About Shean

Hi! My name is pronounced “Sean” in case you’re wondering. I’m married with three sons and live in South Alabama. I am a seminary graduate and former pastor. I did all the religious stuff under my institutional-approved credentials and religious mandates.

I began to see the futility of religious obligation and sought Father-God to fill in the blanks of my “what-is-the-point-of-religion?” questions. The answers Father gave me eventually led me away from all forms of religion to walk with him in a very personal way. I’m no longer under the weight of religious obligation or anyone’s preconceived notion of what I should do to be a “good Christian.” This site is my personal journey through this life and what I’ve learned thus far. I’m looking forward to continue to learn as Father teaches me from his heart to mine … without human intervention that is.

I don’t have all the answers, nor will I say my way’s the right way. The best I can do is to point you to Father-God; he’s the best and only teacher I can and will guide you to. So, when it’s all said and done, the words I speak or write on this blog/podcast are not Scripture, just a man sharing his journey with God with who ever will listen.

Blessings to you and your own journey with God,

Shean A. Smith

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Shean’s Credentials

PRODUCER: Dr. Shean A. Smith, BsD

SPECIALITY: Doctor of B.S. in Religious Obligation

CREDENTIALED BY: The Seminary at Pew U.

Why Slung Dung?

The following was written by the very man the clergy base the legitimacy of their position on. The clergy seek to add to their qualifications, but Paul, an ambassador of Jesus, trashed his to get to know Jesus better. This is what Paul wrote (found in Philippians 3:7-10, MSG):

7 The very credentials these people are waving around as something special, I'm tearing up and throwing out with the trash—along with everything else I used to take credit for. And why? Because of Christ.

8 Yes, all the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant—dog dung. I've dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ

9 and be embraced by him. I didn't want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ—God's righteousness.

10 I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally, experience his resurrection power, be a partner in his suffering, and go all the way with him to death itself.