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Marcia Hotchkiss

Marcia Hotchkiss is program director of The Abbey in the City in Dallas. She recently wrote Hope-Peace-Love-Joy: An Advent Devotional (Bible Study Media Inc.) with Gilda Hurst.

Breadcrumbs, Quilts, and the Divine

Laurie Brock demonstrates that observation of everyday life and objects can increase our knowledge of God and the spiritual realm, which is particularly important to contemplative people.

Too Much Leaves Too Little—Busyness Keeps Us from Faith

Thomas Merton wrote, “There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist most easily succumbs: activism and overwork."

Stick with Christ’s Love

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

God’s Goodness at Christmas

This past summer my husband, Tom, and I had the privilege of being in the audience when Richard Foster, author of the bestselling Celebration...

A Minister’s Widow Turns Toward Jesus

Karen Stiller focuses on several words — fruit, body, money, hospitality, humility, beauty, church, remembering, and sorrow — to explain how holiness might become real in our lives.

Desperately Needing to Be Heard

Recently I attended a healing prayer conference in Dallas that featured one of the founders of Christian Healing Ministries, Judith MacNutt. Her late husband,...

Saying Goodbye to Nana

I am an Episcopalian, and Episcopalians often give up something for Lent or take something on as a daily discipline. This might include abstaining from...

Reflections Worth Taking Your Time

The author has a knack for clearly stating the human needs highlighted by each devotional entry.

Learning from Martin Luther King’s Mentor

Thurman’s belief that everyone is a holy child of God, spiritually and psychologically, anchors us in all areas of life.

The Searchlight of the Holy Spirit

One of the gifts of my spiritual direction training program a few years ago was exposure to the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola....