Deconstructing Harmful Theology and Building Community with Kristian A Smith

T is for Transformation

Alex Coloreo

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Pastor Kristian A Smith, a Cultural Curator, and community builder help his clients and congregants develop how they see themselves on the inside and how others see them externally. He understands that God looks at your heart and humans look at your outer appearance - and his mission is to help you maximize both! With Shaun’s upbringing in the church and his own life values, he finds himself relating to Kristian’s messages. Listen in as he discusses the process of deconstructing bad theology and helping us understand what the church is in today's society. Kristian joins us on today’s episode to discuss: Religion being taught to children at such a young age and how it can pressure them Finding the right words to say to children Growing up with religion but feeling otherwise as you mature What exactly is “sin”? The bible and whether or not it is accurate Kristian’s story of how he found his community through social media Connect with Kristian: Instagram - @kristiansmith02 TikTok - @thekristianasmith Holy Smokes: Cigars and Spirituality Order Breaking all the Rules Follow along @trustandbelievepod on Instagram for all of the latest updates! Wine night is back! Become an ad-free member at https://plus.acast.com/s/trust-and-believe-with-shaun-t. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you for being here and for anybody out there listening right now.
0:06.9	Today, we are going to enhance your ability to trust and believe in your faith.
0:10.9	So Christian is a cultural creator and he is one who specializes in gathering and interpreting cultural content.
0:18.8	Like that is empowering in itself.
0:22.2	And as a cultural creator, you know, community building.
0:25.6	Christian helps his clients and congregants develop how they see themselves on the inside.
0:32.5	I'm smiling because I'm here for all of this and how others see them externally because I think,
0:41.6	as you all know out there, one of the things we think about all the time we judge
0:46.5	ourselves based on other people's opinions when we don't give ourselves enough credit
0:50.2	for what we see and feel on the inside anyway.
0:53.3	And Christian understands, and this is where it gets
0:55.6	super deep for me, Christian understand that God looks at your heart and looks at your outer appearance.
1:01.0	His mission is to help you maximize both. Christian has served in many areas of ministry,
1:07.5	including worship leader. I know all about worship leaders.
1:11.4	Conference planner and facilitator, teacher, youth minister, pastor and founder of the faith
1:17.1	community, and leader of holy smokes.
1:20.3	Mm-mm-mm-mm.
1:21.2	Cigar and spirituality movement.
1:23.7	Get ready to trust and believe.
1:29.2	Somebody says, oh yeah.
1:31.3	What's up?
1:35.0	You're better than Oprah.
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