Holy Smokes: Cigars and Spirituality

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**Holy Smokes: Cigars and Spirituality**

Join us for a conversation amongst friends, led by Kristian A. Smith, as we deconstruct harmful theology and create beloved community one cigar at a time. In a nutshell, Kristian and The Cast smoke, drink, cuss and talk about life, faith and theology. We embrace nuance as the spice of life while striving to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Holy Smokes is disrupting everything you thought you knew about church kids.

Latest Episodes:

Red Lip Theology with Candice Benbow "Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality" S6 E2 Mar 21, 2022

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You can find everything you need at https://www.holysmokesmovement.com/

Watch the entire episode at patreon.com/tfcatl.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform.

The Faith Community is a disruptive ministry built upon five keys: Greatest Commandment Theology, Anti-Racism, Women's Equity, LGBTQ+ Affirmation, and Bible Criticism. We are for the unchurched, the over-churched, and the under-churched; the weary and the wounded; the seeking and the cynical.

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Deconstruction 101 "Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality" S6 E1 Mar 14, 2022

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You can find everything you need at https://www.holysmokesmovement.com/

Watch the entire episode at patreon.com/tfcatl.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform.

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Website: https://www.thefaithcommunity.org

Would Jesus be A Christian? "Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality" S5 Bonus Feb 28, 2022

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Many people assume that Jesus was a Christian because the religion was started in his name. But the truth is Christianity didn't even exist until after Jesus' life ended. Jesus was a Jew.

In September of 2020 we recorded an episode where we wondered out loud, "If Jesus were alive today, would he be a Christian?" That may seem blasphemous, but the reality is that Jesus would have had to change his religion if he decided to be a Christian (or practice multiple religions).

We never released the after party of this episode. So, today I want to invite you into this experience where Karema "The Truth" shared her timeless wisdom and Grayson "The Pundit" points out how conversations about Jesus always go straight to hell.

I'm Kristian A. Smith, the host and the heretic of Holy Smokes, the pastor of The Faith Community of Atlanta and the author of Breaking All The Rules: An Ancient Framework for Modern Faith. Welcome to the final installment Postseason 5 of Holy Smokes where we are delivering some content you haven't heard, while we gear up for the launch of Season 6 in two weeks!

We're going to drop you into the after party at the point where Kervance The Kingmaker draws a parallel between Holy Smokes, Rush Limbaugh and Jesus.

So here it is, the never before released After Party of "Would Jesus be a Christian?" right here from Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality where we are deconstructing harmful theology and creating beloved community one cigar at a time. Let's get to it!

Watch the entire episode at patreon.com/tfcatl.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform.

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Website: https://www.thefaithcommunity.org

Misogyny in The Church: A Woman's Perspective "Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality" S5 Bonus Feb 21, 2022

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Our most popular episode to date is "Misogyny in The Church: A Woman's Perspective" where I was joined by The Unfit Christian herself, Danyelle Thomas. Danyelle and I quickly discovered that we are cousins based on our kindred spirits.

Danyelle shared so much insight on this episode. The live virtual recording had almost 400 comments in the chat which is double what we normally have. Of course, we weren't able to cover all of the discussion points. Danyelle shared on the episode how misogyny in the church has affected her relationship with the church and her relationship with God. Now, I want to invite you to the after party where she shares how misogyny in the church has affected her relationship with herself. You'll also have a chance to hear some feedback from Angela and Janackeh, two members of our Patreon community.

I'm Kristian A. Smith, the host and the heretic of Holy Smokes, the pastor of The Faith Community of Atlanta and the author of Breaking All The Rules: An Ancient Framework for Modern Faith. Welcome to Postseason 5 of Holy Smokes where we are delivering some content you haven't heard while we gear up for Season 6. We're going to drop you into this episode at the point where Danyelle and I are conversing about the impact of how we use gender-specific language for The Divine. You will hear me close out the official episode and begin the after party.

So here it is, the never before released After Party of "Misogyny in The Church: A Woman's Perspective" featuring the Unfit Christian, Danyelle Thomas, right here from Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality where we are deconstructing harmful theology and creating beloved community one cigar at a time. Let's get to it!

