Sun, 25 December 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Emmanuel” by Claudia Carawan Once, a tiny baby slept beneath the stars of a long, dark night. And now, the time has come to celebrate this baby’s birth and vow to do our best to bear His light upon this earth. I welcome the gift of this love with the joy of receiving. Welcome to my heart, sweet and holy Child. |
Sun, 18 December 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Be the Light” by Karen Drucker and Claudia Carawan Like a candle flame in a window pane, or embers burning by the fireside, as we celebrate, we illuminate, the light we shine is multiplied. And the angels sing, with the love that we bring. Be the light that shines in the dark. If love is to be, it all starts with you and me. Be the light! |
Sun, 11 December 2022
Inspired by lyrics to “Stables” by Peter Mayer: Make of my heart a cradle, Lord, so Love will come and lay there. Make of my heart a shelter, Lord, so Love will come and stay there. Make of my heart a manger, Lord, where Love’s the only answer. Make of my heart a stable, Lord, glowing with light for |
Sun, 4 December 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Search the Sky” by Sloan Wainwright: Search the sky for that star—star of light, star of love, bright enough to guide believers from afar. Let there be peace around our troubled world, peace within ourselves. We’ve traveled such a long way. Let us not forget what for. Search the face of the Child, shining with the spirit of Christmases in our heart. |
Sun, 27 November 2022
Leddy Hammock My life is in order and I am ready to receive my good. I do not make excuses. I make ready. My mind is now open, my heart is receptive to be healed and happy. I am open to give love and to receive love, to love and to be loved. |
Sun, 20 November 2022
Leddy Hammock Lyrics to “May the Light of Love” by David Roth As we come around to take our places at the table, Here’s to loving friends and family, here’s to being able May the light of love be shining deep within your spirit. May the horn of plenty sound so everyone can hear it. |
Sun, 13 November 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by “I Made Room for Grace” by Sue Riley): When I stumble, I won’t be defeated, since I make room for grace. I stop resisting. I make room for grace. I just step aside, open up a space, and make room for grace. Now the blessings arrive every day, since I made room for grace. |
Sun, 6 November 2022
Leddy Hammock I practice an attitude of gratitude. My prayers are answered as I share generously from my grateful heart. The grateful heart draws to itself great things. Perfect answers take form as I keep a good and grateful attitude. |
Mon, 31 October 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics from “The Part of Me that Is You” by Sue Riley & Richard Mekdeci: “When the world tells me I’m less than whole, The part of me that is You knows only health and wholeness. When I feel my back’s against the wall, You are the Truth of who I am. I am a Child of peace. |
Sun, 23 October 2022
Leddy Hammock Lyrics to “There for You” by Roger Tomhave, Claudia Carawan, & Melinda Wood Allen: If God had hands, there’d only be one on your shoulder. Take my hand, I’ll stand beside you. Together we’ll make it through. If God has ears, they’d listen to what you’re saying. If God had legs, they’d go with you on your journey, |
Sun, 16 October 2022
Leddy Hammock Lyrics to “Meet You where You Are” by Melinda Wood Allen & David Roth: Oh my friend, I will meet you where you are. Aren’t you stronger than you ever used to be? No matter what those voices in your head might say, it’s up to you. This too shall pass. |
Sun, 9 October 2022
Leddy Hammock Lyrics from “Everything To Do with Love” by Jan Garrett,JD Martin,Harold Payne,& Freebo: It’s got nothing to do with history, or which side has lost or won. It’s got nothing to do with boundaries, or thinking that you have to be tough. Something as simple as kindness can see us through. There’s so much hope to hold onto, and so many songs to be sung, |
Sun, 2 October 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspiration from lyrics to “Making of a Soul” by Nathen Aswell: “There is no destination; the journey is the goal. I have no map to guide me; there is no book of rules. I’m part of God unfolding; I trust and fully give. My gifts are what is needed; the universe is home. |
Sun, 25 September 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics from “Amazing Things” by Jana Stanfield: We will do amazing things, with the choice each new day brings. The reason you live is there is every gift you give. Oh, the places you will go and the people you will know! Don’t worry when or where or how. You don’t need to know that now. You’re on the right track, no need to look ahead or back. Just enjoy what this day brings. You will do amazing things. You don’t have to work it out, just stay in the here and now, let your mind rest for a little while. Sometimes deepest answers come when you’re out there having fun. |
Sun, 18 September 2022
Rev. Dell deChantInspired by lyrics to “Letting Go of Holding On” by Richard Mekdeci/Mario Friedel: “I’m letting go of holding on. God is my Shepherd. I shall not want. I’m letting go of holding on, seeking first the kingdom of God. I let go of the feelings that feed on lack and greed. I let go of the reasons keeping me in need. I let go of the fear that there’s never enough and I stop holding on, to what is not love. We breathe in, we breathe out, it’s all give and take. They’re one with each other, for all of goodness’ sake. The loaves and the fishes were blessed then released and barely enough turned into a feast.”
