Craig Gross is the founder of XXX Church, a ministry that provided spiritual support for people both involved in and addicted to the adult entertainment industry. XXX Church got a lot of attention, and now Gross has set his sights on another curious industry: the rapidly expanding weed business.
Yes, there is a Christian knockoff of just about everything, so there might as well be Christian pot now. Joining the proud legacy of Testamints, Redemption and Christian Yoga, we now have Christian Cannabis, a place where you can discuss the theological merits of getting high, check out the new podcast and, yes, legally purchase weed. And we are just getting started here.
To begin, Gross describes a series of medical issues that had flummoxed doctors and left piles of medical bills in their wake. He lives in California and gave weed a shot after the state legalized it for medicinal purposes. He writes that the initial results were unhelpful, but the discovery of cannabis-infused mints was very helpful. “The Lord met me in ways more powerful than I have ever known in my forty-two years on this earth,” Gross writes of his experience. “My head stopped spinning and I heard His voice. I got clarity. I got direction. I got out of my head, and I let God into my heart in a lasting, visceral way.”
Gross released a video explaining his thesis for the product on 4/20 at Coachella.
Gross says that weed has medicinal benefits, and medical science would indeed seem to back him up in some limited capacity there. But Gross also says he has “benefitted spiritually thanks to the mental and physical wellness that I have experienced” from weed. “Call me crazy, but that little green cross pointed my eyes toward the real Cross, and I finally saw it.”
To wit, Christian Cannabis plans to start selling weed pens with strains named things like “Pause”, “Purpose” and “Praise.” There are also plans to sell balms and even a version of those mints Gross was talking about.
“I am of the opinion that being on this side of the cannabis conversation will prove to be a good thing,” Gross writes on his website. “Most religious folks want to only speak up once the debate is over, but I don’t see this issue resolving in all states and countries anytime soon.”