The Conversation, Cannabis & Christianity podcast

Alex Hearding is the founder and president of Red Wolf Risk, a risk management and compliance firm serving the cannabis industry. With more than 17 years of experience in cannabis operations and risk management, Alex brings a unique perspective shaped by firsthand experience as an operator and years advising businesses on safety, quality, insurance, and regulatory compliance. Today, his work focus...

Everyone is given time and prescribed times in this life. Significant life changes always bring opportunities. The time is always here for humans to understand and change, but there are prescribed times in each of our lives that you do not want to forfeit. Times made for you to walk boldly towards the throne. These times are personal, subjective within each son and daughter. When the time comes, r...

There are all kinds of walks in life and there are many, many songs about all of the different ways we can walk, dance and sing in this life. Walking can be literal and it can be figurative. Walking with your Maker is an inside out relationship, and legs are not required.

You cannot discern a wolf if you do not have knowledge. The American southeast is a beautiful and confusing area of culture. It is known as America’s bible belt, the region of the country that clings to Christian religion as an anchor for the nation. It is also historically known for furiously fighting to keep racial slavery and segregation alive. This is an evil that makes it easy for one to say,...

Jennifer Boozer Stewart is a nationally recognized hemp & cannabis advocate, educator, and entrepreneur. She founded CannaBama, Alabama’s first hemp dispensary, and has become one of the state’s most trusted voices for cannabis education, consumer empowerment, and grassroots advocacy. She’s also the creator and host of Sweet Home CannaBama, the first cannabis‑focused FM radio show in the country —...

Dave Chappelle's show did a sketch comedy skit on the term, "Wrap it up, B!" This has nothing to do with the Chappelle's Show skit, it's better. You will be reminded of what some ideas actually mean when you put them through testing. Where do they land?

Shannon Donnelly directs the cannabis hospitality certificate program at Metropolitan State University of Denver, the first program of its kind housed within a university School of Hospitality. She founded The New Lavender, a women-owned Cannabis media company, and serves as Board President of Expunge Colorado, a nonprofit focused on criminal record sealing. She is also a town trustee in Lochbuie...

WAY, BACK and HOME can be interpreted several ways, with flavors of nostalgia in all. It is good practice to ensure your way back home is not designed by nostalgia, but by sound understanding. Nostalgia has been hijacked by those who design generational lifestyles for sale. Authenticity is within.

It comes or goes in measurements of time, your choice. It can soothe or thrash, your choice. What you believe, what you believe will become much more within you. What do you believe?

A lifelong 'numbers person' who learned the value of faithful stewardship at a young age, Mary is the founder of Green Goddess CFO, where she uses her years of financial and tax expertise to help businesses in the cannabis and hemp space. Above all of her professional achievements, Mary is a devoted follower of Jesus Christ, her Lord and Savior. She credits God entirely for her calling into the fi...

When trusted entities, institutions and individuals are discovered to be conducting nefarious actions towards those they are serving, people begin to look for doubt, joke about doubt with cynicism and before long bitterness takes root. Yet, in this land of deception there is a trustworthy Maker who loves you. You can stake your life on His love for you.

When humans here the term, "Time is up!" there is either a deep sense of satisfaction from knowing what was done ahead of time to prepare. Or, there is deep life regret from too much ignoring, too much time spent in listless places, too much lack of belief. But the man or woman who pushes nonsense aside while many others remain engaged will be more than satisfied with the One they put th...

This was recorded before Episode 66 with, Tóta Jónsdóttir and in this conversation Tóta and Miguel discuss life in Iceland, cannabis, hemp and religion. She is the founder and driving force behind Health for the Future, an international summit taking place in Reykjavík, Iceland, September 18–20, 2026. For more than a decade, Tóta has stood alongside patients who have been left without answers, saf...

Þórunn “Tóta” Þórs Jónsdóttir is the founder and driving force behind Health for the Future, an international summit taking place in Reykjavík, Iceland, September 18–20, 2026. For more than a decade, Tóta has stood alongside patients who have been left without answers, safe treatment options and too often without a voice. Her work is deeply personal and driven by the belief that everyone deserves...

The spirit or heart of a human being is commonly understood to be or mean the inner-person, the inner-man or inner-woman, and there are personal storylines connecting our Maker and our spirit, or heart. There are also storylines designed to enslave, storylines that are never satisfied. Storylines of pride confused with virtue; storylines your inner-person does not recognize as sovereign.

Jenny is a national cannabis compliance consultant and the founder of ICS Consulting, with more than 17 years of hands-on experience in regulated cannabis and more than 20 years of hospitality experience. She began working in Colorado’s cannabis industry in 2009, during the transition from an emerging, largely unregulated market to one of the most established regulated cannabis markets in the coun...

The concept of 40 days having a profound sense of meaning deeper than the average perception of daily life is from deep biblical truths that cannot be explained by a simple query into a manmade box via the internet. Most know of Jesus in the wilderness without food and water for 40 days, at which point Lucifer attempted to deceive Him. Moses was with God for the span of 40 days, twice. After his s...

Notifications can help people remember what they are not thinking of in a given moment. Notifications can also wall individuals into the monetized developments of digital marketing. The choice to do so or not belongs to each individual. Dig through the wall.

Brett Puffenbarger is an Appalachian American, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, married pet parent and he's coming up on 10 years in the cannabis industry. He is also a managing partner of a revenue and marketing consultancy, Good Highdeas and he is the CEO of Old Dominion Cannabis.

"From Heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; from His dwelling place he watches all who live on earth - He who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do. No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save. But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fe...

He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of His household.

"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

Clichés abound in this life, we love and hate hearing them at certain moments of joy and suffering. Love because the idea of someone else understanding you in the gravity of a moment brings camaraderie and togetherness, a shared and empathetic understanding that is not abused or made fun of. Hate because many humans do not fully understand the depth of our words, and when we use them carelessly in...

Dr. Ruth Fisher, PhD economics, is a systems design researcher, modeler and analyst who studies markets to determine how environments shape outcomes. Dr. Fisher has 30 years of experience in the technology and healthcare industries and has worked on behalf of technology companies, early-stage researchers, physicians and technology start-ups. Dr. Fisher came to cannabis in 2016 to help her brother...

"I lift up my eyes to the mountains - where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip - He who watches over you will not slumber."