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Leddy Hammock Jacob wrestling at the Jabbok and Israel being carried through the wilderness, as told in Genesis and Deuteronomy, show that God brings us through every stage of the journey. Vicky Alderman's song The Other Side of My Journey celebrates arriving at a brighter day, at peace and at rest.

Leddy Hammock Leddy looks at the masks we wear and the peace that comes from living as our true selves. Drawing on biblical stories from Genesis and Esther and The Serenity Scream by Sue Riley, Glen Roethel and Melinda Wood-Allen, she invites us to get centered, listen within, and meet life with a calmer spirit. *There is a brief break in continuity at 10:48 due to a technical issue during the livestream

Leddy Hammock Leddy explores how an open heart can make our home a place of kindness, where strangers are welcome and no one has to face hunger or loneliness alone. Drawing on Abraham's hospitality and Daniel Nahmod's "As Best I Can," she invites us to see one another as neighbors and children of one God, and to do the best we can.

Leddy Hammock Leddy explores how we can move through disappointment and adversity without becoming bitter. Drawing on the stories of Moses and Naomi and Jana Stanfield's "Bitter or Better", she invites us to choose healing, forgiveness, and a better way forward.

Leddy Hammock Leddy reflects on becoming an instrument of peace through love, joy, understanding, and forgiveness. Drawing on scripture and Gary Lynn Floyd's "Make Me an Instrument", she invites us to meet hatred with love, sadness with joy, and darkness with light.

Leddy Hammock This Sunday, Leddy looks at how to live without knowing every step ahead – we can be present because our lives are in good hands. Drawing on Jeremiah's promise of a hopeful future and Daniel Nahmod's "I Don't Need to Know," she invites us to let go and trust that God knows the way.

Leddy Hammock This Sunday, Leddy looks at change as both constant and participatory – when everything changes, we can change too. Drawing on Ecclesiastes' seasons, she invites us to meet each new stage with adaptability and trust.

Leddy Hammock Highlights: From lyrics to "Like a Boomerang" by Robert Anderson: Every little thing that you say and do, just like a boomerang, it will come back to you. All the love you give, if you want it to, just like a boomerang, it will come back to you. Every time you fight against something new, just like a boomerang, it will come back to you. Every single thought that you hold as true, just like a boomerang, it will come back to you. After you were born, you forgot what is true, but like a boomerang, it will come back to you. You may not recall what you came here to do, but like a boomerang, it will come back to you. All that you desire, when you ask it to, just like a boomerang, it will come back to you. It may seem like fortune sailing out of the blue, but like a boomerang, it has come back to you.

Leddy Hammock Highlights: Inspired by lyrics to "It Works when I Work It" by Sue K. Riley & Fred Bogert: "It works, when I work it! My good comes pouring through. It works, when I work it – these principles of Truth. … I know that I am ready to receive …. If I trust my heart to lead, then love comes pouring through …. My good will know my face. I'm making room for miracles and saving room for grace."

Leddy Hammock Highlights: Inspired by lyrics to "What Must Be Done" by Greg Greenway:: I learned as a child there were two ways to see: the world as it is and the way it should be. Some people say 'that's just not my problem.' Some people do what must be done. I've seen the toll taken, the tears that were shed. I've seen the journey started and the ripples spread. Some people say that's just not my problem. Some people do what must be done. Sometimes the darkness is all we can see. We can't envision what the future will be. But, in our hearts is that which can guide us, so we can do what must be done. We see the hole in the fabric that must be sewn. We see the way blockaded and we roll back the stone. We see the day beyond the horizon and we do what must be done.

Leddy Hammock Highlights: Inspired by lyrics to "A Simple Prayer" by JD Martin, Glen Roethel, and Sue Riley: This world can seem so crazy and I don't know what to do. Looking at your face, my friend, I guess you feel the same way, too. All I have are questions: What is right and what is fair? And so, we raise our voices in this simple prayer. I've been running out of patience with this land I love. Help me breathe through the frustration. You know I care so much. In this breath, in this moment, I remember what is true. Love is the only answer. So, I share this prayer with you.

Leddy Hammock Highlights: Inspired by lyrics to "This Is What I Know" by Jan Garrett: This is what I know: That we are all connected, the universe reflected in each shining part. God is nearer than my breathing, closer than hands and feet. And so I receive all I can be. And so it is, and so be it. When I speak it, I can see it…. And so we begin…. Amen, amen, amen!

Carol Record Inspired by lyrics from "No Complaints, Whatsoever" by Jan Garrett and JD Martin: I have no complaints, because I know that God knows what I am going through, and is bringing me through this to a better place. I am not bitter; I know that God knows what is best for me, so my outlook is fresh and my outcomes are satisfying. I have moved out of the prison of complaining to the freedom of praising, for I know that God is so good to me. I am patient. I know that God's will for me is good and only good. So, I have no complaints, whatsoever!

Leddy Hammock Highlights from lyrics from "All the Same Stuff" by Eddie Watkins, Jr.: Look around and everything you see is merely an outpicturing of what's going on inside your consciousness. If you don't like what you see, change your mind and your beliefs. Keep what's working for you and throw out the rest. I'm just stating the plain and simple case. Whatever we think most about, seems to always come about And ends up staring us right in the face. And it's all the same stuff, since God is all there is you see. What else could anything else be. And it's all the same stuff, And you can rearrange it anyway you want.

Leddy Hammock Highlights: From lyrics to "Courage to Begin" by Roger Tomhave, Tom Kimmel, & Kim-Char Meredith From trial-and-error to error-and-trial, you've gotta do it with style. You know you're going somewhere; … it might take a while. It is not an easy path, and it leaves a trailing mess — So many twists and turns up the mountain of success. When asked if my good fortune takes a special discipline, I say, "Yes it does. It takes the courage to begin." Oh, the courage to begin is the courage not to stop. You got to keep on moving from the bottom to the top. Fail early, fail often, and when you feel like giving in, Remember how you started and the way you start again is the courage to begin. …Every time I start, it might fall apart. Still, I'm on my way. Oh, it might seem the farthest run. But, … the first step is the hardest one.