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60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon

Horace McMillon

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Send us a text “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 mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures” of an easier life ...

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Send us a text “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 mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures” of an easier life ...

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60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon

A Prayer For Hearts That Build ( An Early MLK Day Prayer)

Send us a text 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 toward our neighbors— even the ones we struggle to love. Teach us to build with love: love...

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What Matters To Us?

Send us a text “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 mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures” of an easier life ...

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Built With Love, Or Not At All

Send us a text 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. We are trying to build a world free from violence, injustice, and exploitation, where eve...

2 days ago

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The Cup That Cannot Satisfy

Send us a text 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 imagination to grieve deeply for people they have never met. When injustice leaves a bitter t...

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It’s Never Too Late To Start Again

Send us a text 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, we already accepted the bad outcomes we know are coming. The forgiveness that is ...

4 days ago

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From Every Tribe And Nation

Send us a text 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 acceptable and unacceptable. As a result, we end up with deeper conflicts and endless divisio...

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Beyond Tribe and Nation: A World-Sized Love

Send us a text 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. Scripture doesn’t give us an order of love—it gives us the direction to love everyone. Jesus sh...

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Acceptance And Community

Send us a text 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 context of a diverse and pluralistic community required them to learn how to accept one a...

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Becoming Living Stones Of Hope

Send us a text 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 cynicism. Or we can choose to be a part of building the world as it should be. I...

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Say Amen And Get To Work

Send us a text 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 we are free to grow and develop every gift God has given us. Just as God has made us, ...

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Faith: New Year, New World: Kwanzaa Day 7, Life Day Eternal

Send us a text 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 people living as prisoners of hope have the courage and determination to live by ...

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Creativity: Kwanzaa Day 6

Send us a text 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 participating in what God is bringing to life. As we center our lives in and under the anointing of ...

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Purpose: Kwanzaa Day 5 (and a personal update)

Send us a text Purpose: Kwanzaa Day 5 When our purpose is centered in the hope for a better tomorrow… When our purpose is centered in the faith that we are an important part of something bigger than ourselves… When our purpose is free of anger, bitterness, and hate… When our purpose is free of envy, and exploitative greed and lust… When our purpose is centered in humility, and free of arrogance, hubris, and pride… When our purpose is imbibed with our sense of awe, wonder, an...

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Cooperative Economics: Kwanzaa Day 4

Send us a text Cooperative Economics: Kwanzaa Day 4 “All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.” - Acts 2:44-45” Many of the early Christian communities practiced cooperative economics. Individuals with financial resources understood that they were to use their gifts to help others. Just as people with gifting in other areas did the same. The letter to the Corinthians put it this way: “Our desire...

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Collective Responsibility And Work: Kwanzaa Day 3

Send us a text Collective Work And Responsibility: Kwanzaa Day 3 “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” - 1 Peter 4:10 Many of us live in highly individualistic societies where we focus almost exclusively on individual on personal wellbeing. Others live in societies that place an emphasis on the wellbeing of our family, clan, tribe or group as opposed to the wellbeing of outsiders. We are so steeped in this thinking that when we read ...

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Self-Determination: Kwanzaa Day 2

Send us a text Self-Determination: Kwanzaa Day 2 “Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve… as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”- Joshua 24:15 We may not be responsible for the things that happened to us. We may not be responsible for the circumstances in which we find ourselves. But we are always responsible for how we respond. Do we respond out of our fear, anger, and hate or do we choose to respond out of our faith, hope and love? This is our choice. This ...

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Unity (Kwanzaa Day 1)

Send us a text 60 Seconds of Hope: Unity (Kwanzaa Day 1) “Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.” - Romans 14:19 Unity doesn’t require uniformity. Unity doesn’t require conformity. Unity doesn’t even require agreement except that we to agree to live together in the peace that gives everyone the opportunity to thrive. Unity requires each of us to use all of our gifts, efforts, and resources in ways that build each other up. But what ...

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The Darkness Shall Not Overtake Us

Send us a text The Darkness Shall Not Overtake Us “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.” - John 1:5 Evil may appear to be ascending. The darkness shall not overtake us. The callous may sit on the throne. The darkness shall not overtake us. We have suffered set backs and losses. The darkness shall not overtake us. We may grow weary from the fight. The darkness shall not overtake us. With our hope and faith in the powe...

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While We Wait For Christmas

Send us a text While We Wait For Christmas “Live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.” - from Titus 2:12-13 Our swords have not been yet beaten into plowshares. Our spears are not yet pruning hooks. The lion does not lay with the lamb. And we are still studying war. The world described by Jesus and the prophets, a world of peace and wellbeing for all has st...

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Holding Treasure In Our Hearts

Send us a text Holding Treasure In Our Hearts “Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.” - Luke 2:19 Mary experienced so many spectacular and extraordinary moments… The visit of the angel, her fearless decision to answer her calling, pregnancy, a new husband, and the miracle of birth. Many of us have had moments of transcendence, where we experience the luminous. Others of us have been witnesses of the miraculous. Still others of us have had our hearts ...

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