60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon

Send us Fan Mail Reaching for Agreement: A Prayer  God of love and mercy, you have called us to be one people— brothers, sisters, siblings— knit together in the same mind and the same purpose. In a world divided by fear and fueled by conflict, restore the goodwill we have lost with one another. Where suspicion has taken root, plant trust. Where fear has crowded out compassion, make room again for...

Send us Fan Mail Reaching for Agreement — Part 4 How Unity is Practiced  “Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement… knit together in the same mind and the same purpose.” — 1 Corinthians 1:10 Shared purpose is not built in grand gestures. It is formed in small, faithful choices. We practice agreement when we listen before we ar...

Send us Fan Mail Reaching for Agreement — Part 3 What Pulls Us Apart  “Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement… knit together in the same mind and the same purpose.” — 1 Corinthians 1:10 What most often threatens our shared purpose is not disagreement—it is fear. Fear tells us there is not enough. Not enough safety. Not enoug...

Send us Fan Mail Reaching for Agreement — Part 2 The Same Mind and the Same Purpose “Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement… knit together in the same mind and the same purpose.” — 1 Corinthians 1:10 Being of the same mind and purpose does not mean thinking the same, believing the same, or worshiping the same. It means we ag...

Send us Fan Mail Reaching for Agreement — Part 1 “Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be knit together in the same mind and the same purpose.” — 1 Corinthians 1:10 We live in a time of deep division and growing polarization. We are divided—and the reservoir of goodwil...

Send us Fan Mail Keep Moving Forward  “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl—but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” — Martin Luther King Jr. When our opportunities are limited and resources are scarce, we make the most of what we have—and we keep moving forward. When life has knocked us down, and we have suffered defeats and disappointm...

Send us Fan Mail What Is the Content of Our Character? Dr. King once dreamed of a world where his children would be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Scripture gives us a measure of what that looks like: “The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.” — Proverbs 11:3 So we pause and ask ourselves some hone...

Send us Fan Mail 60 Seconds Of Hope- MLK Day Prayer  God of justice and compassion, you see us as we follow— still searching for truth, meaning, and hope. Help us be honest about what we seek. When we want comfort without responsibility, or peace without justice, call us higher. When we reach for power or position, hoping faith will protect our place, turn our hearts toward service. When we are bu...

Send us Fan Mail When We Feel Discouraged  “But I said, ‘I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my cause is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.’ ” — Isaiah 49:4 Isaiah is remembered as one of the great prophets of history. The legacy of his words and ministry is difficult to overstate. Generations later, his words would be the very ones Jesus used...

Send us Fan Mail What Are We Looking For? “When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, ‘What are you looking for?’” — from John 1:38 What are we really looking for? Are we searching out of curiosity—drawn by something we can’t yet name? Are we looking for power, influence, or status—hoping faith will secure us a better seat at the table? Are we looking because we have a problem we c...

Send us Fan Mail We Have All The Gifts We Need  “For in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind… so that you are not lacking in any gift.” From 1 Corinthians 1:5-7 Over the last two days we reflected on verses eight and nine. Verse eight declares that we will be given the strength we need to carry out our purpose. Verse nine declares that we have been called...

Send us Fan Mail Partners In Love “God is faithful, by whom you were called into the partnership of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”  - 1 Corinthians 1:9 We have been called into partnership. What is the nature of this partnership? What have been called to do?  The title Christ means the anointed one. A person who is anointed is a person who has been commissioned to fulfill a particular purpose an...

Send us Fan Mail Strong Enough To Win  “He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.” - 1 Corinthians 1:8 Each of us has a purpose and a calling. We have all been called to use whatever gifts and resources we have to make the world a better place.  It’s not easy live our purpose. We have many obstacles to overcome both internally within...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for Hearts That Build As we honor the life and witness of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we ask God to form our hearts in love, courage, and justice, that we may help build the peaceful and faithful world to which God calls us. God of peace, You have called us to build a better world, but not with the tools of anger, fear, or hatred. Search our hearts. Remove what hardens us...

Send us Fan Mail “Occasionally in life one develops a conviction so precious and meaningful that he will stand on it till the end."- Martin Luther King Jr Everyone who has ever helped make the world freer, fairer, and safer shared something in common: There was something that mattered to them more than comfort. More than approval. More than safety. Hebrews tells us that Moses “chose to be mis...

Send us Fan Mail Built With Love, Or Not At All “We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path.” — Martin Luther King Jr. As we seek to build a better world, there are three questions we must answer: Who are we building for? What are we trying to build? And what are we building with? We are building a world for all of our neighbors—and everyone is our neighbor, even our enemies....

Send us Fan Mail The Cup That Cannot Satisfy “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” — Martin Luther King Jr. In my experience, most people who become angry and bitter have very real reasons . Often, they—or the people they love—have suffered grievous harm, injury, or injustice. Other times, they simply possess the compassion and moral...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Never Too Late To Start Again  “… Everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” - from Acts 10:43 So many of us have been stuck in broken situations for so long that we have accepted them as our reality. We keep engaging in the same dysfunctional patterns of thinking and behavior and hoping that somehow we will get a different outcome. Or worse,...

Send us Fan Mail From Every Nation And Tribe  “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every people anyone who fears him and practices righteousness is acceptable to him.” - from Acts 10:34-35 Too many of us believe that God needs defending and that the gates of heaven need guarding. We take it upon ourselves to decide who is worthy and unworthy. We keep trying to decide who is acc...

Send us Fan Mail Beyond Tribe and Nation: A World-Sized Love “Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.” — Martin Luther King Jr. From the very beginning, God told Abraham, “In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:3) Love was never meant to be rationed out to those closest to us. Scri...

Send us Fan Mail Acceptance And Community  “Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters… for God has accepted them. “ - from Romans 14 The early Christians in Rome were already deeply divided on matters of faith and practice- matters that impacted their everyday lives. Their differences were not easily reconciled.  In Paul’s view, loving one another in the contex...

Send us Fan Mail Becoming Living Stones Of Hope “With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.” - Martin Luther King Jr The prophetic traditions of the scriptures consistently compare and contrast the world as it is to the world as it should be.  Then we are invited to choose. We can choose resignation, hopelessness, and despair. We can choose to give into...

Send us Fan Mail Say Amen And Get To Work “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom.” - Martin Luther King Jr. God has given us a vision of the world as it should be, a world filled with peace, and wellbeing for all, a world free of violence, exploitation, and injustice, a world where...

Send us Fan Mail Faith: New Year, New World Kwanzaa Day 7, Life Day Eternal  All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance…” - Hebrews 11:13 Only people living by faith have the power to change the world.  Only people living in love have the ability to change the world for the better. Only...

Send us Fan Mail Creativity: Kwanzaa Day 6 In the beginning, God created—and God hasn’t stopped yet. Creation isn’t frozen in the past. It’s still unfolding. Still becoming. Still being shaped. And here’s the good news: we are invited to participate. Every time we choose hope instead of fear, every time we speak words that heal, every time we create something that brings beauty, we are participati...