Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder April 20, 2026 This Week's Anchor “ I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.” Ecclesiastes 9:11 (NIV) Delayed gratification …That thing many of us dread, yet all of us have endured at some point in our lives. If only the things we wanted came to us when we a

Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder April 13, 2026 This Week's Anchor “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.” John 14:16-17 (NIV) As we come off the high of “moon joy” and celebrate the lunar journey and safe return of the Artemis II space crew, I find myself

Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder April 6, 2026 This Week's Anchor “He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him.” Psalm 103: 10-11 (NIV) If only forgiveness flowed as effortlessly as God affords it. Many of us struggle with holding onto resentment and judgment, and while forgiving others can be a challenge, for some, forgiving ourselves can b

Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder March 30, 2026 This Week's Anchor “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 (NIV) Something about setting our clocks ahead, springing forward, and approaching Resurrection Sunday is always a welcome reminder that a new season i

Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder March 23, 2026 “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.” Hebrews 4:9-10 (NIV) This week, your Grounded Black Women Founder will be engaging in rest. Weekly devotions will commence next week. May we collectively meditate on our call to sabbath in Hebrews Chapter 4 and find meaningful ways to remain grounded through rest this week.

Dericka Canada Cunningham, GBW Founder March 16, 2026 This Week's Anchor “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV) How many of you can relate to being someone who is great at caring for everyone else, but finds it incredibly difficult to turn that care inward for yourself? Some of us are d

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