Resurrected for a Purpose: A Life Forged in Fire
Author. Chaplain. Advocate. Survivor.
Message From Tammy’s Heart:
The Day I Stopped Asking Permission to Protect God’s Children
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.” —Luke 4:18 (NIV)
There came a day when obedience to God meant I couldn’t wait for anyone’s approval.
When love demanded that I stop being polite and start being powerful.
When protecting the innocent meant stepping out of silence; standing even when my knees shook.
That was the day I stopped asking permission.
I learned that courage doesn’t always look like calm meetings or quiet agreement. Sometimes it looks like trembling hands and fire in my bones; choosing truth over comfort and love over image.
I didn’t choose this calling; God placed it on me. Every scar since has confirmed it.
He’s walked me through betrayal, illness, and the long road of learning that faith isn’t the absence of fear; it’s the decision to move forward anyway.
Those lessons forged the heartbeat of this new space: Loved Shack.
—Tammy M. Ingram—
Who Is Tammy Ingram?
Tammy Ingram is a commissioned chaplain whose ministry began in 2010 and further expanded through training with the Sacramento County Law Enforcement Chaplaincy Academy. Over the past 15 years, she has served in prisons, churches, domestic-violence settings, homeless outreach, and law-enforcement communities. Her ministry experience includes writing and teaching Bible studies, leading women’s and high-school ministries, and providing biblical guidance to individuals navigating trauma and crisis.
Tammy founded and led an eight-year 501(c)(3) organization that served the homeless and the incarcerated, developing rehabilitative programming integrating psychology, biblical doctrine, adverse-childhood-experience research, and generational dysfunction for men and women inside California correctional facilities. Her trauma-informed workbook, Suffering in Silence, continues to be taught in state institutions, and she was the closing speaker for Suicide Prevention Week at CCWF, filmed as an NBC documentary inside maximum-security prisons.
Tammy is a survivor of cancer, sexual assault, domestic violence, and multiple suicide attempts—experiences that shape her compassion, clarity, and theological grounding as she ministers to women, children, and law-enforcement professionals who feel unseen or overwhelmed. She now leads LovedShack.com, a multi-community ministry dedicated to trauma healing, biblical studies, recovery, and spiritual formation.
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