Potcast 220: Christian Values and Cannabis
I really think you’re going to appreciate today’s conversation regardless if you go to church. Growing up, I was taught never to discuss politics or religion with folks you care about, especially at the dinner table. But as a 45-year-old woman with a lot of life experience, I have to say that I disagree. So I called up today’s guest to meet me at the intersection of cannabis and Christian values.
Craig Gross is the founder of Christian Cannabis and a former pastor known for his work in creating the XXX Church and becoming known as the Porn Pastor. Craig is an author, speaker, and curator of rooms where people can share secrets, build relationships, listen, learn, and create lifelong connections.
Do you want Craig Gross to speak to your church? Connect with him here.
If you’ve ever wanted to talk about cannabis with that friend or family member that thinks your medicine the devil’s lettuce, I hope you’ll share this potcast with them. Craig has spent twenty years examining alternative, secretive, and demonized things through the lens of Christian values with members of the church. Craig shares his experience of discovering cannabis, how it changed his life and his family, and how that affected his relationships with the church, congregation, and his colleagues. We discuss personal experiences with the spirituality of cannabis. And the joy and purpose of being for something rather than pushing against something else. And I bring out my list of unchristian stigmas that need to be squashed.
But before we spark up this conversation, I’d like to acknowledge that religion is polarizing and can cause tempers to flare and walls to go up and communication to shut down. I also acknowledge that there are many different titles given to Source energy, the creator of this cosmic experiment we’re all living in. So when you hear me speak of God, substitute in your deity of choice and let’s keep on rollin’ with the conversation. We gotta get better at having difficult conversations while simultaneously hearing each other. Because when we understand where each other is coming from, my friend - we make room for that cosmic magic where we’re in the flow and love and solutions abound. So smoke ‘em if you got ‘em and let’s open our hearts and minds to the spiritual conduit we call cannabis. It’s time to get casually baked.
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‘After the Show’ Notes
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Explore the Spiritual-Side of Cannabis
As Craig mentioned during our discussion, cannabis might speak to you more than a sermon ever has. Stay curious!
Book recommendation from Craig. This book by Stephen Gray is a guide to the benefits and challenges of the use of cannabis in spiritual practice.
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