60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon Horace McMillon

Living in Harmony “ How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!” - Psalm 133:1I have come to believe that we do not need to think alike, understand alike, or believe alike in order for us to love each other and live with a type of oneness or unity. Perhaps the most helpful definition of unity I’ve come across is harmony. When folks are singing together in harmony, not everyone is singing the same note. Rather they sing different notes that blend together to...

Tell Your Story of Hope“Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, those he redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands.” - Psalm 107:2Another word for redeem is restore. An important part of our healing and restoration includes the sharing of our stories. Remembering where we came from helps us remember where we are going and why. Sharing our stories of redemption and restoration both centers us in hope and gratitude and encourages others who are facing their own challenges and...

Life Is Not Always Fair“The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.” - from Ecclesiastes 9:11Life is not always fair. We do not always get what we deserve. Sometimes not getting what we deserve is a good thing, but that’s a separate reflection. The point is that sometimes we do not reap what we sow. Many in my faith tradition do not believe there is suc...

Knowing Our Seasons “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens” - Ecclesiastes 3:1I’ve come to embrace this wisdom as one of the central truths of my existence. It’s important for us to discern not only the whats but also the whens, wheres, and whys. In order for us to flourish and contribute our best, we must do the right things, in the right places, with the right people, at the right times. My consistent prayer was inspired by the book, “Pr...

Throw Off That Yoke: A Father’s Blessing On this particular Father’s Day, my mind goes back to the unusual blessing that Isaac gave his son Esau in Genesis 27. It’s a blessing I suspect all of us need. Listeners and readers not familiar with this story should know that the father Isaac had been fooled into giving Esau’s intended and rightful blessing to his twin brother Jacob and there was nothing he could do to make it right. At this point Esau’s rightful anger, and bitt...

Eat, Drink, Be Merry, and Grateful “So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.” - Ecclesiastes 8:15Our days in this life are few. Life itself can be extremely unfair. Sometimes there are no good whys, and if there are they remain hidden from us. So the best we can do is to embrace this life and give it...