Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder March 9, 2026 This Week's Anchor “He said to her,  ‘Daughter, your faith has healed you.  Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.’” Mark 5: 34 (NIV) Healing.  Beyond the physical, we all need some form of emotional, mental, and spiritual healing . We often talk about generational curses and the negative influence of cross-generational trauma, but what we need now more than ever are rich conversations around the power of inter-gene

Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder March 2, 2026 This Week's Anchor “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 (NIV) With Valentine’s Day recently behind us and March now arr

Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder February 23, 2026 This Week's Anchor “Look at the nations and watch—and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.”  Habakkuk 1: 5 (NIV) As I’ve shared before, I do not consider myself a Bible scholar. Still, I did grow up surrounded by Bible-quoting, passionately prayerful grandmamas, mamas, and aunties, and I consistently find myself deeply moved by God’s Word and i

Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder February 16, 2026 This Week's Anchor “ When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.  But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say.” Acts 4:13-14 (NIV) Being a psychologist and psychotherapist is a humbling profession. I’m often honored and amaz

Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder February 9, 2026 This Week's Anchor “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as  you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:6-7 (NIV) If you’ve ever met a psychotherapist, you might have noticed our frequent and intentional use of the word “and”  in place of “but”  in our conversations. As therapists, we’ve come t

Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder February 2, 2026 This Week's Anchor “He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.  Nothing will be impossible for you.”” Matthew 17:20-21 (NIV) I’m excited to continue our conversation from last week on moving with and toward God in faith. Considering the joy I felt last week after writing and shar

Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder January 26, 2026 This Week's Anchor “He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.  Nothing will be impossible for you.”” Matthew 17:20-21 (NIV) Welcome to another year of the Grounded Black Women (GBW) devotional community! I want to welcome our new subscribers to the GBW family and express my grati