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Sun, 11 September 2022
Inspired by lyrics to “The Grand Design” by Greg Tamblyn: “After all these years, I’m startin’ to see we’re all threads in a tapestry, Out on life’s highway, we feel alone, as every bend leads us further from home. Our path divides, we take our chances, and pray our loved ones will understand us. We could rise up high, see the long road, how far we’ve come and where we’ll go, See how our pathway crosses the others, we know how much we need each other. It’s something I believe and now I find it comforts me. I’ve come to love the mystery. The Grand Design is with us all along, a last goodbye, a newborn’s song, And in the end, we all belong, to the Grand Design.” |
Mon, 5 September 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “This Is What I Know” – Words & Music by Jan Garrett: “This is what I know: That we are all connected, And all I need is already looking thru these eyes, We are dreaming together all the gifts of heaven and earth, And now I let it go, with such appreciation, |
Mon, 5 September 2022
Leddy Hammock Lyrics from “Your True Calling” by Jana Stanfield: When you hear a voice, no one else can hear, When your heart’s wide open ’cause your mind’s been changed You ask yourself, “Is this a voice I can trust?” You ask yourself, Am I asking too much? |
Sun, 21 August 2022
Leddy Hammock Lyrics from “No Complaints Whatsoever” by Jan Garrett & JD Martin: I got no complaints whatsoever and a new day is dawning in my soul. I gave up the struggle at last, and I can see all the ways that I’ve been gifted and all the wisdom that has brought me to this place. Through the twists and the turns, I have finally come to learn to trust this amazing kind of grace. The high road is surprisingly easy. Forgiveness shows up without a fight. I’ve got no regrets. I’m seriously blessed. I got peace of mind. All the time. I’ve got no complaints whatsoever and a new day is dawning in my soul.
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Sun, 14 August 2022
Judy Tafelski Inspired by lyrics to “The Way of God” by Richard Mekdeci: “Hush my child,” I heard the voice say from the dark night of my soul. “Things are not as bad as they seem, you are stronger than you know. You call on me to help you but it’s already done. Ev’rything I am, you are; the battle has been won. You are not weak. You are not helpless. You are not fear. You are not judgment. You are whole. You are worthy. You are the way of God, the way of God. Deep in my own heart I found strength and the courage to go on, When I faced my fears I could see they were all just illusion. I want to make the difference, I want to be the way. Now when I want to turn and run, I hear myself say: Stretch your heart until it reaches the way of God. Ev’ry Master Teacher teaches the way of God. ‘Cause the only way to peace is the way of God. So when the path before you seems too much to take, just remember who you are, take a breath and say, I am not weak. I am not helpless. I am not fear. I am not judgment. I am whole. I am worthy. I am the way of God.” |
Sun, 7 August 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics by Leddy Hammock to a song by Sue Riley, “Leave those Walls Behind” from the double CD set with “Twelve Women of the Chalice” (2008): Sounds of the city, the life I knew, fade in the background and drift away. As I turn to face the window, to the open blue, new life is calling to me. It says, “Come with me, Beloved, leave those walls behind, for a land of milk and honey— a promised land, leave those walls behind.” Oh, I’ve taken care of others, of ev’ryone but me. Closed in these walls, no room to breathe, I can only save them by choosing to be free. New life is calling to me. It says, “Come with me, Beloved, leave those walls behind, for a land of milk and honey– a promised land. Leave those walls behind. “No more looking out with longing, hiding here within. Now I fin’ly have the courage to step outside. I’ve shaken off my sorrow, no more waiting to begin. New life is calling to me. It says, “Come with me, Beloved, leave those walls behind, |
Sun, 31 July 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics by Leddy Hammock to a song by Sue Riley, “Leave those Walls Behind” from the double CD set with “Twelve Women of the Chalice” (2008): Sounds of the city, the life I knew, fade in the background and drift away. As I turn to face the window, to the open blue, new life is calling to me. It says, “Come with me, Beloved, leave those walls behind, for a land of milk and honey— a promised land, leave those walls behind.” Oh, I’ve taken care of others, of ev’ryone but me. Closed in these walls, no room to breathe, I can only save them by choosing to be free. New life is calling to me. It says, “Come with me, Beloved, leave those walls behind, for a land of milk and honey– a promised land. Leave those walls behind. “No more looking out with longing, hiding here within. Now I fin’ly have the courage to step outside. I’ve shaken off my sorrow, no more waiting to begin. New life is calling to me. It says, “Come with me, Beloved, leave those walls behind, |
