60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Can’t Quite See What’s Happening Loving God, There are moments when we’re in the middle of something and can’t quite see it yet. We don’t fully understand what’s happening, and we’re not always sure what to do next. In those moments, help us not to close ourselves off. Help us remain open— to one another, to the moment, and to your presence with us. Help us st...

Send us Fan Mail 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 something and don’t fully understand what’s happening. Jesus was walking with some of his disciples, but they didn’t recognize him— because they were overwhelmed by everything that had taken place. And yet, they stayed together. They rem...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Feel Like Giving Up Loving God, There are moments when we feel like giving up— when the way forward isn’t clear and we don’t know where to turn. In those moments, remind us that we are not alone. Help us to trust that there is still a path before us, even when we cannot yet see it. Give us the courage to keep going. Help us to remain open to being shown the wa...

Send us Fan Mail When We Feel Like Giving Up Sometimes we feel like giving up and can’t see where to go from here. But the psalmist reminds us there is One who does not give up on us. “You do not give me up to Sheol… You show me the path of life.” (from Psalm 16:10–11) In our lowest moments, in our most difficult times, we remind ourselves—and each other— there is still a way forward. Often, we ha...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Begin to Notice Peace Loving God, There are moments when we find ourselves at peace— not because everything is settled, but because something within us has. In these moments, help us to recognize what is being given. Not something we have to achieve, but something we are learning to live within. Keep us present to this peace, so that we do not rush past it. An...

Send us Fan Mail When We Are In A Good Place When we are free from anxiety, worry, and fear. When anger, bitterness, and hate no longer have a grip on us. “The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; I have a goodly heritage.” (Psalm 16:6) We begin to experience a peace— a kind of wellbeing that is not dependent on circumstances, and in time, helps us enter and even create new ones....

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When It Feels Like What We Do Isn’t Enough Loving God, Sometimes what we are facing feels so large that what we have to offer seems small by comparison. And it’s not always easy to trust that what we do makes a difference. But you have shown us that even a little can become more than it appears. That what is given in love does not remain small. Help us to trust this....

Send us Fan Mail When A Little Is Enough Sometimes the challenges we face feel so big we wonder if we have enough to meet them. “A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.” (from Galatians 5:9) It only takes a little yeast to make a whole loaf. It has happened before. One woman refusing to give up her seat inspired many to rise. One mother choosing to show the world what happened to her son...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We Wonder If It Matters Loving God, Sometimes we give a lot of ourselves and aren’t sure what it’s becoming. We show up. We care. We keep choosing what is good— and still wonder if anything is changing. Help us see that what is given in love can sustain, can carry, can make a way forward. Shape what we offer— so that it gives life, strengthens hope, and helps oth...

Send us Fan Mail When Our Sacrifices Are Worth It Sometimes we give a lot of ourselves— and wonder if it matters. If anything is changing. If anything we’re doing is making a difference. “For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.” (from First Epistle to the Corinthians 5:7) The Passover lamb gave the people the strength to make the journey. The early followers of Jesus saw his life this...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When It’s Hard to Trust Change Loving God, Sometimes we can see that things are changing— and still find it hard to believe. Not because we don’t want it. But because we’ve been hurt before. Because we’ve hoped before. And things didn’t turn out the way we thought they would. And so we become careful. Careful with what we expect. Careful with what we allow ourselves t...

Send us Fan Mail When It’s Hard to Believe Things Can Be Different “While in their joy they were still disbelieving…” (from Gospel of Luke 24:41) Sometimes we want to believe things can get better— but part of us holds back. Not because we don’t see the signs. Not because there isn’t reason for hope. But because we’ve been disappointed before. The disciples were experiencing something they had lon...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for Seeing What’s Right in Front of Us Loving God, Sometimes we move through our days carrying so much in our minds and hearts that we don’t fully see what is right in front of us. We hold our worries, our disappointments, the things we think we already understand— Where we have already decided how things are, create space for something new to be seen. Help us to turn tow...

