Still Standing with Clarence E. Stowers, Jr.
Still Standing is not a leadership podcast.
It is a conversation for people who did everything right and still ended up in a season that does not make sense.
Clarence E Stowers, Jr. has spent 30 years leading, building, losing, rebuilding, and carrying weight most people never see. After selling a building, navigating a full organizational transition, and watching trusted people become strangers, he came out the other side with a different voice.
Not polished. Not theoretical. Not safe.
I do not teach from theory. I teach from survival.
This show is for high-capacity adults who are renegotiating everything - career, faith, identity, relationships - and need a real conversation from someone who has paid the price to still be here.
No hype. No soft answers. No pretending.
Start with the most recent episodes to experience Still Standing. Earlier episodes reflect a previous season of the show.
New episodes every Tuesday.
Still Standing with Clarence E. Stowers, Jr.
When Everything Collapses | Episode 51
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When Everything Collapses
When Faith Feels Far | Episode 51
You handled it. You made the call. You kept everybody else together. But the dust settled, and now you feel like a stranger in your own life. Nobody prepared you for the aftermath: the confusion, the identity loss, and the quiet isolation that follows collapse.
In this episode, Clarence walks through Chapters 1 and 2 of When Faith Feels Far, showing why collapse does not cancel God's presence, why confusion is not a faith failure, and why the real danger after loss is not the pain itself. It is the silence you keep around it.
What You Will Learn:
β΅ Why the rubble is not proof God left. It is proof that something was never meant to carry the weight of your calling.
βΆ Why confusion after loss is normal, not faithless, and why you do not need every answer to keep walking.
β· Why isolation is the real danger after collapse, and how naming your loss out loud is the first step toward rebuilding.
The Practice:
Write down the one loss you are still carrying that you have never said out loud. Not the public one. The one underneath it. Say it to God, say it to a trusted person, or say it on paper. Name it before you try to fix it.
This episode is for you if you have been holding it together for everyone else but privately wondering when someone is going to ask how you are really doing.
Scriptures Referenced:
Psalm 46:1 | Psalm 34:18 | Isaiah 55:8-9 | Hebrews 13:5 (all NLT)
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We are walking through When Faith Feels Far together, chapter by chapter, in small groups where it is safe to be honest. Link in bio.
After you listen, tell me: what is the one thing you lost that you still have not fully grieved? I read every comment.
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