60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon

Send us Fan Mail “Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.” - Booker T. Washington  I’m not sure that I need 60 Seconds for this one today. My prayer for us is that God gives us the energy and enthusiasm, the confidence and determination to put in the hard work that is required to build the future we want for ourselves and for those who come long after we a...

Send us Fan Mail Let our past be the past  “The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: "Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out." - Isaiah 6:7  Isaiah, one of the greatest prophets in human history, didn’t start off that way. His greatness was born in humility. The text describes his vision of the wonder and majesty of God. Then he look...

Send us Fan Mail With Hope As Our Anchor “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” - Hebrews 6:19 It’s important for us to not get caught up in the limitations of the current moment. We have to keep our eyes looking to the horizon. We see the possibilities that are not but one day may yet be, that one day must be.  Then we put one foot in front of another and begin moving tow...

Send us Fan Mail Finding Our Rest “Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.” - Psalm 62:1-2   Finding our rest, finding our peace comes from our willingness to trust that we are a part of something far bigger than ourselves. The cosmos lives and moves and has its being in God. (Acts 17) And we are...

Send us Fan Mail “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18   Life can be a struggle. Some days are just plain hard. Meditation and prayer are powerful tools to help us through the difficult times. Yet like any other tool, it’s best for us to become proficient with it before we most need i...

Send us Fan Mail Believe we can be part of changing the world.  “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” - Steve Jobs One of my favorite scriptures continues to be, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” (1 Timothy 1:7) I believe we are called to live life boldly, bravely, and beautifully. Even...

Send us Fan Mail “And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory." - Isaiah 6:3 We get so caught up in the day to day, we get so weighed down by our cares and concerns, our duties and obligations that we often fail to appreciate the beauty and majesty of the world around us.  All around the world humans have built temples...

Send us Fan Mail “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” -2 Corinthians 4:18 The Gospel of Matthew tells one of my favorite miracle stories (14th chapter). Jesus sent the disciples ahead of him in a boat while he took some time to pray. The waves got strong and the disciples got really alarmed when they saw so...

Send us Fan Mail Want to love your work? Love your why.  “Not everyone has the job of their dreams. But everyone can have their dream job.” - Horace McMillon One of my extended family uncles worked two 40 hour a week jobs. At the time I visited him he had been working one job for 35 years and the other for 25 years. If a recall correctly he was planning to retire from one of those in the near futu...

Send us Fan Mail “And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.” - Romans 5:5   Other faith traditions describe this same experience with different words. When we allow the presence of what we Christians describe as the Holy Spirit to flow in and through us we are sustained and enlivened with a hope...

Send us Fan Mail “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations”. - Steve Jobs When it comes to growing and developing ourselves, there are two significant pitfalls we need to avoid. First we can’t be afraid to make mistakes. The only folks who have never failed at something, probably haven’t done very much.  The...

Send us Fan Mail We shall not be afraid.  “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.” - Psalm 46:1-3 Even if everything around us is falling apart, we shall not be afraid. This ancient song writer...

Send us Fan Mail “ A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” - Proverbs 17:22 We deal with many serious and weighty things. Nevertheless, we must never allow those things to rob us of our joy. We can and should take satisfaction in and from our work and the fruits of our labor.  As the writer of Ecclesiastes says, “I have seen personally what is the only benefici...

Send us Fan Mail Our best days are yet to be written.  “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.” - 1 Peter 5:10   True optimism is not delusional. True optimism does not live in denial. True optimism is fully cognizant of the difficulties and challenges of the...

Send us Fan Mail Take Heart and Overcome “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” - John 16:33 It’s important that we acknowledge the difficulties that we face. And we never want to underestimate the scale and scope of the challenges we face in order to get to the places we need to reach.  Neve...

Send us Fan Mail “The key is to make the change so sudden that you experience a complete change of heart.” - Marie Kondo In reading Ms. Kondo’s quote, I immediately thought about Andrew and Simon (Peter). When Jesus invited them to join him in his mission. the text says, “At once they left their nets and followed him.” - Matthew 4:20 Change is hard. Change is disruptive. Change can be a little bit...

Send us Fan Mail “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” Matthew 6:34 Worry, it steals our peace and robs us of our joy. It saps us of our energy and greatly hinders our effectiveness. It’s been said that most of the things we spend time worrying about never actually happen. And I believe it.  We have all been called to be...

Send us Fan Mail “Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might; for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.”- Ecclesiastes 9:10 Steve Jobs pointed out that we spend a large portion of our lives working. This being the case he believed it was only possible for us to be truly satisfied when we do great work.  Jobs believed we can only do great work...

Send us Fan Mail  “As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands– one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” – Audrey Hepburn Sometimes we get caught up in zero sum thinking- the idea that there is only so much to go around. We too often fear that more for someone else means less for me. When we are caught up in this mindset we become selfish and stingy.  This kind of...

Send us Fan Mail “There are two kinds of people– those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.” -Indira Gandhi How many times have we seen the work get neglected because the folk involved get distracted over who going to get the credit and who is going to get the blame?  Let us all be inspired and instructed by the examples of t...

Send us Fan Mail Be Afraid. But Do the Right Thing Anyway.  "You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right." ~ Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Sui Kyi has fought non violently her entire life to bring democracy to Myanmar and to bring down an authoritarian government. She spent over 15 years under house arrest. And has since been sent to prison and is there to t...

Send us Fan Mail “I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” – Malala Yousafzai “The power of life and death is in the tongue.” (Proverbs 18:21) The world in which we live is created by thoughts and ideas. Every significant accomplishment was at first an articulated thought. When we begin to speak the wo...

Send us Fan Mail "Each person must live their life as a model for others." - Rosa Parks Each one of us has something to learn. Every single one of us has something to teach. We learn from our personal experiences. We benefit even more from the knowledge others hold and the lessons we observe.  The word disciple means student. We are all invited to be students of life. For those of us who...

Send us Fan Mail Each of us is responsible for determining our desired destination in life and for choosing the roads we travel in our efforts to reach that place.  Along the way we have to ask ourselves two questions. First, ‘Is our desired destination really where we really want to end up?’ If it is, then we have to ask, ‘if we are on the right road to get there?’ Luke 15 tells the story of a yo...

Send us Fan Mail "Rebels don't produce change, because they are fanning their own anger. You have to learn to save your outrage and focus." Shami Chakrabati Anger and outrage may be our initial impetus for seeking change be it personal or social. While anger can energize, too often it is blind and misdirected. Too often it becomes its own end. Ultimately, anger becomes self consumin...