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You said fine. You didn’t mean it.

You said fine. You didn’t mean it.

Grace and peace to you this week. Sunday we were in week three of Reconnect, and the room got honest fast. If you were with us, thank you. If you missed it, this one is for the reliable people, the ones everybody leans on.

One church, two campuses, one family.

RECONNECT, Week 3: You’re Not Busy. You’re Carrying Something.

You pull into the driveway, turn the engine off, and sit there for nine minutes. Nobody is on the phone. You just need nine minutes before everybody needs you again.

Then you walk inside, and somebody asks how you are. You say, “Fine. Busy.”

Busy is the word that ends the conversation. Nobody asks a follow up question after busy. So underneath it, the real things stay unnamed. Exhaustion a Saturday nap won’t touch. Guilt from one conversation you still replay in the shower. A resentment you never put down. You filed all of it in a folder labeled busy and kept moving.

Write this down: You cannot heal what you keep calling fine.

Psalm 139 is David’s song about being completely known by God. Then for four verses he rages at everybody else. And then he turns the flashlight around.

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.” (Psalm 139:23-24, NLT)

David wasn’t telling God anything new. Verse 1 already said God had examined his heart. “Search me” is not a briefing. It is permission. It is unlocking a door God already had the key to. And in the garden, Jesus didn’t say fine either. He named His grief out loud, then carried everything we have ever called fine to the cross. God isn’t asking you to fix it before you bring it. He’s asking you to stop hiding it.

Your practice this week: take one intentional period of rest and notice what surfaces when you slow down. Take the twenty minutes you would normally scroll before bed. Phone in another room. Pray Psalm 139:23-24 out loud, then stop talking. When something surfaces, a name, a face, a knot in your stomach, write one line: “What surfaced was…” Then hand that to God by name. The first five minutes will be loud. Stay. If what surfaces is heavy, tell one person.

Watch the Replay

Missed Sunday, or need to hear it again with the phone in the other room? The full message is up.

πŸ‘‰ Watch “You’re Not Busy. You’re Carrying Something.” on YouTube​

Go deeper: The Reconnect Life Group Study

You don’t have to do the twenty minutes alone. This week, Life Groups are working through Reconnect with Scripture. Next week they reach Reconnect with Your Soul, the same ground as Sunday’s message. Pick in person, virtual, or the self guided track if you worship online, and start where the group is. You are not behind.

β“΅ Text LIFEGROUP to 33777.
β“Ά Go to marshillchicago.org/life-groups.

πŸ‘‰ Join a Reconnect Life Group​

Worship through the week with the Reconnect playlist: πŸ‘‰ Listen on Spotify​

Every message lives in one place: the full Mars Hill message library.

This Sunday: Dropped Call

RECONNECT, Week 4. You know exactly whose name you thought of just now, and you know exactly why you haven’t reached out. Nobody fought. Nobody called. The last text in the thread says “we gotta link up soon,” and it’s from March. Sunday we open Galatians 6:2 and talk about the people we never fell out with. We just stopped calling.

Sunday, November 1, 10:30 AM Central, online. Clocks fall back an hour Saturday night, so you get an extra hour of sleep before service. Pick your screen:

πŸ‘‰ Website:marshillchicago.org​
πŸ‘‰ YouTube:youtube.com/@ClarenceStowersTV​
πŸ‘‰ Facebook Live:facebook.com/MarsHillChicago/live​

Thank you for holding this house up

This is a hybrid church with two campuses: the room in McCook and the campus that is wherever you are reading this. Your prayers and your provision keep both of them open, for the people who need a place to stop saying fine.

Give at marshillchicago.org/giving, or text MHGIVE to 33777.

πŸ‘‰ Give here​

Here’s where I’ll leave you. Next time you’re in the driveway with the engine off, don’t say fine. Say search me. He’s already in the car. See you Sunday at 10:30.

Pastor Clarence E. Stowers, Jr.

P.S. Before you close this email, open your calendar and put twenty minutes on it this week labeled “Search me.” Pick the night now. It won’t get less busy.


A word from this week’s sponsor

A quick word from this week’s sponsor.

You read it like a work email

You read it like a work email

Grace and peace to you this week. Sunday we opened week two of Reconnect, online and live at the same time. If you were there, thank you. If you missed it, keep reading, because this one is about the way you read.

