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.
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Still Standing with Clarence E. Stowers, Jr.
Two Weapons That Pulled Me Out of My Darkest Season | Episode 55
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Gratitude in the middle of grief sounds offensive. Joy when your life is in ruins sounds delusional. But what if they are the two things that kept me alive?
This is Episode 55 of the When Faith Feels Far podcast series. Chapters 9 and 10: The Power of Gratitude and Joy That Overcomes.
The Problem
Bitterness is creeping in. Joy feels like a foreign country. You cannot remember the last time you genuinely felt grateful or experienced real joy. And the distance between surviving and living is getting wider.
The Promise
In this episode, we walk through Chapters 9 and 10 of When Faith Feels Far, showing why gratitude is a weapon against bitterness, why joy is not the same as happiness, and the simple daily practice that started turning the tide.
What You Will Learn:
① Why gratitude is not denial but a deliberate act of war against bitterness
② The simple three-line daily practice that rewired how I see my life
③ The real difference between joy and happiness, and why it matters in your worst season
④ What Nehemiah 8:10 actually mean when your own strength is gone
⑤ Why joy is a decision you make before it becomes a feeling you have
The Practice:
This week, start a 3-line gratitude practice. Every morning, write down three specific things you are grateful for. Not generic. Specific. Do it for seven days and watch what shifts.
This episode is for you if bitterness has been creeping in and you cannot remember the last time you felt genuine joy.
After you listen, tell me: what is one specific thing you are grateful for today that you almost missed? I read every comment.
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