Hallelujah!!!
Where did I get my bold-as-glory-sass from?
Hang on. It’s been a ride…
My story is not exaggerated or dramatic. It is simply the truth of what I’ve lived. I am a survivor of multiple cancers, domestic violence, sexual assault, suicide, divorce, and institutional betrayal, including spiritual abuse within faith-based systems.
Shortly after a double mastectomy and lymph node dissection, while still healing and carrying surgical drains, I was sent on a thirteen-hour transport with a registered sex offender. I was delivering pink Bibles from my fundraiser to incarcerated women at CCWF.
I was later treated as the problem by a congregation I had faithfully served for nearly fourteen years. Systems protected an offender while my safety, dignity, and credentials were dismissed. This was not church hurt.
It was institutional abuse and spiritual malpractice.
And yet, I was not extinguished.
I was refined.
My faith did not collapse. It deepened.
My voice did not disappear. It sharpened.
God saw every tear, every injustice, and every wound. He carried me through what should have crushed me.
Tammy Tangent exists because healing requires honesty.
This space is rooted in what I call the HOT Club. That means being Honest, Open, and Transparent. Healing does not happen in silence, denial, or spiritual bypassing. It happens when truth is named with courage and grace within a safe and supportive community.
This is a faith-centered space for survivors navigating trauma, spiritual abuse, and institutional betrayal. Here, I speak truth with compassion, name what systems try to hide, and create room for survivors to reclaim their faith, their voice, and their wholeness.
I was not resurrected simply to survive. I was restored to stand for justice, safety, and the healing of God’s people.
If this Tammy Tangent tone feels a little wild for you, you are welcome to visit the Chaplain’s Corner. That space holds quieter, more intimate conversations between me and my amazing Father God, especially for those healing their faith after trauma.
And if neither of those feels like your lane, explore the communities. I have been around town speaking, teaching, and loving on the homeless, the incarcerated, and those who serve in law enforcement. Loved Shack has always been about showing up where compassion and courage meet, and I have loved every single minute of it.
I hope you will stay awhile, say hi, and make yourself at home.
And if you are willing, I would truly love to hear your story.
Tammy Tangent: Where the Wild Ones Speak
Welcome to the Tammy Tangent, the place where the wild ones finally get to breathe. This is the unfiltered corner of Loved Shack where honesty is a spiritual discipline, humor softens the hard edges, and the untamed parts of our stories are not only welcomed, but honored.
Here I speak from the raw center of lived experience: faith, fire, trauma, grit, and the unmistakable joy of running free with the horses God keeps sending into my visions. If you’re looking for polished religion, this isn’t the page. But if you’re craving truth told with courage, compassion and a little wild-hearted sass, pull up a chair. This is where we get real.
Where the unfiltered voice comes out to play.
This is where I tell the truth I can’t tell anywhere else. Stories that don’t fit inside tidy devotionals, thoughts that spill over, moments that demand voice instead of silence. If you’re here, you’re family, so come with your whole self. Nothing gets polished. Nothing gets hidden. We ruse together in the raw places because we’re authentic, and we have the keys—members of the Hot Club; being honest, open and transparent.
Deep Calls to Deep at the Roar of Your Waterfalls - Psalm 42:7
Tammy Tangent blog offers honest, Christ-centered conversations about trauma, healing, church hurt, abuse, depression, emotional restoration, and the difficult realities we often avoid discussing in church. “Deep Calls to Deep at the Roar of Your Waterfalls.” Psalm 42:7
Deep Calls to Deep
Deep Calls to Deep at the Roar of Your Waterfalls
—Psalm 42:7, ESV
There are moments when God refuses to let His people worship on fractured foundations, and He tears open the sanctuary floor to expose the heart that has been buried beneath pride, greed, hypocrisy, and the institutional malpractice that has wounded His Bride from the inside out.
The roar rising in your spirit is the same roar that splits the aisle, revealing the corruption that has been protected by titles, platforms, and polished rituals.
The Lord is not destroying His house. He is purifying it. He is confronting the systems that have covered sin with procedure and silenced truth with policy.
He comes with fire that exposes every lie and authority that breaks every chain.
He does not negotiate with the structures that have harmed His people. He judges them. He widens the fissure until every hidden thing is dragged into the light, not to shame His Bride but to save her from the rot she refuses to acknowledge.
When He roars, the masks fall, the idols collapse, and the remnant rises with a purity that carries His glory without apology.
Until next time…
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