Sun, 24 July 2022
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Inspired by lyrics from “A World Awakening” by Richard Mekdeci: “No more fighting, hearts uniting, all one people, all one dream. Hate is dying, Love is rising on a world awakening. Children of one God, one planet. Let the earth and heaven sing. Join the angels’ joyous strains all for a world awakening. One day all the world is watching. Time weaves us a common theme. Peace, our anthem, all are welcome to a world awakening. New ideas and new beginnings, that’s what each tomorrow brings. Freely giving, we are living in a world awakening.” |
Sun, 17 July 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by “Don’t Ask Me To Give up this Dream” from “Twelve Women of the Chalice” Cd set, music by Sue K. Riley and lyrics by Leddy Hammock: With my back to the past, I let everything go. There are those who will say it is safer to stay Don’t ask me to give up this dream. I will gather my good from the seeds of the past, |
Sun, 10 July 2022
"Dreamspeak"Inspired by lyrics to “When We’re Talkin’ Dreams” by Sue Riley, Karen Taylor-Good, and Harold Payne: A dream is just a seed we plant. Then we wait for it to grow. We’re breathin’ so it’s not too late. There’s no expiration date when we’re talkin’ dreams, and we’re talkin’ dreams. Anything can happen, long as we think it can. There’s no expiration date when we’re talkin’ dreams, and we’re talkin’ dreams. |
Sun, 3 July 2022
Judy Talelski Inspired by lyrics to “I Dreamed of Rain” by Jan Garrett: The Spirit indwelling inspires me with dreams of freedom. Every soul dreams of freedom and deserves to be free from bondage. I dreamed of freedom and I know the Truth sets me free from all limitation. I am a child of God, born to be free. |
Sun, 26 June 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Closer than You Think” by Sue Riley, Glen Roethel and Melinda Wood Allen: “When all your dreams are hooked on a shooting star Your day in the sun, the moment seems lost in time, The road is long, and you feel weary. Shadows of time, love that has passed you by |
Sun, 19 June 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics from “Father’s Day” by Johnsmith: In my heart, I hear my Father say that He loves me. “Like rain falling gently upon fallow ground. I felt the fields of my heart So, now, I try to say ‘I love you’ every chance I get. “It’s funny how a few small words can run so deep, make a baby smile make a grown man weep.” |
Sun, 12 June 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by “Getting’ Better Ev’ry Minute” by Richard Mekdeci: It’s getting better ev’ry minute, getting better ev’ry day…. Bringing us this message on the wings of a dove – It says, If we’re wise, we surely know; what we feed will always grow …. Because I know it’s a choice and it’s better than fearful. |
Tue, 7 June 2022
Sue Riley Inspired by lyrics to “Do What I Can Do” by Sue Riley, Richard Mekdeci, and Gary Lynn Floyd: “Look around, what do I see? Good or bad, it’s up to me. My world reflects what I believe. Here’s what I believe. I know there’s good in everyone. I know the best is yet to come. And, when I feel I’m all alone, I’ll remember, one drop of water smooths a stone. Gonna, love like crazy, shine like gold, be courageous, break the mold. Can’t do it all, but this much is true. I can do what I can do.” |
Sun, 29 May 2022
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From “We Remember Them” by Rabbis Sylvan Kamens and Jack Riemer: “At the rising of the sun and at its going down …. At the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, we remember them.” “At the opening of the buds and in the rebirth of spring …. At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of summer, we remember them.” “At the rustling of the leaves and in the beauty of autumn …. At the beginning of the year and when it ends, we remember them.” “When we have achievements that are based on theirs …. When we fulfill their dreams, and our own, we remember them. As long as we live, they too will live: for they are now a part of us, as we remember them.” |
Sun, 22 May 2022
Sue RileyInspired by “Who You Become” by Sue Riley and Jana Stanfield: We keep our eyes on the prize, but don’t fret if we stray, It’s how we love, how we live, how we laugh, how we give. We keep our eyes on the prize, but don’t fret if we stray, It’s how we love, how we live, how we laugh, how we give. |
Sun, 15 May 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “God Is” by Richard Mekdeci, based on the “Prayer for Protection” by James Dillet Freeman: “In the morning when I rise and before I close my eyes, When the cold winds start to blow and they beat upon your door, We all hear the Spirit call. It’s a small world after all. |
Sun, 8 May 2022