Send us Fan Mail What Keeps Us From Seeing “but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.” (from Luke 24:16) Sometimes we get so caught up in our own thoughts and worries that we miss what’s happening right in front of us. Some of Jesus’s followers were so focused on his execution that they didn’t realize he was already with them. There was no maliciousness, no ill intent, no bad faith. But they...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When It Feels Like It’s Over Loving God, When our hope is lost, and it doesn’t feel like anything will change— Give us the courage to come anyway, to show up, to bring what we have, to do what we can do. Even when we are afraid. Even when we are unsure. Even when we feel like we have lost hope. Remind us that you are still at work in places we do not expect, in ways w...

Send us Fan Mail When It Feels Like Our Story Has Ended Sometimes there’s a quiet dread we carry… the feeling that the way things are is the way they will always be. Today we are reminded, as the women were reminded long ago: “Do not be afraid, for I know who you are looking for… He is not here, for he has been raised.” — Matthew 28:5–6 The women came to the tomb carrying that kind of weight. Ever...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for Noticing the Good Loving God, When we begin to notice the good in our lives, something within us starts to shift— even if nothing has changed yet— And there is still so much we carry, things that weigh on us, things we don’t understand, things we wish were different. And yet, there is also good— Help us to notice it. Help us to name it. Help us to embrace it. And from...

Send us Fan Mail What Gratitude Begins to Change When we begin to notice the good in our lives, something begins to shift within us. This was the experience of the ancient psalmist. “What shall I return to the LORD for all God’s bounty to me?” — Psalm 116:12 The psalms are often honest and raw. They make space for anger, frustration, and disappointment. They don’t deny what is hard. But alongside...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We’re Moving Through Change Loving God, In times of change and uncertainty, when so much feels unsettled and we don’t fully know what lies ahead, help us to care for ourselves along the way. When we feel the pressure to keep moving, to stay ready, to hold everything together— remind us that we still need to be sustained. Even when life feels hurried, even when th...

Send us Fan Mail Don’t Forget To Eat How do we care for ourselves during times of change and uncertainty? The people coming out of slavery in Egypt were given some unusual instructions for their meal. “This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the Passover of the LORD.” — Exodus 12:11 Even positive...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer For When The Darkness Feels Heavy Loving God, In a world where we feel the weight of the darkness, the weight of what is uncertain, the weight of what is hard, the weight of what is not right— You have made us to be light. So help us today— to be present where we are, to offer kindness, compassion, and care, to be a voice for the voiceless, to give hope to the hopeless, a...

Send us Fan Mail We Are Meant to Be the Light How do we live in a world that feels this dark… especially when so much feels uncertain? Isaiah writes, “I will give you as a light to the nations.” (Isaiah 49:6) The darkness we’re facing now— uncertainty, hardship, injustice— it isn’t new. It was present in the time of Isaiah. It was present in the time of Jesus. And it is present now. So much darkne...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When It Feels Like the Darkness Is Closing In Loving God, when it feels like the darkness is closing in, and we’re not sure what to do next— you are here. You know what it is to feel troubled, to face uncertainty, to walk through hardship and loss. So meet us here, right here in the middle of it. When we feel overwhelmed, steady us. When we feel vulnerable, hold us. W...

Send us Fan Mail When It Feels Like the Darkness Is Closing In When it feels like the darkness is closing in… remember— “The light is among you… Walk while you have the light.” (John 12:35) Jesus knew what that felt like. His heart was troubled. He was moving toward betrayal, suffering, and death. So when we feel vulnerable, unsettled, or distressed, it is not a sign that we have failed. It does n...

Send us Fan Mail A Prayer for When We’re Not As Okay As We Say Loving God, When we are not as okay as we say we are, you already know. You see what we carry, even when we don’t acknowledge it, even when we try to move past it. Help us to be honest— not harsh with ourselves, but willing to tell the truth about what is really there. Give us the courage to name what we feel without guilt or shame. An...