Watch the entire episode at patreon.com/tfcatl.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform.

For more inspiring content like this, check out our other platforms:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TFCATL

Store: https://www.spreadshirt.com/user/faithcommunityatl

Instagram: @tfcatl, @holysmokesmovement

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Tfcatl

Website: https://www.thefaithcommunity.org

Should Black People be Christian? "Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality" S5 Bonus Feb 14, 2022

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Should Black People be Christians? It's a question that is asked more frequently the more exposure Black people in America get to other cultures, ideologies and theologies. I know some people whose answer is "absolutely not" and others who would suggest "Christianity is the only way."

Well, last February we unpacked this question with our special guest, Stephen Thurston II, and some of our cast members including Karema The Truth, Nikki The Anchor, Grayson The Pundit & Myron The Mystic. And of course there was so much content from the After Party of that episode recording that is simply too good not to share. This was one of those episodes where our live virtual audience had plenty of questions for us to process in real time. For example, Josh Carpenter, one of patrons who has appeared as a guest on the podcast before shared concerns in the comments about rooting so much of our theology in lived experience because of how some people will manipulate that idea to justify harmful activities. We addressed that concern and others in this bonus episode.

I'm Kristian A. Smith, the host and the heretic of Holy Smokes, the pastor of The Faith Community of Atlanta and the author of Breaking All The Rules: An Ancient Framework for Modern Faith. Welcome to Postseason 5 of Holy Smokes where we are delivering some content you haven't heard while we gear up for Season 6. We're going to drop you into this episode just as Stephen Thurston is giving his closing thoughts on whether Black people should be Christians. At that point you will hear me close out the official episode and begin the after party.

So here it is, the never before released After Party of "Should Black People be Christians" right here from Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality where we are deconstructing harmful theology and creating beloved community one cigar at a time. Let's get to it!

Watch the entire episode at patreon.com/tfcatl.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform.

For more inspiring content like this, check out our other platforms:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TFCATL

Store: https://www.spreadshirt.com/user/faithcommunityatl

Instagram: @tfcatl, @holysmokesmovement

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Tfcatl

Website: https://www.thefaithcommunity.org

Christian Cancel Culture: Critical Race Theory "Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality" S5 Bonus Feb 07, 2022

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Happy Black History Month! Last year, Critical Race Theory became this huge polarizing topic in the United States. It seemed like everywhere I turned someone was trying to discredit the theory as an "anti-American distortion of U.S. History", especially conservative Christian pundits. So guess what we did, recorded a podcast episode about it in June of 2021.

Ya'll it was so good that we only had a chance to cover half of our discussion points on the episode. There were two big questions that we had to save for the after party of the episode, you know, the portion we record with our Patreon community that never gets published to the podcast platforms. Here are the two statements we tossed around in the after party. 1. Some people say Critical Race Theory is a distraction from the teachings of Jesus. 2. Some people suggest the major fault with Critical Race Theory is that it suggests Christianity plays a major role in racial oppression. Do you have thoughts on those two statements? Well, so do we. And we're inviting you into that conversation right now.

I'm Kristian A. Smith, the host and the heretic of Holy Smokes, the pastor of The Faith Community of Atlanta and the author of Breaking All The Rules: An Ancient Framework for Modern Faith. On this episode I'm joined by Karema "The Truth", Myron "The Mystic" and Nikki "The Anchor" to get to the bottom of why so many people hate Critical Race Theory so much. Fair warning, we got pretty pissed off while recording this episode. Well let me speak for myself, I got pissed off while recording this episode. So, if you've never heard me use colorful language, brace yourselves, because I dropped the F-Bomb on this episode.

We're going to drop you in as we are closing out the official episode. You will hear me do my closing remarks like I always do, which marks the beginning of the After Party. So here it is, the After Party of "Christian Cancel Culture: Critical Race Theory" right here from Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality where we are deconstructing harmful theology and creating beloved community one cigar at a time. Let's get to it!

Watch the entire episode at patreon.com/tfcatl.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform.

