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
1015 episodes
When What’s Happening Doesn’t Change | A Prayer
When What’s Happening Doesn’t Change | A PrayerLoving God,Sometimes we find ourselves in situationsthat do not change—and we can feel the pullto respond in ways we don’t...
When What’s Happening Doesn’t Change - But We Do
When What’s Happening Doesn’t Change—But We DoSometimes something happens—and we can feel ourselves starting to reactin ways we don’t want.“While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed,...
When We Don’t Want To Hear It | A Prayer
When We Don’t Want to Hear It | A PrayerLoving God,Sometimes something reaches us—and we begin to close ourselves off.Not because it isn’t true,but because of...
When We Don’t Want It To Be True
When We Don’t Want It to Be TrueSometimes we hear somethingwe don’t want to be true—and we shut it out.“But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him....
When Ordinary Moments Don’t Feel Spiritual | A Prayer
When Ordinary Moments Don’t Feel Spiritual | A PrayerLoving God,Sometimes we move through our daysthinking that only certain moments count—the times we set asideto pray,...
When It Feels Like Only Certain Moments Count As Faith
When It Feels Like Only Certain Moments Count as FaithSometimes the momentsthat feel the most ordinary—time spent talking,sharing a meal,just being with people—ca...
A Prayer for When Something Isn’t as It Should Be
A Prayer for When Something Isn’t as It Should BeLoving God,When something comes our waythat isn’t how it should be,and we feel the pullto respond from what rises up in us.<...
When Something Isn’t As It Should Be
When Something Isn’t as It Should BeWhen something comes our way that isn’t how it should be…“When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted him...
A Prayer For Finding Our Way Through
A Prayer for Finding Our Way ThroughLoving God,Sometimes we find ourselvesmoving through placesthat aren’t easy to navigate.And we’re not always surewhat to trust...
When We’re Trying to Find Our Way Through
When We’re Trying to Find Our Way ThroughWhen the world around us isn’t easy to move through…“He leads me beside still waters.” (from Psalm 23:2)The psalmist doesn’t deny how...
A Prayer For Recognizing The Voice
A Prayer for Recognizing the VoiceLoving God,When the noise around us is loudand the voices are hard to sort through,help us not to lose ourselves in it.Help us to recog...
We Already Know The Voice
We Already Know The VoiceWhen the noise around us is loud and the voices are hard to sort through, how do we know what to listen to?The gospel writer assures us that we already know the voice when we h...
A Prayer For When We Face Unfair Hardship
A Prayer for When We Face Unfair HardshipLoving God,Sometimes we find ourselvescarrying somethingwe didn’t choose,didn’t cause,and wouldn’t have wanted.And...
When We Suffer Unfairly
When We Suffer UnfairlySometimes something happens to usthat we didn’t choose,didn’t cause,and wouldn’t have wanted.And we’re left trying to make sense of it.“For...
A Prayer For Widened Circles
A Prayer for Widened CirclesLoving God,Sometimes our days are already full—and our attention stays with what’s right in front of us.The people we know.The things we’re r...
When We Widen Our Circles
When We Widen the CircleSometimes our focus stays close to what’s right in front of us—our responsibilities,our people,what we can manage.We care for the people closest to us,<...
A Prayer For When We Don’t Make Time For Each Other
A Prayer for When We Don’t Make Time for Each OtherLoving God,Sometimes our days fill up quickly—and we feel the pressureto keep producing,to keep accomplishing,to keep movi...
When Taking Time For Fellowship Matters
When Taking Time For Fellowship Matters“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” (from Acts 2:42)Many of us find ours...
A Prayer For When We Can’t Quite See What’s Happening
A Prayer for When We Can’t Quite See What’s HappeningLoving God,There are momentswhen we’re in the middle of somethingand can’t quite see it yet.We don’t fully understan...
When We Can’t Quite See What’s Going On
When We Can’t Quite See What’s Happening“But they urged him strongly, saying, ‘Stay with us…’ (from Luke 24:29)Sometimes we’re in the middle of somethingand don’t fully understand what’s ...
A Prayer For When We Feel Like Giving Up
A Prayer for When We Feel Like Giving UpLoving God,There are momentswhen we feel like giving up—when the way forward isn’t clearand we don’t know where to turn.In...
When We Feel Like Giving Up
When We Feel Like Giving UpSometimes we feel like giving upand can’t see where to go from here.But the psalmist reminds usthere is One who does not give up on us.“You do...
A Prayer For When We Begin To Notice Peace
A Prayer for When We Begin to Notice PeaceLoving God,There are momentswhen we find ourselves at peace—not because everything is settled,but because something within us h...