Leddy Hammock Lyrics to “Mother Nature” by B.A. Huffman: “From the moment you were born, you were loved beyond compare. And with or without children of your own, We all have a mother nature, a love that has no end, But we all have love in common, to share with children, pets and friends. |
Mon, 2 May 2022
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Inspired by lyrics from “Takin’ Back My Day” by JD Martin, Jan Garrett, and Richard Mekdeci: It’s a beautiful start to a brand new morning. Then, out of the blue, without warning, I let a little thing like a gnat in my tea steal away my sanity. In the midst of it all, when I stumble and fall, I know I’m gonna be ok. I’d start to feel the beat, I get back on my feet, and I dance away, takin’ back my day! . . . Standin’ in my shoes, I know what to do—takin’ back my day! Just a slight adjustment, is really all it takes. See the great big picture, ‘stead of all the mistakes. Oh, I just smile at the things on my list—can’t stay inside on a day like this. In the midst of it all, when I stumble and fall, I know I’m gonna be okay, I start to feel the beat, I get back on my feet, and I dance away, takin’ back my day! … Takin’ back my day, standin’ in my shoes, I got the right moves, takin’ back my day. There’s a blue sky over my head. I got a spring in my step. You can bet the best is just a breath away, Takin back my day! Dancin’ in my shoes, I got the right moves—takin’ back my day! |
Mon, 25 April 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “A New Earth” by Jill Colucci, Harold Payne, and JD Martin: “Trying to hold it together when it feels like it’s falling apart…. We can’t hide forever. We’ve got to figure it out—a new earth, a new dawn, a new way to move on, a new dream, deep in our hearts, we need it now, some way, somehow, now more than ever, we need a new earth. Are we willing to give and take, to reach across a great divide, we’ve got to stand on some common ground to survive. If we pull together, imagine all that we can create, a new earth, a new dawn, a new way to move on, a new dream, deep in our hearts, we need it now, someway, somehow, now more than ever, we need a new earth. I can hear the children cryin’ now, ‘Oh, won’t you help us save our future now?’ So let your healing rain fall from the clouds, a new earth, a new dawn, a new way to move on, a new hope, deep in our hearts, we need it now, some way, somehow, now more than ever, we need a new earth. Now more than ever, we’ll build it together, a new earth.” |
Sun, 17 April 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics from “You Are the Light” by Denise Rosier: “You change dust into gardens, pieces into peace, tears into fountains, chains into release. You are doubt into action, vision renewed, perfect creation unfolding in view. You hold all of heaven inside you, no matter what you go through and, if your dreams burn down to ashes, you rise again! You are the Light—the Light of God, the power of prayer lifted up! Every breath testifies—You are the Light!” |
Sun, 10 April 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics from “Hallelujah Today!” by Denise Rosier: “Running till my bones are aching, pushing past the point of breaking, The road is long but I will make it, that’s who I am. It’s not the race but how I’m running, not who I was—who I’m becoming. With every mile, I’m reminded, I never go empty-handed. Hear me now – I’m ringing out around the world! |
Sun, 3 April 2022
Leddy Hammock “Ho-onopono Prayer”- Hawaiian prayer for resolving conflict and seeking peaceful resolution, as in the song, “In this moment,” by Melinda Wood-Allen: I’m sorry. |
Sat, 2 April 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Centered in the Storm” by Richard Mekdeci, Karen Taylor-Good & Richard Patier” “I close my eyes and calm my soul, I feel the Truth within me and I let It take control. I’m centered in the storm and I know I’m not alone, When I’m centered in the storm where it’s always safe and warm, Fed by the love that exists in all creation and I will never drift off course. |
Sun, 20 March 2022
Leddy Hammock Lyric/poem inspired by “Leap of Faith” by Sue Riley (words by Sue Riley and Leddy Hammock): Long before the morning, not yet light enough to see, darkest before the dawning, Your love can still find me. When the wind’s against my vessel and the seas are tempest-tossed, I see You walking on the water. I hear You calling me across to make a leap of faith. Well, You know that I have been wandering—uncertain choices I’ve made and that always gets me to wondering. You tell me, “Don’t be afraid!” When the deep is dark beneath me and the waves leap high and rough You stretch out Your hand to reach me, when my faith’s not enough. |
Sun, 13 March 2022
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Sun, 6 March 2022
Leddy Hammock God loves me and sees me well. The place for healing to happen is right here, right where I am. Right now, in this very moment, is my healing time. Now is the time for me to go within and discover that I already know how it feels to be whole, how to heal. |
