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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
When We Take Time For Deeper Conversations
Send us Fan Mail When We Make Time for Deeper Conversations When we allow our conversations to go beyond the surface… We grow. Jesus and his disciples “left…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Want To Write Someone Off
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When We Want To Write People Off Loving God, When we think we’ve decided who someone is, Help us care for them anyway and leave…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Write People Off
Send us Fan Mail When We Write People Off Sometimes we’ve already decided who people are. Who to keep and who to throw away. But the workers in the Gospel…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For Our Care To Grow
Send us Fan Mail A 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…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Care For Everyone
Send us Fan Mail When We Care for Everyone Most of us spend our lives caring for the people closest to us. The scriptures describe our God “whose care is for…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We’re Stuck In Blame
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When We’re Stuck in Blame Loving God, When we are frustrated by the problem, help us focus on the solution. Help us accept our…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Stop Blaming Each Other
Send us Fan Mail When We Stop Blaming Each Other Sometimes we’re frustrated by the problem, but we still decide to focus on the solution. “Therefore there is…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When Problems Keep Popping Up
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When Problems Keep Popping Up Loving God, When we get tired of fixing problems and pulling weeds, help us remember what we’re…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When Problems Keep Popping Up
Send us Fan Mail When Problems Keep Popping Up Sometimes it feels like we spend all our time pulling weeds. But despite this, Isaiah declares, “You shall go…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When Hard Work Isn’t Enough
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When Hard Work Isn’t Enough Loving God, When our hard work delivers poor results, keep us from becoming discouraged. Help us find…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When Hard Work Isn’t Enough
Send us Fan Mail When Hard Work Isn’t Enough Sometimes we work really hard without seeing results. But sometimes our seed, like the sower’s in the parable…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When It’s Hard To Live With What We’ve Done
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When It’s Hard to Live With What We’ve Done Loving God, When we feel overwhelmed by our mistakes, help us feel your presence…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When It’s Hard To Live With What We’ve Done
Send us Fan Mail When It’s Hard to Live With What We’ve Done Sometimes it’s hard for us to live with what we have done. “When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us…”…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Hear But Do Not Listen
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Hear But Don’t Listen Loving God, Help us listen, and not just hear. Help us receive, and not just respond. Let the words…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Hear But Don’t Listen
Send us Fan Mail When We Hear, But Don’t Listen Sometimes we hear the words, but we don’t really listen. “If you have ears, hear!” — from Matthew 13:9…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When Our Mind Wanders
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When Our Minds Wander Loving God, When our thoughts are consumed with anger and bitterness, return our minds to kindness and…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When Our Minds Wander Into Dark Places
Send us Fan Mail When Our Minds Wander Into Dark Places Some thoughts drag us deeper into fear and anger, guilt and shame. When our minds wander into these…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Feel The Weight Of Responsibility
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Feel the Weight of Responsibility Loving God, When we feel the weight of responsibility, Help us remember that our…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Feel The Weight of Responsibility
Send us Fan Mail When We Feel the Weight of Responsibility Sometimes we feel the full weight of our responsibilities. As the psalmist said, “I hold my life in…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We’re Carrying Too Much
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When We’re Carrying Too Much Loving God, Help us lay down what isn’t ours to carry. Free us from guilt, shame, and regret; anger…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We’re Carrying Too Much
Send us Fan Mail When We’re Carrying Too Much Not everything we’re carrying belongs to us. Putting down what isn’t ours lets us move. “For my yoke is easy, and…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When Life Is Good
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When Life Is Good Loving God, Help us notice the good. When our health is good, our relationships are strong, and our work is…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When Life Is Good
Send us Fan Mail When Life Is Good When good things happen, we are invited to notice them. “For now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.” — from Song…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Stumble
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When We Stumble Loving God, Catch us when we stumble. When others stumble, Help us catch them too. Help us not be afraid of…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Stumble
Send us Fan Mail When We Stumble Sometimes we trip and stumble. But we don’t have to be afraid of falling. “The LORD upholds all who are falling…” — from Psalm…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Need To Get Out Of A Bad Place
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When We Need To Get Out Of A Bad Place Loving God, When we feel stuck and can’t seem to get out of our own way, Help us see the…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Need To Get Out Of A Bad Place
Send us Fan Mail When We Need To Get Out Of A Bad Place Sometimes we feel stuck and can’t seem to get out of our own way. The Apostle Paul once cried out, “Who…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer for When We’re Criticized
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Are Criticized Loving God, When we are criticized unfairly, Keep us centered in our identity and purpose. Give us the…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Are Criticized Unfairly
Send us Fan Mail When We Are Criticized Unfairly Sometimes we are criticized unfairly. John the Baptist was criticized because he didn’t eat and drink with…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We’re Carrying Too Much
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We’re Carrying Too Much Loving God, When we’re carrying too much, give us the wisdom to know what is ours to carry, and the…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We’re Carrying Too Much
