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
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A Reflection For When We Feel Disconnected
A Reflection for When We Feel DisconnectedSometimes we feel completely disconnected from the people and the world around us.But when we find even two or three people with whom we can connect more deepl...
A Prayer For When We Can’t Explain God
A Prayer for When We Can’t Explain GodLoving God,When we struggle to find words or understanding for you,Help us nevertheless to more fully experience you in ourselves, each other, an...
A Reflection For When We Try To Explain God
A Reflection For When We Try To Explain GodSometimes we have no words to describe our experiences with God.Moses was struggling with this when he was given this description, “I AM WHO I AM…Thus you sha...
A Prayer For When We’re Afraid To Admit We Don’t Know
A Prayer for When We’re Afraid to Admit We Don’t KnowLoving God,When our pride wants to pretend we know when we don’t,give us the confidence to acknowledge what we don’t know, and the...
A Reflection For When We’re Afraid To Look Foolish
A Reflection for When We’re Afraid to Look Foolish Sometimes we worry about looking foolish and pretend to know more than we do.Romans suggests that we have the self confidence to ‘not claim to be...
A Prayer For When We Only Care For Our Own
A Prayer for When We Only Care For Our OwnLoving God,When we are tempted to care for no one outside our circle,help us remember to include everyone in our circle of love.
A Reflection For When We Care For More Than Our Own
When We Take Care of More Than Our OwnMany of us have been taught to take care of our own first, and others later, if ever.But Romans also invites us to “pursue hospitality to strangers” and “bless tho...
A Prayer For When Having More Isn’t Enough
A Prayer For When Having More Isn’t Enough Loving God,When getting everything still leaves us wanting more,help us discover our true satisfaction in loving, serving, and being su...
A Reflection For When Getting What We Wanted Isn’t Enough
A Reflection For When Getting What We Wanted Isn’t EnoughSometimes we get everything we ever thought we wanted, but still feel empty.We paid the price and are left to wonder, is this really all there i...
A Prayer For The Desire To Live Well Together
A Prayer for the Desire to Live Well TogetherLoving God,When our differences lead us toward conflict,help us desire to live well together,to seek what is good for ea...
A Reflection For When Our Differences Become Conflict
A Reflection for When Differences Become Conflict Sometimes our differences lead us into disputes and conflict with others.But how often is the conflict really necessary? Romans suggests an altern...
A Prayer For When The Challenge Feels Bigger Than We Are
A Prayer for When the Challenge Feels Bigger Than We AreLoving God,When we don’t feel big enough to face the challenges in front of us,remind us that you are, and give us the co...
A Reflection For When We Don’t Feel Big Enough
A Reflection for When We Don’t Feel Big EnoughSometimes we feel a lot smaller than the challenge in front of us.Moses certainly felt this way when he got the call to go back to Egypt. “Who am I that I ...
A Prayer For When We Feel Powerless But Our Choices Still Matter
A Prayer for When We Feel Powerless but Our Choices Still Matter Loving God,When it feels like those in power control everything,remind us we still have choices to make.
A Reflection For When We Conspire For Good
A Reflection For When We Conspire For GoodWhen we think of conspiracies, we usually think of something evil and destructive. But think of the women whose conspiracies made Moses’s life possible.The mid...
A Prayer for When We Can’t Do Much
A Prayer for When We Can’t Do MuchLoving God,When it feels like we can’t do much, help us do what we can.And trust that all of us doing what we can will one day make a d...
A Reflection For When We Do What We Can
A Reflection for When We Do What We CanSometimes it seems like we’re not able to do very much.Pharaoh’s daughter wasn’t able to stop the slaughter or change her father’s mind.But she ...
A Prayer for When the Answer Isn’t What We Wanted
A Prayer for When the Answer Isn’t What We WantedLoving God,When the answers are not the ones we want, and our circumstances don’t change,we trust you to strengthen our hearts and min...
A Reflection for When Our Prayers Aren’t Answered the Way We Want
A Reflection for When Our Prayers Aren’t Answered the Way We WantSometimes when we pray for God to change our circumstances, we get a different answer.“On the day I called, you answered me; you increas...
A Prayer For When We’re Asked To Do What’s Wrong
A Prayer for When We’re Asked to Do WrongLoving God,When we’re asked to do what we know is wrong,help us still find a way to do what’s right.Amen.#...
A Reflection For When We Can’t Go Along With It
A Reflection for When We Can’t Go Along With It Sometimes we’re asked to do something we know is wrong.Pharaoh ordered two midwives to kill the Hebrew baby boys.“But the midwives...
A Prayer For When We Can’t Change Our Circumstances Yet
A Prayer for When We Can’t Change Our Circumstances YetLoving God,When we cannot yet change or escape our circumstances,help us refuse to give in to them or be defined by them....
A Reflection For When We Can’t Change Our Situation Yet
A Reflection for When We Can’t Change Our Situation YetSometimes we can’t change or escape our situation—not yet—but we can still thrive in it.Such was the case with Israel in Egypt. “The more they wer...
A Prayer For When We Wonder If The Cost Is Too Much
A 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 invitation was sent in love, to love, for love.
A Reflection for When the Sacrifice Feels Like It Cost Too Much
A 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 and a pig passing a breakfast shop advertising bacon and e...