Sun, 27 February 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics from “Spirit Is in this Place” words and music by Denise Rosier: We have come together as a family. We have come here as we are. We have come with hearts wide open. We have gathered here in love. Spirit’s in this place. We sing in celebration. We sing with words of prayer. We affirm all life as sacred. We declare that peace is here. Spirit is in this place . . . . Raise the roof with shouts of praise. Spirit’s in this place!” |
Mon, 21 February 2022
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What Jesus taught has everything to do with love. When we are kind, we know we are not alone. What Jesus taught has everything to do with love. I choose love, no matter what others do. When we put our differences behind us, the world looks new. What Jesus taught has everything to do with love. Love is our trademark. There’s so much hope to hold onto, because what Jesus taught has everything to do with love. |
Sun, 13 February 2022
Leddy Hammock You might win a battle, you could win a race. Out run your rivals, come in first place. You could lose your center in the push and the shove, or simply surrender and tune into love. Love’s not a contest, it’s just who we are. Both the light and the shadow are at home in the heart. Beyond the struggle, there is music to play, and songs to be singing at the end of the day…. Love knows no boundaries, it’s the light in our eyes – familiar to all, universally prized. There’s a world of compassion and we’re good to begin. We could just quit fighting and let love win. When we’re up against too much to ask, when we lose our resistance at last and we realize love’s got our back, love wins. For everyone, great and small, we are lifted as we fall, kindness conquers all. Love wins. |
Sun, 6 February 2022
Leddy Hammock The LORD, our God, is One and God is Love. With love in my heart, I give love away. It all comes back and makes a better day. My only “enemies” are anger and fear thoughts. Being mean won’t help. I lift up those negative “inner mes” through loving thoughts and actions. Now is the time to do the right thing: to start letting go of fear and live with love in my heart.
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Sun, 30 January 2022
Leddy Hammock “Used to be when things got crazy, I’d get to feeling low. But, I found out I can’t let that phase me …. Sometimes we all feel disconnected…. It’s kind of strange, but it’s true: when everything changes, I can change anything. Turning the pages, everything’s new. If life’s little stages are teaching me anything, it’s everything changes and I can change, too. |
Sun, 23 January 2022
Leddy Hammock While I go walkin’, you know I’ll be smiling. The sun’ll be shining,’cause all day long I’m gonna sing my song. I’ve got my problems, my problems, but not today. I’ve got no problems today.” |
Sun, 16 January 2022
Leddy Hammock We take to heart these mighty words of The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., spoken in 1963, in our pledge for justice and compassion in every facet of our human interaction and in our spiritual expression: “As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.” “With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope . . . .” “With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together . . . .” “With this faith we will be able . . . to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. . . . Let freedom ring!”
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Sun, 9 January 2022
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics by Daniel Nahmod to “Everything New” — “Bring it on — everything new, everything different, everything true. I am ready for my next thing to do. Oh, I know it’s gonna be everything new. I’m through crying, I’m through waiting. I’m, through hoping against all hope. I’m through longing for something gone that’ll never return. I think I finally learned to bring it on. I think it’s time. “I’m through grieving, I’m through dreaming that the life I had is ever coming back. And no more wishing on someone else’s star, that’ll never be mine. I think it’s time to bring it on, everything new . . . . I’ve survived many times before, broken hearts and slammin’ doors. I’ll be all right, yes, I will, once more. Just as I did back then, I’m gonna rise again. So bring it on, everything new, everything different, everything true. I am ready for my next thing to do. Oh, I know, it’s gonna be everything new.” |
Sun, 2 January 2022
Leddy Hammock “I know who you really are – I see it in your eyes. Oh, I know who you’re here to be – I see it in your eyes: A light for the world to see – I know who you’re here to be…. Oh, I know who you really are – I see it in your eyes. Oh, you are a shining star – I know who you really are. I know who you really are! (Don’t try to hide it, ‘cause) I know who you really are!” |