One church, two campuses, one family.

Life Groups Are Live

Reconnect Life Group Series, six weeks, October 11 to November 15

Reconnect Life Groups began meeting October 18. Around tables and on video calls, people are saying out loud what they used to keep to themselves. Thank you to every leader who said yes and every member who showed up.

Not in a group yet? It is not too late, and you are not behind. Pick in person, virtual, or self guided, and start where the group is.

β“΅ Text LIFEGROUP to 33777.
β“Ά Go to marshillchicago.org/life-groups.

πŸ‘‰ Join a Reconnect Life Group

RECONNECT, Week 2: STATIC ON THE LINE

Your mom texts three words. “Call me. Please.”

You read it twice. You are dialing before you put your coffee down. Three words, and you heard her voice.

Then you open your Bible app and read it at the same speed as 47 unread work emails. Skim. Check the box. Close. The streak says 212 days, and you could not tell me one sentence it said to you last Tuesday.

Here is the lie most of us carry into every reading: “I already know what it says.” You know the stories. So your brain finishes the line before your eyes do. That is not reading. That is autocomplete.

Write this down: Knowing what it says is not the same as hearing what He’s saying.

The man who wrote Psalm 119 sat with God’s word long enough to build a 176 verse song around it, one Hebrew letter at a time. He was not skimming. He was walking a dark road with traps on it, and the word was how he kept his foot out of them.

“Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.” (Psalm 119:105, NLT)

A lamp in his day was a clay bowl of oil small enough to sit in your palm. It lit a few feet of ground. God’s word is not a map of your whole life. It is a lamp for the road you are on tonight. And God is not checking your reading log. He is waiting for you to listen.

Your practice this week: read the same short passage every day and write one sentence about what you notice. Start with Psalm 119:105 to 112. Eight verses, Monday through Sunday. Read them out loud, low, under your breath. Then write one line that starts with “Today I noticed.” Around day four it will feel boring. Stay. Boredom is the static. Miss a day? Pick it back up the next morning.

Watch the Replay

Missed Sunday, or want to hear it a second time? The full message is up.

πŸ‘‰ Watch “Static on the Line” on YouTube

Go deeper: This Week’s Read

Separate from Sunday’s message, I wrote something for anyone who carries more than their share. It is called “You’re Doing Three Jobs. Nobody Budgeted for Two of Them.” It is about the unpaid work leaders quietly absorb, and one task you can hand off this week.

πŸ‘‰ Read it on Substack

This Sunday: Interference

RECONNECT, Week 3. You are the most reliable person in every room you walk into, and you are exhausted in ways nobody in those rooms knows about. Someone asks how you are doing and you say, “Fine. Busy.” Busy ends the conversation. It is also the word that keeps the real thing buried. Sunday we open Psalm 139:23 to 24 and find out what you are carrying and calling fine.

Sunday, October 25, 10:30 AM Central, online. Pick your screen:

πŸ‘‰ Website: marshillchicago.org
πŸ‘‰ YouTube: youtube.com/@ClarenceStowersTV
πŸ‘‰ Facebook Live: facebook.com/MarsHillChicago/live

Thank you for holding this house up

This is a hybrid church with two campuses: the room in McCook and the campus that’s wherever you’re sitting right now. Your prayers and your giving keep both of them open.

Give at marshillchicago.org/giving, or text MHGIVE to 33777.

πŸ‘‰ Give here

Here’s where I’ll leave you. You don’t need a new verse. You need to actually read the one you already have. He’s still on the line. See you Sunday at 10:30.

Pastor Clarence E. Stowers, Jr.

P.S. Tonight, write Psalm 119:105 on a card and set an alarm for the time you will read it tomorrow. Put the card where your phone usually goes.


A word from this week’s sponsor

A quick word from this week’s sponsor, Shortform.

Nobody in your life knows how tired you are.

Nobody in your life knows how tired you are.

Grace and peace to you this week.

You are the person everybody calls. You show up, you handle it, you keep the plates spinning. And if someone asked how you are really doing, you’d say “fine” before they finished the question.

Fine is doing a lot of work in your life right now.

Most of us aren’t missing information. We’ve heard the talks, read the books, saved the posts. What we’re missing is a few people who will ask the second question and actually wait for the answer.

