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Every Day Sacred, Everywhere Holy

“I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.”- Revelation 21:22

We build or churches, and temples, and mosques… We set aside certain days and times… We keep our customs and traditions and perform our rituals in order to help us experience the sacred, in order to help us experience divine transcendent presence.

Too often we live the rest of our lives wholly disconnected from the holy. We live our everyday lives both profanely and mundanely. We live our everyday lives as if God doesn’t exist, or if God does, God is a long way away.

The vision of Revelation is one in which humanity becomes aware of God’s immanence, of Emmanuel, God with us. In this vision every day is a holy day, everywhere is a sacred place. God is not out there somewhere.

Instead we live our lives aware of and connected to God and each other, as we live and move and have our being in God. (Acts 17:28)

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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The Holy Spirit: A Voice Who Speaks For Us

“But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to you.” John 14:26

We often have to distinguish and discern between two different sets of thoughts, two different sets of voices running through our minds. Once voice edifies, informs and inspires. The other mocks, ridicules and discourages.

Revelation 12:10 describes Satan as the accuser. The accuser is a bit like a prosecutor. It’s the voice of crippling guilt and shame. It’s the voice that says you ain’t nothing, you weren’t nothing, and you’ll never be nothing. It’s the voice that tells you to give up and give in. It’s the voice of surrender and defeat.

The voice of God in our lives, on the other hand, is the voice that advocates for us. It reminds us that we are God’s beloved children, God’s handcrafted master pieces. It reminds us that we are not forsaken. It encourages us to get up when we’ve fallen. It’s the voice that guides us on the path of redemption. It’s the voice that calls us to live in our highest possibilities and purposes.

We must always listen to the voice that speaks for us and follow is guidance.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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We Have to Try

“When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them” - Acts 16:10

Paul’s travels in the ancient world were filled with danger and uncertainty. In his travels he faced religious and political opposition that led to his being run out of town when he wasn’t beaten and arrested.

He and his peers also faced the physical dangers of travel that included their being ship wrecked, and stranded. There was always the possibility of encountering bandits and robbers. And they didn’t always know who would welcome them or where they would stay.

Paul had a vision. The group was convinced that it was from God. So they tried. With every setback and hardship, they kept trying.

There’s nothing easy about answering God’s individual or collective calls to us. There’s nothing easy about living into the vision God gives. But we have to try.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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Some Things We Just Have to Carry…

“Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk." - John 5:8

The story of Jesus healing the paralytic is a little different from the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, found later in this same Gospel.

Lazarus, when he came out of the grave was able to remove his burial clothes and in a sense get a completely fresh start. The former paralytic was given the strength to carry his mat.

Some of us have done things or had things done to us that can’t be erased or forgotten. Some burdens can’t be left behind or abandoned. We can’t pretend they never happened.

Some things we just have to carry. The good news is that God will give us the strength to carry them, if we have to.

We don’t have to stay stuck. No matter our yesterdays, starting today, God equips, empowers, and inspires us to move in to the future that God is unfolding before us.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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What Do We Really Want?

“When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" - John 5:6

On the surface, Jesus’s question to the man who had been ill for 38 years is shocking. 38 years of hardship, 38 years of struggle, 38 years of disappointment, who wouldn’t want those to come to an end?

No doubt the man was unhappy with where he was. On the other hand, after 38 years, he knew how to navigate it. He knew how to survive. In a sense, he had become comfortable in an uncomfortable situation.

His being made well would require him to give up the people, places, and things that he had become accustomed to. He would no longer survive on alms. He would no longer be a sympathetic figure.

He would have to find new things to do, new places to be, and new people to be around. Did he want that?

The first step to wellbeing and wholeness is asking ourselves what we really want.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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The Holy Spirit Heals Division

“At that very moment three men, sent to me from Caesarea, arrived at the house where we were.” - Acts 11:11

Peter breaking bread with these Gentile folk from Caesarea was about far more than his willingness to change and adapt his religious customs for them.

The people of Israel and Judea were a conquered people who lived under the boot of Roman occupation.

The Romans looked on the Jews so much so that they built the new city of Caesarea for themselves rather than live in Jerusalem, a place they considered as backwards as it was inconvenient.

The Jews hated these unclean Gentiles who had all the money, all the power, and all the luxury and status. They wanted God to punish and purge these folks, not redeem and reconcile them.

Were it not for the work of the Holy Spirit touching the hearts of both the Jews and the Gentiles…

Were it not for these Gentiles having the humility to seek and accept the help and advice of the Jews they once looked down on…

Were it not for these Jewish Christians having the grace and faith to welcome and nurture the oppressors they once wanted punished…

These folk would have forever remained divided by their ethnicity and social status as well as by their religion.

Holy Spirit led people heal divisions.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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Two Interpretations of Revelation

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away” -from Revelation 21:1

We have two ways we can read the words of Revelation.

We can believe that these are future events that will take place at the end of the world. So we accept a world that in the meantime is destined to keep getting worse.

Or we can believe that words of Revelation are taking place right now and in every generation.

We can believe the words of Jesus that the Kingdom of God is already in our midst within and among us.

We can believe the words of Paul who declares that everyone in Christ is a new creation where the old things have passed away and all things have become new.

If we choose the second interpretation we will become students who learn to walk in the ways of love, bringing good news to the poor, welcome to the stranger, freedom to the oppressed, and who bind up the broken hearted.

Which interpretation should we choose?

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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What Should Our Love Look Like?

“Everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." - from John 13:35

Love is patient, love is kind. We should be known for our patience and kindness.

We do not envy. Rather we are genuinely happy to see others thrive and succeed. We are humble about and grateful for our accomplishments and blessings.

As we seek our own wellbeing, we never seek to do so at the expense of others. We seek the wellbeing of others at all times.

We always seek to honor others and never dishonor. We don’t dishonor others.

We are not easily angered. We let got of grievance and bitterness. We take no delight in anyone’s suffering.

We protect. We hope. We always perseveres. We live our lives always trusting in the goodness of God.

We pray that the Spirit of God living within and among us makes our love look like this.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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