For more inspiring content like this, check out our other platforms:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TFCATL

Store: https://www.spreadshirt.com/user/faithcommunityatl

Instagram: @tfcatl, @holysmokesmovement

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Tfcatl

Website: https://www.thefaithcommunity.org

Christian Cancel Culture: Language "Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality" S5 Bonus Jan 31, 2022

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Have you ever been chastised or seen someone be chastised for using the term "luck"? I sure have. It's like a curse word in some Christian settings. Some Christians treat it as an offense to God if we dare to say someone was lucky. Here at Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality we released an episode on Language in June of last year as a part of our Christian Cancel Culture series. In this episode we unpacked how various expressions of Christianity seek to control people's language. And we weren't talking about your traditional curse words. No, we are talking about the elitism with which Christians approach our jargon. It's not luck. It's a blessing. I wish y'all would stop giving the Universe credit for stuff God did. It's not energy it's HIS spirit.

Well, we never shared the after party of that episode publicly, so today you get a glimpse at a portion of our discussion that never made it to the podcast platforms until today. I'm Kristian A. Smith, the host and the heretic of holy smokes, the pastor of the Faith Community of Atlanta and the author of Breaking All The Rules: An Ancient Framework for Modern Faith. Today I'm joined by Tierney "At&t" Jordan and Kervance "The Kingmaker" Ross. The triviality of this topic was so frustrating that Kervance told me at the beginning of the after party he didn't want to talk with me anymore. Well guess what, he talked to me anyway.

So here it is, the after party of Christian Cancel Culture: Language from Season 4 of Holy Smokes: Cigars and Spirituality where we are deconstructing harmful theology and creating beloved community one cigar at a time. So, let's get to it!

Watch the entire episode at patreon.com/tfcatl.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform.

For more inspiring content like this, check out our other platforms:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TFCATL

Store: https://www.spreadshirt.com/user/faithcommunityatl

Instagram: @tfcatl, @holysmokesmovement

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Tfcatl

Website: https://www.thefaithcommunity.org

Christian Cancel Culture: Rituals "Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality" S5 Bonus Jan 24, 2022

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Back in season 4 we did a series called Christian Cancel Culture, where we discussed the ways Fundamentalist expressions of Christianity attempt to discredit any practices and concepts they deem Unchristian. On July 5, 2021 we released the Christian Cancel Culture episode on Rituals, because we recognize that church folk really really struggle with other Jesus-followers practicing seemingly non-christian rituals like the burning of sage, or the use of crystals, tarot cards, palm readings, yoga, etc…

Well, today we are inviting you to the after-party of the Rituals episode where we went as far as addressing Child Sacrifice as a ritual with our Patreon community, who joined us in the live virtual audience of this recording.

Welcome to Postseason 5 of Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality. I'm Kristian A. Smith, the host and the Heretic of Holy Smokes. The pastor of The Faith Community and the author of Breaking All The Rules. During the Postseason we bring you content you either haven't heard before or you haven't heard in ages. Today you're getting content you haven't heard before.

Remember this episode invites you into the behind the scenes discussion we had after the official episode ended. We're going to pick up toward the end of this episode where Tierney AT&T Jordan shares her thoughts on Sage. You will hear me end the official episode like I always do, which marks the beginning of the After Party where Myron The Mystic gets really churchy by reminding us we don't have a "Patent on the Power." Trust me, that line will make perfect sense after you hear him break it down.

So here it is, the after party of Christian Cancel Culture: Rituals from Season 4 of Holy Smokes: Cigars and Spirituality where we are deconstructing harmful theology and creating beloved community one cigar at a time. So, let's get to it!

Watch the entire episode at patreon.com/tfcatl.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform.

For more inspiring content like this, check out our other platforms:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TFCATL

Store: https://www.spreadshirt.com/user/faithcommunityatl

Instagram: @tfcatl, @holysmokesmovement

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Tfcatl

Website: https://www.thefaithcommunity.org

"Race and Privilege in a Pandemic" Holy Smokes: Cigars & Spirituality S5 Bonus Jan 17, 2022

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Watch the entire episode at patreon.com/tfcatl.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform.