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60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
If we can hope and if we can love, we can begin to change the world—starting with our own.60 Seconds of Hope offers daily prayers and reflections, grounded in love and filled with hope.Each episode offers a brief moment to pause, reflect, and return to what matters most.Join Horace McMillon for a daily rhythm of hope, rooted in the love that holds us all.
Episodes
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Wonder If The Cost Is Too Much
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for When We Wonder If It’s Worth the CostLoving God,When the commitment feels like it costs too much,help us trust that your…
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A Reflection for When the Sacrifice Feels Like It Cost Too Much
Send us Fan MailA Reflection for When the Sacrifice Feels Like It Cost Too MuchSome things do not seem worth the sacrifice.There’s an old joke about a chicken…
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A Prayer For When We Don’t Feel Like Helping
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for When We Don’t Feel Like HelpingLoving God,Help us be cheerful when we are helping others.May our grudging spirits not become a…
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A Reflection For When We Help People Grudgingly
Send us Fan MailA Reflection for When We Help GrudginglySometimes we do the compassionate thing, but we do it grudgingly.True compassion isn’t just about what…
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A Prayer For When We Don’t Understand
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for When We Don’t UnderstandLoving God,When we don’t understand, help us stop pretending and start asking.Let our desire to grow be…
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A Reflection For When We Stop Pretending To Know
Send us Fan MailA Reflection for When We Stop Pretending to KnowSometimes we try to bluff our way through.Maybe because we don’t want to look bad.Maybe because…
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A Prayer For When We’re Waiting For The World To Change
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for When We’re Waiting for the World to Change Loving God,while we watch and wait for the world to change,help us do our part,and…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Reflection For When We’re Waiting For The World To Change
Send us Fan MailA Reflection for When We’re Waiting for the World to ChangeSometimes we wonder how long it will be until we get the world the prophets…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Struggle With Our Differences
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for When We Struggle With Our DifferencesLoving God,When our differences feel impossible to live with,help us remember what we…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Reflection For When We Struggle With Our Differences
Send us Fan MailA Reflection for When We Struggle to Get Along Sometimes we wonder how we can possibly live well together with all of our differences.“How very…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Ask God For More
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for When We Ask God for MoreLoving God,When we ask you to bless us, help us bless others.When we ask you to forgive us, help us…
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A Reflection For When We Gove What We Ask For
Send us Fan MailA Reflection for When We Give What We Ask ForWhat if we gave each other some of the things we ask God for?Like the psalmist, we ask God to “be…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Want Revenge
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for When We Want Revenge Loving God,When we are focused on paying back the pain we have received,help us focus instead on the…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Reflection For We Don’t Need To Get Revenge Anymore
Send us Fan MailA Reflection for When We Don’t Need To Get Even AnymoreWhen people have done us wrong, we sometimes want to pay them back, make them feel the…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When People Misjudge Us
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for When People Misjudge UsLoving God,When people make false assumptions about who we are,Help us stay centered.Rather than responding…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When People Make False Assumptions About Us
Send us Fan MailWhen People Make False Assumptions About UsSometimes people assume the worst about us.The disciples wanted to send the Canaanite woman away…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Think We Know Someone
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for When We Think We Know Someone Loving God,When we assume we already know someone,help us listen for who they truly areinstead of…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Reflection For When We Think We Know Someone
Send us Fan MailA Reflection for When We Think We Know SomeoneSometimes we dismiss people because of who we think they are.When a Canaanite woman came asking…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When Life Is Unfair
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for When Life Is Unfair Loving God,When life is unfair, free us from our pain and anger.Focus us on becoming better instead of…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Reflection for When Unfairness Makes Us Bitter
Send us Fan MailA Reflection for When Unfairness Makes Us BitterSometimes life just isn’t fair.Jacob had twelve sons, but he loved one more than all the rest…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Think We’ve Made A Mistake
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When We Think We’ve Made A Mistake Loving God,when the storm rises around us,keep us from assuming we have taken the wrong…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Reflection For When We Think We’ve Made A Mistake
Send us Fan MailA Reflection for When We Think We Made a MistakeSometimes we think the problems we face are because someone has done something wrong.But the…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Need Time For Ourselves
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for When We Need Time for Ourselves Loving God,When we feel the pressure to always be doing something for someone else,help us take…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Short Reflection | When We Take Time for Ourselves
Send us Fan MailA Short Reflection | When We Take Time for OurselvesSometimes we feel the pressure to always be doing something for someone else.Our service is…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Feel Like We’re The Only Ones Trying
Send us Fan MailWhen We Feel Like We’re the Only Ones TryingSometimes we feel like we’re the only ones trying to do the right thing.The prophet Elijah felt…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When Fear Overtakes Our Faith
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for When Fear Overtakes Our FaithLoving God,when our fear overtakes our faith,and we begin to sink,help us remember to call on you,and…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When Fear Overtakes Our Faith
Send us Fan MailWhen Fear Overtakes Our FaithSometimes we’re doing just fine… until suddenly we’re not.Peter was brave enough to get out of the boat when Jesus…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Can’t Make Things Right
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Can’t Make Things RightLoving God,when we cannot make things right,help us make them better.Give us the wisdom to see…
