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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.
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Do your best and stop being afraid.
Send us Fan MailDo your best and stop being afraid. We can stop being afraid. Stop being ashamed. Stop feeling guilty. The internal and external voices that…
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We can’t be certain, but it’s good to believe.
Send us Fan MailIn looking at the world, I cannot offer you empirical proof that good overcomes evil and that love overcomes hate. Nor can we be certain that…
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Walking in the light brings us into fellowship with each other.
Send us Fan MailThe light brings us into fellowship with each other. As we walk in the light, we come into fellowship with God and with each other. It’s…
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What does it mean to walk in the light?
Send us Fan MailWhat does it mean to walk in the light? We are encouraged to walk in the light, to be children of light. What does that mean? Practically…
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Owning Our Own Shortcomings
Send us Fan MailOwning Our Own Shortcomings For many of us, one of the most difficult things we can do is to acknowledge our own shortcomings and mistakes…
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Forgiving is up to us.
Send us Fan Mail“When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them…
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Raised from the Graves of Poverty
Send us Fan Mail“There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold. They laid…
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The First Easter Sermon
Send us Fan MailIn the immediate aftermath of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, Peter shared this insight with those gathered:“Then Peter began to…
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Help Carry the Cross
Send us Fan MailHelp Carry the CrossA certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and…
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Our Turn to Run the Race
Send us Fan Mail“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely…
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Our Roots Are Still Alive (Holy Week Day 4)
Send us Fan Mail“For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. Though its root grows old in…
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Boldly Use Your Influence for Good
Send us Fan Mail“When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the…
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Be Our Refuge, Oh God!
Send us Fan Mail“Be to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress, to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the…
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Practicing Extravagant Care
Send us Fan Mail“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?" Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She bought it so that…
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Beating Anxiousness with Clarity, Gratitude, and Trust (Part 3)
Send us Fan MailThe next step to beating anxiousness is to actively practice gratitude. We get more of whatever it is that we focus on. Yes, we have specific…
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Beating Anxiousness with Clarity, Gratitude, and Trust (Part 4/final)
Send us Fan MailThe final step in beating anxiousness is to live in trust. Martin Luther King, jr. describes faith as “taking the first step even when you…
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Beating Anxiousness with Clarity, Gratitude, and Trust (Part 2)
Send us Fan MailIn part one we discussed how debilitating an amorphous sense of angst can be. It’s as if there is a monster lurking in our closet waiting to…
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Beating Anxiousness with Clarity, Gratitude, and Trust (part1)
Send us Fan MailDo not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the…
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Reject Rejection
Send us Fan Mail“The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone”. - Psalm 118:22 These words first written by the ancient song writer…
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Until Everyone Is Free
Send us Fan MailUntil Everyone is Free"I had my jubilee three years ago. I rejoiced all I could then; I can't rejoice no more." -Harriet TubmanDecades later…
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Be Driven by Compassion not Anger
Send us Fan Mail“I have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them.” -Harriet TubmanOne…
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The Strength to Fight
Send us Fan Mail“..and I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that's what I've always prayed for ever since." - Harriet TubmanI believe the…
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Remember Past Victories in Present Troubles
Send us Fan Mail“Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!” -Harriet TubmanWhen faced with a major challenge or problem…
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Don’t Let Yesterday Steal Tomorrow
Send us Fan Mail“Do not let yesterday hold tomorrow hostage! Walk away from your investment in the penny stock of pride; it never pays dividends.” - Neal A…
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Be Compassionate with Yourself
Send us Fan MailThere can be no self-care without self-compassion, which is compassion turned inward. It is the ability to connect to our feelings, to respond…
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How Freedom Grows
Send us Fan Mail“Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom grows.” - from Galatians 5Paul then known as Saul lived somewhat of…
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Right Here. Right Now.
Send us Fan MailTrue religion always has a deep intuition that we are already participating in something very good, in spite of our best efforts to deny it or…
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How We Become Family
Send us Fan Mail"Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother"-Jesus (Mark 3:35)And what is God's will for us but that we are merciful with one…
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Dare to Believe that We Are Beloved
Send us Fan MailWe all long for someone to tell us who we are. The great struggle of the Christian life is to take God's name for us, to believe we are beloved…
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Be the Light for Someone!
