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Grateful and Grieving · The New Book

JD Bellamy

“No one ever told me God is a mountain.”
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Official launch November 20

Grateful and Grieving

Climbing Psalm 24 with a Heart That Holds Both

Most of us were taught to praise God on the mountaintop and to endure the valley. Nobody taught us what to do when gratitude and grief live in the same heart.

JD Bellamy climbs Psalm 24 verse by verse and shows that the ascent was never about escaping your pain. It is about carrying a whole heart, grateful and grieving at once, into the presence of a God who is Himself the mountain.

  • Why gratitude is not denial and grief is not unbelief
  • What clean hands and a pure heart actually require of a climber
  • How to leave what God is calling you away from without losing what He gave you there
  • The altar waiting at the top, and the open heaven beyond it
Official launch Nov 20, 2026
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A pastor,
an author, and a
speaker.

JD Bellamy is the Lead Pastor of Vertical Tampa in Tampa, Florida, an author, and a speaker whose message is for anyone who has ever had to start over.

Lead Pastor, Vertical Tampa Author, Grateful and Grieving Speaker

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“My altar wasn't a church. It was my apartment floor.” From Grateful and Grieving

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The Mountain of Our Lord

Hear JD teach in the room. “The Mountain of Our Lord” from Vertical Tampa, on climbing into the presence of a God who is Himself the mountain.

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My hope is that this book serves as the start of your climb, and a reminder that it is God's desire for you to live in high places.
JD Bellamy · From the Author's Note

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The Book

Grateful and Grieving

Climbing Psalm 24 with a Heart That Holds Both

By JD Bellamy. Official launch Friday, November 20, 2026.

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Grateful and Grieving · JD Bellamy

It starts with the person who may not know who God is.

Grateful and Grieving is for anyone who ever had to start over. It climbs Psalm 24 verse by verse, for the reader who is carrying loss into a new season and is not sure gratitude is still possible.

It shows how gratitude and grief can live in the same heart: gratitude that is not denial, and grief that is not unbelief, carried together into the presence of a God who is Himself the mountain.

Every chapter gives a practice, because “a revelation you can't carry into Monday is just a moment.” What you learn on the climb is meant to be lived on the ground, in the week that follows.

Official launch Nov 20, 2026 Author JD Bellamy
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At Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and wherever books are sold. Launch list members get the order links early. Ask for it by name at your local bookstore.

Inside the Book

Ten Chapters, One Climb

  1. 01The Revelation
  2. 02A Settled Spirit
  3. 03Designed with Distinction
  4. 04Clean Hands Pure Heart
  5. 05The Cost of the Climb
  6. 06Believing and Becoming
  7. 07Grieving What You Leave Behind
  8. 08The Altar on the Mountain
  9. 09It's Time to Cross Over
  10. 10Open Heaven
My hope is that this book serves as the start of your climb, and a reminder that it is God's desire for you to live in high places.
JD Bellamy · From the Author's Note

Questions

About the Book

What is Grateful and Grieving about?

It is a climb through Psalm 24 about holding gratitude and grief in the same heart. JD Bellamy shows that gratitude is not denial and grief is not unbelief, and every chapter ends with a practice you can carry into Monday.

Who is this book for?

It is for anyone who has ever had to start over. It starts with the person who may not know who God is yet, and it is for anyone learning to thank God and grieve honestly at the same time.

When does the book come out?

The official launch is Friday, November 20, 2026.

How do I get a copy?

Join the launch list. Members get the order links first, before the public launch.

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About JD

JD Bellamy is the Lead Pastor of Vertical Tampa in Tampa, Florida, and a speaker whose message is for anyone who has ever had to start over.

Week to week he preaches to his own congregation at Vertical Tampa. Beyond that pulpit, he has preached to many, spoken on television, and taken part in outreach initiatives that meet people where they are, in rooms full of people rebuilding their lives after loss, change, and hard seasons.

“Called to those who are broken.”

That calling shapes every room he speaks in. JD talks to real people about real life: faith that holds in a hard season, grief that is honest, and gratitude that is not denial. What he teaches on a Sunday is meant to be lived on a Monday.

He is based in Tampa, Florida and available to travel for Sunday services, conferences, revivals, and special gatherings.

Lead Pastor Vertical Tampa Based in Tampa, Florida Available to travel

Speaking Topics

01

Starting Over

Rebuilding after loss and change, for anyone who has ever had to begin again and needs a way up from where they are.

02

Holding Both

Learning to thank God and grieve honestly at the same time. Why gratitude is not denial and grief is not unbelief.

03

The Ascent

Psalm 24 and the climb toward God: clean hands, a pure heart, and what the climb asks of a heart on the way up.

04

Open Heaven

Worship and the presence of God: surrender at the altar, and learning to stand in His holy place under an open heaven.

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