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When We Can’t Make Things Right
Send us Fan Mail“When We Can’t Make Things Right”Sometimes we can’t stop people from heading in the wrong direction. Joseph was his father’s favorite. He got…
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A Prayer For When Our Struggles Leave Scars
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When Our Struggles Leave ScarsLoving God,when our struggles leave scars,help us care for the wounds,even as we celebrate how those…
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When Our Struggles Leave Scars
Send us Fan MailWhen Our Struggles Leave Scars Sometimes we find ourselves alone and in a lot of trouble.Jacob struggled all night.The struggle changed who he…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer To Examine Our Own Hearts
Send us Fan MailA Prayer to Examine Our HeartsLoving God,when we begin to compare ourselves to others,help us instead examine our own hearts.Center us in…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Compare Ourselves To Others
Send us Fan MailWhen We Compare Ourselves to OthersSometimes we’re so busy measuring ourselves against everyone else.But when we stop comparing and…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We’re Tired of Waiting
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When We’re Tired Of WaitingLoving God,when we are tired of waiting,help us be patient,and persevere,and not do anythingthat…
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When We’re Tired of Waiting
Send us Fan MailWhen We’re Tired Of WaitingSometimes we just get tired of waiting,even when we believe, “you give us our food in due season.” — from Psalm…
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A Prayer For When We Fear There Won’t Be Enough
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When We Fear There Won’t Be EnoughLoving God,when we worry there won’t be enough for everyone,help us share generously what we…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Fear There Won’t Be Enough
Send us Fan MailWhen We Fear There Won’t Be EnoughSometimes it feels like there just isn’t enough.And we accept the idea that some will have while others…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Feel We Are Unable To Help
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When We Feel Unable To HelpLoving God,when we don’t feel like we have enough to make a difference,help us still do what we can,and…
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When We Don’t Feel Able To Help
Send us Fan MailWhen We Don’t Feel Able To HelpSometimes it’s hard for us to imagine helping someone else when we’re barely getting by ourselves.The disciples…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Have Hard Decisions
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When We Have Hard DecisionsLoving God,when our problems are big and our choices are hard,give us wisdom and understandingto see…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Have Hard Decisions To Make
Send us Fan MailWhen We Have Hard Decisions to MakeWhen our problems are hard and the solutions are not easy,like Solomon, let us pray for “an understanding…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For A Different Future
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For A Different FutureLoving God,When we hope for a better future for ourselves and the world,help us want it enough to make the hard…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Want A Different Future
Send us Fan MailWhen We Want a Different FutureSometimes we hope for a different future without choosing a different path.But how do we make those choices?“The…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When Our Problems Feel So Big
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When The Problems Feel So BigLoving God,When we are discouraged because the problems are so big,help us trust that our small acts…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Wonder If We Can Make A Difference
Send us Fan MailWhen We Wonder If We Can Make A DifferenceSometimes we wonder if anything we do can actually make a difference.The Gospel reminds us that the…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Have No Words
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When We Have No WordsLoving God,When we have no words, hear our hearts.When we have no sight, give us light.Help us be present for…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Don’t Know How To Pray
Send us Fan MailWhen We Don’t Know How To PraySometimes things get so difficult and so complicated that“we do not know how to pray.” — from Romans 8:26Yet we…
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A Prayer For When We Want To Get Better
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When We Want To Get BetterLoving God,When we want to grow,help us see ourselves fully instead of comparing ourselves to…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Want To Get Better
Send us Fan MailWhen We Want To Get BetterSometimes when we want to get better, we begin by taking an honest look at ourselves.“Search me, O God, and know my…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When Fear Stops Us
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When Fear Stops UsLoving God,When fear stops us from moving forward,Help us distinguish what is real from what we imagine.Give us…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When Fear Stops Us
Send us Fan MailWhen Fear Stops UsSometimes we fear the worst and refuse to try.Romans reminds us that we “did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We’re Hurting
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When We Are HurtingLoving God,When we are hurting,Help us endure the pain that leads to new life and new possibilities.Help us…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We’re Tired Of Hurting
Send us Fan MailWhen We Are Tired of HurtingSometimes we get tired of hurting.The pain is real, and the danger is too.But some kinds of pain lead to life…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When The Right Things Still Go Wrong
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When the Right Things Still Go WrongLoving God,When we’re disappointed because doing the right things has still gone wrong, help…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When The Right Things Still Go Wrong
Send us Fan MailWhen the Right Things Still Go WrongSometimes we do the right things, and get the wrong results.“So when the plants came up and bore grain…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For Deeper Conversations
Send us Fan MailA Prayer for Deeper ConversationsLoving God,When we are busy, help us make time for deeper conversations.Help us ask good questions.Give us the…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Take Time For Deeper Conversations
Send us Fan MailWhen We Make Time for Deeper ConversationsWhen we allow our conversations to go beyond the surface…We grow.Jesus and his disciples “left the…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Want To Write Someone Off
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For When We Want To Write People OffLoving God,When we think we’ve decided who someone is,Help us care for them anyway and leave the…
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When We Write People Off
Send us Fan MailWhen We Write People OffSometimes we’ve already decided who people are.Who to keep and who to throw away.But the workers in the Gospel parable…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For Our Care To Grow
Send us Fan MailA Prayer For Our Care To Grow Loving God,As we care for the people closest to us, help us expand our care beyond.Beyond our families and…