Shari A Smith
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Shari A Smith
@shariasmith.bsky.social
✍️Writer & author in progress
❤️‍🩹Navigating healthy faith after spiritual abuse
✨Rebuilding authentic spirituality w/o the formulas
🎙️ Podcast cohost of Survivors Discuss
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https://linktr.ee/Shariasmith
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend within progressive/social justice circles in the last several years; it’s one of cruelty and of glorification of death and violence. Things that are antithetical to social justice work.
February 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
2025 is a special year for me because it marks the 40th spin of the earth around the sun of my lifetime.
February 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What does a healthy faith look like?

I recently asked followers across social media what they believe a healthy faith includes, and I've been collecting answers that I will be sharing.
February 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What does a healthy faith look like?

I recently asked followers across social media what they believe a healthy faith includes, and I've been collecting answers that I will be sharing.
February 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What does a healthy faith look like?

I recently asked followers across social media what they believe a healthy faith includes, and I've been collecting answers that I will be sharing throughout the month of January

Peter responded and said that, for him, a healthy faith includes consistency

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January 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
What does a healthy faith look like?

I recently asked followers across social media what they believe a healthy faith includes, and I've been collecting answers that I will be sharing throughout the month of January. 

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January 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Today is national religious freedom day. This is a day to take a moment to stand in gratitude for the freedom that so many of us have to practice whatever faith is compelling to us (or no faith at all), and to...

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January 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What does a healthy faith look like?

I recently asked followers across social media what they believe a healthy faith includes, and I've been collecting answers that I will be sharing throughout the month of January. 

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January 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
What does a healthy faith look like?

I recently asked followers across social media what they believe a healthy faith includes, and I've been collecting answers that I will be sharing throughout the month of January. 

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January 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
They told us that it was always about Jesus, but they showed us that it was actually about political power

That is the realization that lead to so many deconstruction journeys. After so many lies, how could we stay?

Read more on Substack:
faithandcoffee.substack.com | "Welcome to The Wilderness"
January 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Today is the day of the Epiphany (also known as Three Kings’ Day). It celebrates the three wise men’s visit Jesus

Today also marks the official end of the Christmas season (unless you celebrate Orthodox Christmas which is tomorrow!)

Wishing a happy Epiphany to all who observe!

#Epiphany2025
January 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Found in a gift bag that we bought from our local Costco.

Sure glad I saw this before I did something wild and crazy like make friends with an alien and introduce them to socialism 👀
January 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Happy New Year!

May 2025 be a year filled with joy, peace, and every kind of happiness your heart could want 💜

#NewYearsDay2025
January 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We were told that God was unchanging; He was consistency in a world that constantly bent and caved to society’s changing values. So to, we were taught, are the true believers. We must stand strong against the world, even to the point of death before ever sacrificing the absolute truth of God.

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December 9, 2024 at 8:50 PM
For the past few years, I’ve been grappling with something that’s been on my mind: how common it is for those who have experienced deconstruction to adopt new beliefs, but still retain the black and white worldview from their previous lives in toxic or high control faith.

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November 17, 2024 at 7:34 PM