That’s what Reconnect is. For six weeks, small groups of people are meeting to talk honestly about what’s quietly gone dark: their faith, their relationships, their rest, their purpose. One topic a week, one simple practice to try, nothing to prepare.

You don’t have to be a member of Mars Hill. You don’t have to have been to church in years. You don’t need to know the Bible or have your life together. Come curious, come tired, come skeptical. All three are welcome.

And you haven’t missed it. Groups are meeting right now, and each week stands on its own. This week’s conversation is about the things you carry and keep calling fine.

Pick what fits your life:

β“΅ In person. A small group that meets in the Chicago area.
β“Ά On video. Same conversation, from your kitchen table, anywhere.
β“· On your own. One short email a week with a question to think about. Reply with what you noticed, and a real person writes back.

Not in Chicago? Bring your own table.

Reconnect works wherever you live. Pick two or three people you already share your life with. Your spouse. Your sister. The friend you text every morning. The coworker you eat lunch with.

Sit at your kitchen table or get on a video call, and walk through the six weeks together. Everything you need is on our website: the weekly guide, the questions, and the practice. You bring the people.

Some of the most important conversations you’ll have this year won’t happen in a church building. They’ll happen with the people who already know your name.

πŸ‘‰ Save my seat

Or text LIFEGROUP to 33777.

Not sure? Just reply to this email with a question. Our Life Groups coordinator will get back to you, and there’s no pressure either way.

Pastor Clarence E. Stowers, Jr.
Mars Hill Anywhere

P.S. Already in a group? Forward this to one person who would never come to church but might come to a table. That’s who this was written for.


A word from this week’s sponsor

This week’s sponsor is my own Substack. I write it for the person who carries other people and hasn’t been carried in a while. Real stories, plain truth, and one thing you can do about it before the week is over. No theory. I teach from survival.

πŸ‘‰ Read it on Substack

clarencestowers.substack.com

Nothing is falling apart. That’s what should worry you.

Nothing is falling apart. That’s what should worry you.

Grace and peace to you this week. Sunday we opened Reconnect, in the room in McCook and online at the same time. If you were there, thank you. If you missed it, keep reading, because I am not letting you miss this one.

One church, two campuses, one family.

RECONNECT, Week 1: NO BARS

Your phone does not die on your watch. You know where every outlet is in your house, your car, and your office. You will walk across a parking lot for one more bar.

Now answer this. When did you last walk across the living room for ten minutes with God?

Here is the part that should worry you. Nothing is falling apart. The bills get paid. The kids get picked up. The work gets done. That is exactly why you never noticed the signal dropping.

Write this down: The most dangerous disconnection is the one that still lets you function.

In John 15, Jesus has minutes left before the cross. Judas has already left the table. He does not talk strategy. He talks connection.

“Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.” (John 15:4, NLT)

The word is menō. Stay. Dwell. It is not a feeling. It is an address. And look at the order. He is not hiding. He is already there. God is not grading your silence. He is still on the other end of the line.

Your practice this week: ten quiet minutes with God, on three days. Phone face down until the ten minutes are done. Read John 15:1 to 5 slowly. Tell God the truth about the last six months. Then sit quiet. Miss a day? Pick it back up the next morning.

Today is Wednesday. If you have not picked your three days, pick them before you read the next section.

Watch the Replay

Missed Sunday, or want to hear John 15 a second time? The full message is up.

πŸ‘‰ Watch “No Bars” on YouTube

Go deeper: Your Weekly Growth Tools

A message you only hear on Sunday is gone by Tuesday. These carry it through the week.

β“΅ The Spotify Worship Playlist. Gospel and worship sequenced to the six weeks of Reconnect. Put it on in the car, in the kitchen, at 5am. Put it on before the news.

πŸ‘‰ Play the RECONNECT Playlist on Spotify

β“Ά Your Life Group. This week it takes the place of the devotional and the application guide. Sunday gives you the message. Your group is where you put it to work.

πŸ‘‰ Find your Reconnect Life Group

Every message and every tool is waiting in the full library.

Last Call: Reconnect Life Groups Begin Meeting October 18

You sat through Sunday and thought, I need this. Then you thought, I will do it on my own, and I will start later.

Later is how you got here. Nobody decided to go quiet with God. It happened one skipped morning at a time. A group is how it stops happening.

