The Conversation, Cannabis & Christianity podcast

Thuy started on the sales floor of a beauty company and is now an executive at CHANEL Beauty. For Thuy, beauty has always been something deeper than the surface appearance of a person. At the same time, she's witnessed an internal change in women when they see their appearance with designer make-up, and the change has been profound. She used cannabis because it helped her connect with customers on the salesfloor, and her sales were at or near the top. She spent a bit of her early childhood attending church at a Christian denomination but has not associated with organized religion since. She believes a higher power exists and she has an inescapable internal motivation to help people. A beautiful woman, an executive in the beauty industry and she believes there is deeper value in people than the external.   

Eric takes the hard questions about cannabis and Christianity: Did God create the cannabis plant? Is the cannabis plant here for humans to use? His answers will surprise you! Also, Eric details his experiences as a chaplain serving in military warzones and VA medical facilities and how the individual need for a meaningful life is coherently answered by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Jim spent a bulk of his life in the financial services sector raising over $100m for companies; then, he spent 30 months in a federal prison camp for wire fraud. But was Jim set up by federal law enforcement? His work now consists of proving he was. Jim's outlook while in prison is surprisingly positive! While incarcerated, he used time instead of allowing apathy to use him. He interviewed inmates and found many of them to be in prison for marijuana. He and his wife attend a Lutheran Church, they do not use marijuana but they know many people who do and have witnessed its positive impact on people suffering from physical pain and psychological challenges.  

Moses' biological father trained Moses and his twin brother to steal cars when they were seven years old. When law enforcement caught up, Moses and his twin brother entered the foster care system. Starting off in the homes of family members, the brothers endured physical beatings until law enforcement removed them from the home. Using drugs while in fifth grade, Moses tried almost everything but recognized cannabis as the one thing that could keep him calm, productively present and engaged with others. Throughout his life he could not escape the idea that there is more to this life than the material, there is a life after this life. Love, rejection, responsibility, children, families, cannabis, God and Jesus; join us as we explore what this Phoenix endured before rising from the ashes of rejection.    

It's a WILD RIDE with D-Dove! After enduring a three-week asthma induced coma at the age of 12, D-Dove committed himself to becoming a respiratory therapist and has been practicing for 17 years. A staunch advocate for cannabis and music as means to help us understand who we are and that love never fails, D-Dove incorporates Rastafarianism into his worldview lens. Join us as we discuss cannabis, Christian Scripture, whether or not sin is real, and much more. 

Todd has a professional background like no other: CEO of Harvest 360, Chairman of the Board for Blue Diamond Ventures, Advisory Board Member for the Missouri Cannabis Trade Association & retired Commissioned Officer for the U.S. Army where he spent a bulk of his career in international affairs. As you listen to Todd's story you cannot help but understand that Todd has harnessed his life's work and focused it on helping people with one of the world's oldest known medicines, cannabis.    

Anthony talks about how his career in the U.S. Coast Guard was influenced by President Reagan's War on Drugs, how credentialed mariners and transportation systems could be impacted by the legalization of marijuana, and how he came to his current position as Director of a disaster response non-profit whose mission is to help people and communities re-build their lives after natural or manmade disasters. Join us for a candid conversation about cannabis and Christianity!

We help the cannabis user understand Christ, and the Christian understand cannabis. The Christian scriptures record Jesus telling a crowd of religious hypocrites that it is not what one puts into their body that defiles them, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them. If a young child suffering from disease or injury, and the unwanted side effects of strong prescription drugs, can clinically and experientially benefit from using a form of cannabis, then how is it that cannabis became synonymous with cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Come with us as we explore the cannabis plant and the person of Jesus Christ!