When was the last time you had a good cry? How did it make you feel? Did you feel better because you let it out? Did you feel ashamed at the mere fact that you were crying? It’s good to pay attention to those moments because it can tell us a lot about how we relate to our own emotions. Well last week we released The Emotional Suppression installment of our Theology of Parenting Series where we broke down why we are so often disconnected from our emotions and how we can reconnect so that we don’t pass it down to our children.
Well, in case you didn’t know, we have now entered Postseason 6 of Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality. What does that mean? It means we are bringing you some unreleased content and some of our most popular content while the team takes a rest to gear up for season 7. Each time we record an episode with our live virtual audience from Patreon there is a pre-show and an after party. Sometimes the content in those portions of the recording are equally as rich as what we publish to the podcast platforms. So today we’re sharing the After-Party of the Emotional Suppression episode.
Here’s the context: During the Emotional Suppression episode, one of the members of our community, Ariana Valenzuela made a comment in the chat that caused me to burst into tears. Ariana is not only a member of the Holy Smokes Community, but she’s also a member of the leadership team for The Faith Community. And she is my cousin. She recently experienced a significant loss in her life that I wouldn’t wish on anybody. So, I have been doing my best to support her during this period of her life. At one point in the episode from last week we were talking about effective approaches we can take to develop emotional health in the lives of people, which led Ariana to make this comment in the chat. She said, “I can testify that Kristian does indeed take that approach. As my family, as my pastor, a month ago he held the power in his hands to destroy me and he chose love and life. #itsTFCforme”
So yall, when I read that comment I immediately started crying. So now we’re going to jump into the after party where I explain what about that statement made me so emotional. When you hear the long pause in this episode, it’s not because the sound went out. It’s because we were all sitting in the moment. And I started crying again… So pull up a chair and join us as we deconstruct harmful theology and build beloved community one cigar at a time. Let’s get to it.
Hey, would you like to come hang out with us in person this August? Great, because we want to hang out with you too. Sunday, August 28th at 3:00 pm Holy Smokes is hosting a DAI Party in Atlanta, GA. This will be the first time we’ve been able to gather in person since before the pandemic started. Registration includes cigars, conversations and cocktails. We may even throw in some lite bites. Just head over to holysmokesmovement.com to get registered today for the Holy Smokes Day Party in Atlanta, Ga.
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Thanks for listening. We’ll be back next time deconstructing more harmful theology and creating beloved community one cigar at a time.
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