Reconnect is six weeks. The Sunday message sets the theme. Your group talks it through, practices it together, and every person leaves with one challenge small enough to finish before Friday. Nobody teaches a second sermon. It is a table where the truth gets said out loud and nobody flinches.

Groups begin meeting October 18. Three ways in, so nobody gets left outside:

In person. A real room, real people, one table.
Virtual. Same guide, same rhythm, on a video call from wherever you are.
Self guided. One email a week tied to Sunday. Reply with what you noticed, and a real person reads it.

Two ways to get placed:

β“΅ Text LIFEGROUP to 33777.
β“Ά Go to marshillchicago.org/life-groups.

Do it today, so your first meeting is not your first day behind. Already in a group? Stay right where you are. You are covered, and there is no extra sign up.

πŸ‘‰ Join a Reconnect Life Group

This Sunday: Static on the Line

RECONNECT, Week 2. You have read the whole Bible once and cannot tell me one thing it said to you last week. Your mom texts three words and you read them twice. You open your Bible app and skim it like 47 unread work emails.

The words did not go quiet. You started reading them like a page instead of a voice. Sunday we open Psalm 119:105 and clear the static.

Sunday, October 18, 10:30 AM Central, online. Pick your screen:

πŸ‘‰ Website: marshillchicago.org
πŸ‘‰ YouTube: youtube.com/@ClarenceStowersTV
πŸ‘‰ Facebook Live: facebook.com/MarsHillChicago/live

Thank you for holding this house up

This is a hybrid church with two campuses: the room in McCook and the campus that’s wherever you’re sitting right now. Your prayers and your giving keep both of them open.

Give at marshillchicago.org/giving, or text MHGIVE to 33777.

πŸ‘‰ Give here

Here’s where I’ll leave you. The line is still open. Put the phone face down and pick up the one that matters. See you Sunday at 10:30.

Pastor Clarence E. Stowers, Jr.

P.S. Tonight, set the alarm for tomorrow’s ten minutes and leave the phone across the room. You cannot turn it face down if it is already in your hand.

A word from this week’s sponsor

A quick word from this week’s sponsor, 1440.

You have one bar with God and you know it.

You have one bar with God and you know it.

Grace and peace to you this week. Sunday we start Reconnect, and I have been waiting on this one for weeks.

One church, two campuses, one family.

RECONNECT, Week 1: NO BARS. Starts Sunday.

You have not missed church in months. You also cannot remember the last time you talked to God about something real.

Your phone shows five bars in every room you walk into. Your connection to God shows one, and you stopped noticing because everything else in your life still runs fine without it. That is exactly why it went quiet. Nothing broke loudly.

Sunday we open John 15 and look at a vine that stops drawing from the root. It does not die today. It just stops bearing anything worth picking.

“Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.” (John 15:4, NLT)

Write this down: Remaining connected is a decision you make before you feel like it.

This is week one of six. Six wires that came loose one at a time, and nobody decided to cut any of them:

β“΅ October 11: No Bars. Prayer and worship went quiet and nobody noticed.
β“Ά October 18: Static on the Line. Scripture reads like noise instead of a voice.
β“· October 25: Interference. What you carry and keep calling fine.
β“Έ November 1: Dropped Call. The name in your phone you have not texted in months.
β“Ή November 8: Signal Out. The gift you have been sitting on.
β“Ί November 15: Full Bars. What you hand to somebody else.

Your practice this week: ten quiet minutes with God, on three days. Phone face down until the ten minutes are done. Pick the three days now, before Sunday picks them for you.

Go deeper: The RECONNECT Playlist

Between this Sunday and the next sits a Tuesday commute, a Wednesday meeting, and a Thursday night you will spend scrolling. Put something better in your ears.

Twenty tracks of gospel and worship, sequenced to the six weeks. Start with the Week 1 set, including Fred Hammond’s Running Back to You and Israel and New Breed’s Your Presence Is Heaven.

The RECONNECT playlist on Spotify. Click to play.

πŸ‘‰ Play the RECONNECT Playlist on Spotify

Save the Date: Reconnect Life Groups, October 11 to November 15

Reconnect Life Group Series, starts Sunday October 11

Sunday gives you the message. By Tuesday lunch, it is gone. A Life Group is how it stays.

