Clarence E. Stowers, Jr.
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,,Hello Reader, Something's been sitting in your inbox unfinished. Not an email. Something older than that. You built a life that looks right from the outside. The career, the business, the roles, the reputation. All of it real. All of it earned. And somewhere in the last few years, it started feeling like someone else's story. Not loudly. Not dramatically. Just quietly, the way a season changes. One day you noticed things weren't quite as bright. Now you can't remember when they were. That's...
Hiding is heavier than confessing — and this Sunday is the perfect Sunday to show up
Happy Thursday, Reader This Sunday is Mother's Day. And if there is ever a Sunday to be in the room together, this is it. Not on a screen. Not catching the replay later. In the room. Bring your mom. Bring your wife. Bring the woman who showed up for you when she didn't have to. Bring the one who has been carrying something she has never said out loud. Because this Sunday's message was made for exactly that. Last Sunday we went to the room. Not metaphorically. The specific room in your life...
Stop praying safe prayers
Happy Hump Day, Reader There are people in our congregation quietly carrying someone. A child. A sibling. A spouse. Someone who walked away and hasn't come back. Sunday was for them. I hope it hit. Here’s what’s inside: a recap, your practice for the week, and what’s next. This Sunday’s Message: Stop Praying Safe for the Person Who Left This past Sunday, we preached "Stop Praying Safe for the Person Who Left" from Luke 15. The message was direct: soft prayers don't move prodigals. The Father...
He Went Back for You
Happy Hump Day, Reader Some weeks you can feel it in the air. Not because the calendar changed, but because God is pressing on something deeper than schedule and routine. A lot of us are carrying a moment we never talk about. A sentence we regret. A decision we wish we could un-live. A failure that keeps replaying at 2 AM. This Sunday’s message went straight to that place. And it didn’t leave us in the courtyard. It took us to the beach. Here’s what’s inside: a recap, your practice for the...
You missed it. Jesus still came back.
Happy Hump Day, Reader Some weeks, you can feel yourself drifting, even while you are still doing all the right things. You still show up. You still smile. But inside, something went quiet. This Sunday’s message was for that exact moment. If you missed the moment, you did not miss the encounter. Jesus does not wait for you to be ready. He walks into the room you locked yourself in. Here is the recap, one clear practice for the week, and a word for Mother’s Day worship. This Sunday’s Message:...
Five weeks. Five rooms. The Owner came home.
Happy Tuesday, Reader Easter is over. And I want to say something that does not always get said the week after: You did the work. Five weeks ago, I asked you to do something most people avoid. Walk through the house. Not the presentable rooms. The ones you lock before guests arrive. The ones that have been dark so long you forgot what was in them. You went into the Prayer Closet. You turned the lights on. You went into the Relationship Room. You picked up the IOU you had been carrying. You...
Five weeks ago, you started preparing. Sunday, the Owner comes home.
Happy Humpday, Reader Five weeks ago, I asked you to do something most people avoid. I asked you to walk through the house. Not the presentable rooms. Not the ones you keep clean for company. The ones you lock before guests arrive. The ones that have been dark so long you forgot what was in them. You went into the Prayer Closet and found out you were not struggling to pray. You were hiding. You went into the Relationship Room and found an IOU you had been carrying for years. An apology that...
The room running your life has never been inspected.
Happy Tuesday, Reader You looked fine this week. You hit your goals. Showed up for the people who needed you. Handled everything on the calendar. But the whole ride home, the voice in your head was running a different story. It replayed Tuesday's mistake. It built the worst-case scenario for something that has not happened yet. It rehearsed the conversation you have been avoiding and gave you three versions of how it goes wrong. You were at the dinner table, but half of you was somewhere...
You stopped forgiving. But it did not stop spreading.
Happy Hump Day, Mars Hill Family, he air in your house is still heavy. But before we get into it — if you were with us Sunday, you know what the room felt like. The energy in that building was different. The monthly in-person service brought people out, and if you were there — you felt it. Wall to wall. Energy in the room that you cannot manufacture on a screen. People were present. Fully present. And if you were watching online, I need you to know: you missed something. Not in a guilt-trip...
Stop Waiting on the Apology
Happy Thursday, Mars Hill Family, I believe God is stirring something in our church right now. Not hype. Not noise. Something real. A fresh expectation that what God is preparing in us is not small, and it is not random. Easter is coming, and we are not rushing toward it. We are getting ready for it. This Sunday, March 15, 2026, we are gathering in person at 10:30 AM CST, and we are also streaming live at the same time. Wherever you join us, come ready. Come open. Come expecting God to do...