Send us Fan Mail When We’re Carrying Too Much When we’re tired from carrying all the things we carry, the Gospel invites us: “Take my yoke upon you, and learn…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We’re Tired
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Are Tired Loving God, When we are worn down and worn out, Help us rest. Help us trust that you are at work through…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Are Tired
Send us Fan Mail When We Are Tired Sometimes we feel worn down and worn out. The Gospel invites us to rest. “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer of Hope
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer of Hope Loving God, When we feel overwhelmed by all that is wrong in the world, Help us hope. Give us the tenacity and courage to do…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Declaration of Hope
Send us Fan Mail A Declaration of Hope Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by all that is wrong in the world around us. But we commit ourselves to hope. Jeremiah…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When No One Sees Our Work
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When No One Sees What We Do Loving God, When it feels like no one sees what we do, Help us trust that every act of service…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When No One Sees Our Work
Send us Fan Mail When No One Sees Our Work Sometimes it feels like no one sees what we do. Not everyone stands in front. But we all get to be heroes in the…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When The Cost Is Too Much To Pay
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When The Cost Is Too Much To Pay Loving God, When we are willing to give up anything to get what we want, Stop us from…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When The Cost Is Too Much To Pay
Send us Fan Mail When The Cost Is Too Much To Pay Sometimes we focus so much on what we want that we forget what we have. Abraham had a big vision, a vision to…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Don’t Have What We Need
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Don’t Have What We Need Loving God, When we don’t have everything we need, help us keep going. Help us begin before we…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Don’t Have What We Need
Send us Fan Mail When We Don’t Have What We Need Sometimes it’s hard to keep going when we don’t have what we need. Abraham and Isaac were making a long trip…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When Doing Right Is Going Wrong
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When Doing Right Is Going Wrong Loving God, When doing right is going wrong, send angels to show us a better way. Release us from…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When Doing The Right Things Starts Going Wrong
Send us Fan Mail When Doing The Right Thing Starts Going Wrong Sometimes we believe we are doing the right things, but things are turning out wrong. Abraham…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We’re On A Dead End Street
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We’re On A Dead End Street Loving God, When we see we’re going the wrong way, help us turn around. Don’t let us stay on the…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We’re On A Dead End Street
Send us Fan Mail When We’re On A Dead End Street When we’ve taken a wrong turn, and reached a dead end, we have to turn around to get to where we want to go…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We’re Tired From The Loads We Carry
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Are Tired From The Loads We Carry Loving God, When we are tired from carrying a heavy load, let us rest. When we are…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Are Tired From The Loads We Carry
Send us Fan Mail When We Are Tired From The Loads We Carry Sometimes we feel ourselves wearing down from the loads we’re carrying. But maybe we were never…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When Our Fathers Are Not With Us
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When Our Fathers Are Not With Us Loving God, Be with us whose fathers could not be there. Be with us whose fathers would not be…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When Our Fathers Are Not With Us
Send us Fan Mail When Our Fathers Are Not With Us Sometimes we find ourselves without our fathers. Because they couldn’t be there. Because they wouldn’t be…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We’re In Distress
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Are In Distress Loving God, When we are in distress, let us boldly call for help. Let us trust that our cries will be…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Are In Distress
Send us Fan Mail When We Are In Distress When we are in distress and feel like we’re sinking in the mire, we don’t have to pretend to be okay. Instead, like…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Long For Something Worth Living For
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Long for Something Worth Living For Loving God, Help us find a purpose bigger than ourselves. A purpose rooted in love…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Find Something Truly Worth Living For
Send us Fan Mail When We Find Something Truly Worth Living For When we care about something so much and so deeply, that no amount of criticism will make us…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Think No One Is Listening
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Think No One Is Listening Loving God, When we feel alone, and think no one is listening, remind us that you hear us. When…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Think No One Cares
Send us Fan Mail When We Think No One Cares Sometimes we feel alone. And we think no one cares. Hagar and her son were abandoned in the wilderness. There was…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When Our Options Are Bad And Worse
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When the Choices We Have Are Bad and Worse Loving God, When there isn’t a good option left, help us choose the best of those that…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When The Choices We Have Are Bad And Worse
Send us Fan Mail When The Choices We Have Are Bad And Worse Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where there isn’t a good option. Sometimes because of our…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When We Feel We Have No Chance
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Feel We Have No Chance Loving God, When we feel we have no chance, and our circumstances seem impossible, Give us eyes to…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
When We Think We Have No Chance
Send us Fan Mail When We Think We Have No Chance Sometimes we start out without the money, resources, or connections others have. And we think we have no…
- 60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon
A Prayer For When All We Can See Is What’s Missing
Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When All We Can See Is What Is Missing Loving God, When all we can see is what is missing, help us see what is still there. When…