60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon

Send us Fan Mail Let your life be your witness.  “It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.” - Francis of Assisi Belief alone is not enough. Good intentions alone are not enough. Our beliefs and our intentions must be supported by our consistent sustained effective activities if we want them to matter.  There’s a lot of hypocrites who have preached a lot of good...

Send us Fan Mail The Secret of Success  “The secret to success is find a need and fill it; find a hurt and heal it; find a problem and solve it.” - Robert H. Schuller  True success is not measured by our bank accounts and social status. True success is measured by the way we contribute to and bless the world around us.  Money is one type of contribution. But there are many other types. Showing up...

Send us Fan Mail “We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.” - Tony Robbins Many of us have to overcome the negative impressions we have of ourselves. How many of us talk badly about ourselves? Tell ourselves that we are impatient, have a bad temper, that we are impulsive, hold grudges and so on?  It’s time for us to rewrite the script. Even...

Send us Fan Mail “If any think they are religious and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.” - James 1:26 Some of you like me, grew up with the understanding that you never want to let your mouth write a check your behind can’t cash.  While this is true, the principle is even deeper than that. Genesis one describes God creating the cosmos and everything...

Send us Fan Mail Never lose the thrill of living.  “When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.” - Wayne Dyer To many of our lives resemble a line from one of my favorite John Mellencamp songs… “(our) life goes on long after the thrill of living is gone.” Jesus was accused of being a drunk and a glutton. (Matthew 11:19 and...

Send us Fan Mail Now go do it!  Tony Robbins said it this way: “You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action. The letter of James says it this way: “But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.” (James 1:22) They both say the same thing. We may know all the right things to do, but...

Send us Fan Mail Take the First Steps “Go to a land that I will show you.” - from Genesis 12:1 Abram had already lived a long successful life by the time we meet him in chapter 12 of Genesis. But he hadn’t begun to create his legacy- the one that would eventually inspire and transform the world.  In order to do that, he had to leave his comfort zone behind. He had to leave behind family and friend...

Send us Fan Mail What was my part in it? What was my part in it? This is perhaps the most powerful and transformative question I’ve ever asked myself.  There are real world situations of abuse where responsibility for something is 100% to zero percent. Those are hard to overcome.  This hasn’t been the case for me. Even when I could pinpoint blame and assign most of it to someone else, there was st...

Send us Fan Mail Focus on the Light “A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” - Francis of Assisi Have you seen yourself or anyone you cared about get into a negative emotional spiral?  I first noticed this dynamic twenty some years ago when I was a manufacturer’s rep traveling my first territory.  A really talented salesperson had been blindsided by her husband’s decision to end th...

Send us Fan Mail Check Yourself  “Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.” - Saint Teresa of Avila None of us are immune from having a bad moment. Nearly every single one of us has said or done something in the heat of the moment that we shouldn’t have. That’s part of the human experience.  But what’s also part of the human experience is our capacity to learn and grow. We have the capacity...

Send us Fan Mail Be careful how you speak to yourself. How many of us say things to and about ourselves that we would never say to someone else?  How many say things to ourselves that we would never allow to be said in our  presence about someone we loved?  We spend more time with ourselves than we do with anyone else. No one speaks to us more than we speak to ourselves.   Proverbs informs us that...

Send us Fan Mail Heaven Begins Today “Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’because the kingdom of God is in your midst.” Luke 17:20-21 Many Christians believe that the Kingdom of God/ Kingdom of Heaven* is something that is...

Send us Fan Mail “Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.” - Les Brown It is true that some people are given more opportunities, more resources, more access. These are facts, but these facts are not our focus.  Our focus is on running our own race. We make the most...

Send us Fan Mail We Are Pregnant with Possibility and Purpose  “ When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.” - Erma Bombeck  When God paused to look at everything that God made, God said that it was exceedingly good. (Genesis 1:31) Then God decided that the world could be e...

Send us Fan Mail Make Your Choice “Choose this day whom you will serve… but as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD." - from Joshua 24:15 Every single one of us has a decision to make about how we are going to show up in the world.  The values we embrace, the dreams we dream, the choices we make, the places we go, the people we keep close, these are all up to us.  I choose optimism...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Not Too Late “ You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” - Les Brown It’s tempting to let ourselves despair and feel discouraged when we look back over our lives and think about all the mistakes we’ve made, and all the opportunities we have missed.  While it’s important that we are informed by the past, we must never allow ourselves be defined by the...

Send us Fan Mail “Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.” - Psalm 34:14 We will not be able to enjoy peace and tranquillity if we surround ourselves with toxic and negative people.  We will not be able to experience peace and harmony if we ourselves are engaged toxic and negative thinking and behavior.  In order to pursue our peace, we have to stop thinking negatively, stop spea...

Send us Fan Mail Walk in Your Gifting “A person’s gift makes room for them, and brings him before great people.” - Proverbs 18:16 We don’t all have the same gifts. Nor does everyone have access to the same opportunities or resources.  Nevertheless, we all have something special about ourselves. We all have talents to be developed and gifts to be deployed.  We thrive when stop being envious of othe...

Send us Fan Mail Do something, even if it’s wrong. “Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.” - Norman Vincent Peale We can’t be afraid of making mistakes. Guess what? Few o...

Send us Fan Mail Make today your personal best. “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.” - St. Jerome It’s not about being perfect. Perfection is unobtainable.  It’s not about competition or comparison. Comparison is the thief of joy. It’s about striving to become the best versions of ourselves. It’s about making continuous incremental improve...

Send us Fan Mail Be a Blessing  “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” -Ravindranath Tagore There is an old choir song that many churches sang when I was coming up. The main refrain was: “You can’t beat God giving. The more you give, the more he gives to you. So keep on giving because it’s really true. You can’t beat God...

Send us Fan Mail Life is Short. Make the Most of It!  Treat every day as a precious gift. Once today is gone, it may never be relived. Nothing is promised. So it’s important that we embrace whatever good we find.  Many have tried the party route as their pathway to fulfillment. But that road only leads to despair as the mirage of mirth and merriment turns into a reality of isolation, and emptiness...

Send us Fan Mail Sing, Sing, Sing!  “…sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to one another, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts.” - Ephesians 5:19 We sing not because God is an egomaniac who requires constant praise. We sing not because we are hoping to win God’s favor.  We sing because life can be difficult and and uncertain. We sing to remind each other of the hope that some...

Send us Fan Mail Serendipity is found along the extra mile.  “It's never crowded along the extra mile.” -Wayne Dyer  Somewhere in late 1999 or early 2000, I met three people who would change my life for ever: Walt London and Chuck and Bonnie Neufeld.  They met me as a complete stranger, took the time to get to know me, and then opened the doors of professional opportunity, and even helped me...

Send us Fan Mail Live what you believe.  “One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.” - Joan of Arc The Apostle Paul expressed the same sentiment by declaring, “For we live by faith not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7 No matter what is going on, no matter what anyone else believe...