Reconnect is six weeks. The Sunday message sets the theme. Your group talks it through, practices it together, and every person leaves with one challenge small enough to finish before Friday.

Nobody in the room is teaching a second sermon. It is a table where the truth gets said out loud and nobody flinches.

In person. A real room, real people, one table.
Virtual. Same guide, same rhythm, on a video call from wherever you are.
Self guided. One email a week tied to Sunday. Reply with what you noticed, and a real person reads it.

Two ways to get placed:

β“΅ Text LIFEGROUP to 33777.
β“Ά Go to marshillchicago.org/life-groups.

Do it before Sunday, so Week 1 is not your first day behind.

Already in a group? Stay right where you are. Your group runs this material starting Week 1. And to every Life Group leader who said yes: you ask the questions and you make room. That is the whole job, and it matters more than you know.

πŸ‘‰ Join a Reconnect Life Group

This Sunday: Our Monthly In-Person Gathering

Mars Hill Anywhere in-person gathering, Sunday October 11, 2026, 10:30 AM Central, 7941 47th Street, McCook, IL. Live in person and online.

Sunday, October 11, 10:30 AM Central. In person at 7941 47th Street, McCook, Illinois, and online at the same time. Same service, same family, wherever you sit. Can’t be there live? The replay goes up on YouTube after service. Pick your screen:

πŸ‘‰ Website: marshillchicago.org
πŸ‘‰ YouTube: youtube.com/@ClarenceStowersTV
πŸ‘‰ Facebook Live: facebook.com/MarsHillChicago/live

Thank you for holding this house up

This is a hybrid church with two campuses: the room in McCook and the campus that’s wherever you’re sitting right now. Your prayers and your giving keep both of them open.

Give at marshillchicago.org/giving, or text MHGIVE to 33777.

πŸ‘‰ Give here

Here’s where I’ll leave you. The signal never dropped on His end. See you Sunday at 10:30.

Pastor Clarence E. Stowers, Jr.

P.S. Open your calendar right now and block three mornings for the ten quiet minutes. If it is not scheduled, your phone will eat it before you notice.

A word from this week’s sponsor

This week’s sponsor is my own podcast, Still Standing. It is for the person who carries other people and has not been carried in a while. No theory. I teach from survival, and every episode says the hard thing plainly. Press play on one this week.

Still Standing with Clarence E. Stowers Jr. Listen on Apple Podcasts.

πŸ‘‰ Listen on Apple Podcasts

Still Standing on Apple Podcasts

Now you know what God said. And what He didn’t.

Now you know what God said. And what He didn’t.

Grace and peace to you this week. Sunday we closed CHECK YOUR SOURCE online, and the Spirit of the Lord was in that room. I felt it on the other side of the screen. If you were there, thank you. If you missed it, keep reading, because I’m not letting you miss what He said.

One church, two campuses, one family.

CHECK YOUR SOURCE, Week 5: GOD SAID NO

CHECK YOUR SOURCE Series Close, Week 5: GOD SAID NO

Five Sundays ago we started checking the sources on sentences church people repeat like Scripture. God won’t give you more than you can handle. God helps those who help themselves. Everything happens for a reason. If it’s God, it will be easy. Sunday we took on the last one, and the one underneath all the others: if you have enough faith, you’ll get it.

Not one of those is in your Bible. Now you know what God said, and what He never said.

Paul begged God three times to take the thorn away. The thorn stayed. Nobody in this house questions Paul’s faith. And God did not go silent on him either.

“Each time he said, ‘My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.'” (2 Corinthians 12:9, NLT)

Write this down: Faith that only survives yes was never faith at all.

Your practice this week: say the no out loud to one trusted person, then keep praying anyway. Not the person who will fix it. The person who will not flinch.

Watch the Replay

Missed it, or watched it and need the middle part again? This is your seat.

πŸ‘‰ Watch “GOD SAID NO” on YouTube

Go deeper: Your Three Weekly Growth Tools

Sunday lasts thirty minutes. Your week lasts 168 hours. By Tuesday lunch, most of what you heard is gone. Not because you didn’t care. Because nothing carried it into Monday.

Three tools do the carrying. Every week. Use all three.

β“΅ The Spotify Worship Playlist. The worship set from the series, ready for your commute, your kitchen, your 5am. Put it on before you put on the news.

