Why I Wrote This Book | Episode 50
Episode 50 of the The Clarence Stowers Leadership Podcast podcast, hosted by Clarence E. Stowers, Jr., titled "Why I Wrote This Book | Episode 50" was published on February 24, 2026 and runs 19 minutes.
February 24, 2026 ·19m · The Clarence Stowers Leadership Podcast
Summary
I was sitting in an empty church building. Keys in my hand. About to hand them over for the last time. And in that moment, I did not feel faith. I felt forgotten. This is Episode 0 of a 10-part series based on my book, When Faith Feels Far. I tell the full story of losing Mars Hill's church building during COVID, introduce the difference between change and transition, and lay out a 10-week roadmap for finding joy on the other side of loss. Problem You lost something significant. A buil...
Episode Description
I was sitting in an empty church building. Keys in my hand. About to hand them over for the last time. And in that moment, I did not feel faith. I felt forgotten.
This is Episode 0 of a 10-part series based on my book, When Faith Feels Far. I tell the full story of losing Mars Hill's church building during COVID, introduce the difference between change and transition, and lay out a 10-week roadmap for finding joy on the other side of loss.
Problem
You lost something significant. A building. A career. A marriage. A dream. The change happened, and you handled it. But the transition, the slow, messy, inside work of learning to live on new ground, is where you got stuck. Nobody talks about that part.
Promise
In this episode, Clarence tells the full story of losing Mars Hill's church building during COVID, introduces the difference between change and transition, and lays out a 10-week roadmap for finding joy on the other side of loss.
What You Will Learn:
① The difference between change and transition, and why most people get stuck in the second one
② Why collapse does not cancel God's presence or His plan for your life
③ How grief and faith can live in the same body at the same time
④ What this 10-episode series will cover and why every chapter matters
⑤ The moment I knew the building was gone, and what it did to me spiritually
The Practice
Get the book When Faith Feels Far on Amazon this week. Read the Preface. Let the story sit with you. Then come back next week ready to go deeper.
Key Takeaways
① Change is the event; transition is the real battle. Change happens outside of you. Transition happens inside. Most people get stuck because they think handling the change means they should be over it by now.
② Loss does not cancel God's presence. Losing the building, the job, the marriage, or the plan does not mean God left. He meets you in the collapse, not after it.
③ You are not broken, you are in transition. Feeling stuck between what was and what is next is not weakness. It is the natural process of rebuilding from the inside out.
④ Grief and faith can live in the same body. You do not have to choose between honest pain and trusting God. Both can be true at the same time.
⑤ Joy is not a distant dream. It is a decision you make in the dark. Joy does not wait for perfect conditions. It meets you in the mess when you choose to keep walking.
⑥ Your story is not finished. No matter what you have lost, collapse is not the conclusion. In God's hands, every ending becomes soil for something new.
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