a book of direction, courage, and becoming
by dr. erick dupree
Devotions for the Brave is a quiet, luminous book of short spiritual meditations for people who are trying to stay tender in a hard world.
Organized as a five-part journey through the compass point, North (Stillness), East (Beginning), South (Fire), West (Letting Go), and Center (Return), each section offers brief hymns, prayers, and reflections designed to meet you exactly where you are. These are not teachings to master or rules to follow, but gentle companions for the moments when you are standing still, taking a risk, grieving, wanting, or simply breathing through another ordinary day.
Each piece can be read in a minute or lingered over like a small candle. Together they form a slow, honest devotional practice for courage, self-trust, and the ongoing work of being alive.
Devotions for the Brave is for:
People who are tired of being told to be stronger when what they really need is to be truer.
It’s for readers who feel deeply, who overthink, who carry quiet grief or unspoken longing, and who are still showing up anyway. It’s for anyone in a season of beginning again, holding steady, burning with desire or anger, or learning how to let go of something that once felt like home.
This book is for those who don’t necessarily call themselves “spiritual,” but who still ache for meaning, grounding, and a way to make sense of their inner life. It’s for the ones navigating change, healing, identity, love, loss, or simply the strange work of being human.
If you’ve ever felt tender and brave at the same time, this book was written for you.