πŸ‘‰ Play the CHECK YOUR SOURCE playlist

β“Ά The 5-Day Devotional. Two minutes a day, five days, built on Sunday’s message. Read it before you open anything else on your phone. You’ve spent longer than that on worse.

πŸ‘‰ Start the 5-Day Devotional

β“· The Sermon Application Guide. This is where the message stops being something you heard and becomes something you did. Keep it next to your Bible.

πŸ‘‰ Get the Sermon Application Guide

Every message, every week, is also waiting for you at marshillchicago.org/messages.

Save the Date: Reconnect Starts Sunday, October 11

Reconnect Life Group Series, starts Sunday October 11

Five weeks of CHECK YOUR SOURCE cleared out what was false. Now we build with what is true.

Here is the honest question. When was the last time you had a real conversation with God? Not a grace before dinner. Not a prayer in the car because you were late. A real one. If you have to think about it, you already know why this exists.

Reconnect is a six week Life Group reset. Six Sundays. Six honest conversations. Six next steps small enough to take. The Sunday message sets the theme, your group talks it through and practices it together, and every person leaves with one challenge for the week.

β“΅ October 11: Reconnect with God
β“Ά October 18: Reconnect with Scripture
β“· October 25: Reconnect with Your Soul
β“Έ November 1: Reconnect with People
β“Ή November 8: Reconnect with Calling
β“Ί November 15: Reconnect with Mission

Week 1 asks for ten quiet minutes with God, on three days. Thirty minutes total. You will spend more than that scrolling before you get out of bed.

Three ways in, so nobody gets left outside:

In person. A real room, real people, one table.
Virtual. Same guide, same rhythm, on a video call from wherever you are.
Self guided. One email a week tied to Sunday. Reply with what you noticed, and a real person reads it.

You do not need to have it figured out. You need to show up honest and take one next step. And to every Life Group leader who said yes: you are not teaching a second sermon. You are asking good questions and making room. That is the whole job, and it matters more than you know.

πŸ‘‰ Your move today: reply to this email with the word IN. Tell me whether you want an in person group, a virtual group, or the self guided track, and our team will get you placed before Sunday.

This Sunday: Our Monthly In-Person Gathering

Mars Hill Anywhere in-person gathering, Sunday October 11, 2026, 10:30 AM Central, 7941 47th Street, McCook, IL. Live in person and online.

This is our monthly in-person Sunday. Come to the room in McCook, bring your friends, or come as you are. The same service streams online, so wherever you sit, you are in the house.

RECONNECT, Week 1: NO BARS

You have not missed church in months. You also cannot remember the last time you talked to God about something real.

You didn’t walk away from God. You stopped checking the signal, and now you’re surprised it’s weak. Sunday we open John 15 and look at a vine that stops drawing from the root. It doesn’t die today. It just stops bearing anything worth picking.

“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5, NLT)

Sunday, October 11, 10:30 AM Central. In person at 7941 47th Street, McCook, Illinois, and online at the same time. Pick your screen:

πŸ‘‰ Website: marshillchicago.org
πŸ‘‰ YouTube: youtube.com/@ClarenceStowersTV
πŸ‘‰ Facebook Live: facebook.com/MarsHillChicago/live

Thank you for holding this house up

This is a hybrid church with two campuses: the room in McCook and the campus that’s wherever you’re sitting right now. Your prayers and your giving keep both of them open.

Give at marshillchicago.org/giving, or text MHGIVE to 33777.

πŸ‘‰ Give here

Here’s where I’ll leave you. The lies are checked. The thorn is in the light. Now go reconnect with the One who never needed you to earn a stronger signal. See you Sunday.

Pastor Clarence E. Stowers, Jr.

P.S. Know somebody who drifted quiet with God and is too embarrassed to say it? Forward this to them. They don’t need a lecture. They need a seat at the table on Sunday.

A word from this week’s sponsor

This week’s sponsor is my own Substack. I write there for people carrying real weight: leaders, builders, and professionals who want faith that holds up on a Monday morning. No theory. Straight talk from someone who has survived what I write about. Take ten seconds and see what’s there.

Clarence E. Stowers Jr. on Substack. Click to read.

πŸ‘‰ Read My Substack

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