Send us Fan Mail“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” Maya Angelou Each of us has an inner light that has been given to us by our creator. That…
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Be Guided by Love in Our Hearts
Send us Fan Mail“I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” - From Jeremiah…
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From Prayer to Action
Send us Fan Mail“God’s relentless care for those who are poor and suffering is the visible expression of our compassionate God, which moved the prophets from…
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Build Each Other Up
Send us Fan MailSo encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.”1 Thessalonians 5:11Just about everyone we meet is going…
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I Am Because We Are
Send us Fan Mail"I am often struck by thedangerous narcissism fostered by spiritual rhetoric that pays so much attention to individual self-improvement and so…
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What Are We Doing About It?
Send us Fan MailOver and over, when I ask God why all of these injustices are allowed to exist in the world, I can feel the Spirit whisper to me, You tell me…
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Use Your Gifts for Good
Send us Fan Mail“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms” - 1 Peter…
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Remaining the Same Is Its Own Punishment (John 3:14-21)
Send us Fan MailJust as the people in the wilderness during Moses’s time were living in a toxic environment largely brought on by their toxic attitudes and…
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Only Love Can Cover Some Sins
Send us Fan Mail“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. “ - 1 Peter 4:8Both in the ancient world and today, many of…
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Not from Fear. Not for Reward. But for Love
Send us Fan Mail“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that…
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The Truth of Who We Are
Send us Fan MailEven though the gold of your true nature can get buried beneath fear, uncertainty, and confusion, the more you trust this loving presence as…
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Becoming an Overcomer
Send us Fan Mail“Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” -…
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Chop, Chop, Chop
Send us Fan MailSuccess in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather…
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Good News for All. Especially for Those Who Embrace It
Send us Fan Mail“That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who…
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Speak, Listen, Always Give Respect
Send us Fan Mail“Talk without being offensive. Listen without being defensive. Always leave your opponent with their dignity.” - John Hope Bryant I am fully…
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Plant the Tree Anyway
Send us Fan Mail“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” - Martin LutherIf one is even half way aware of…
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The Divine Paradox
Send us Fan Mail“He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their…
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Don’t Go Tiptoeing through Life
Send us Fan Mail“All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or…
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Affirm Yourself
Send us Fan Mail“And Ain’t I a woman?”- Sojourner Truth“And ain’t I a woman?” - perhaps the greatest refrain to a public speech in America history delivered by…
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The Religion God Wants
Send us Fan Mail“Rend your hearts and not your clothing” - From Joel 2:13Those of us who participate in organized religion find beauty and meaning in the…
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Surround Yourself with Good and Capable People
Send us Fan Mail“Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is…
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Nothing Without Hope and Confidence
Send us Fan Mail“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”- Helen KellerToday’s reflection is more of…
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Your Light Will Rise in the Darkness
Send us Fan MailIf you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry…
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Moving Through Life With Hope
Send us Fan MailMoving Through Life with Hope“Hope is much more than wishful thinking. Hope is a way of moving through the world.” - Justine MuskYes, life…
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Keep Pumping Until the Water Flows
Send us Fan Mail“We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.” - Hebrews 6:11Many years…
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Lent Always Ends in Hope
Send us Fan Mail“Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach…
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Don’t Accept Everything Offered
Send us Fan MailJust because it comes with, doesn’t mean we have to eat it.” - Horace McMillonA big part of my journey towards improved health has required me…
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Live Like a Shooting Star
Send us Fan MailI am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star. “-Sojourner TruthSojourner Truth was born enslaved. She was beaten and mistreated…
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Don’t Be Perfect. Be Better Consistently
Send us Fan MailDon’t Be Perfect. Be Better Consistently. - Horace McMillonOver the past 17 months I have eliminated 100 pounds of weight and I have maintained…
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Stay Out of the Ditches
Send us Fan MailOne man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.Booker T. WashingtonI know it’s tempting. When…
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If You Can See It
Send us Fan MailIf You Can See It“He responded, "You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it will be granted you; if not…