by John Smid | Dec 21, 2023 | Church and Religion, J and L Blog, MyLifeReconcile, Uncategorized
After many years of an internal process of changes in my spiritual development I found a statement that caused me to do some thinking. I was actually encouraged as I evaluated this question: “John, you haven’t included enough about God in your writings and...
by John Smid | May 3, 2022 | Church and Religion, ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content
In 2017, Garrard Conley wrote a memoire, “Boy Erased”, about his life and his experience with Love In Action, a residential recovery program purporting to help homosexuals leave homosexuality. The program Director at the time was me, John Smid. ...
by John Smid | May 1, 2022 | J and L Blog, J and L Creative Design, J and L Painting Projects, Kitchen/Bathroom Cabinets
A relative to our of Larry’s cousins contacted us about painting her kitchen. When we went to look at it, we found a time capsule! It was a home built in the 1960’s with an all wood interior. Paneling, birch cabinets and all, needed updating. We arranged...
by John Smid | May 1, 2022 | Current Events, J and L Blog, John's Current Blog, Our New Home
This week was a little bit of a roller coaster ride. We were originally scheduled to close on our house here in Texas on April 19th. As the day came, we discovered that the buyer’s house in California had a closing delay. So, our closing was rescheduled for...
by John Smid | Apr 16, 2022 | J and L Blog, J and L Creative Design, John's Current Blog
This featured image says it all! Standing together. We made the decision to close out our antique mall space April 30th. We placed everything on sale at 50% off. The first weekend, we sold almost all of our larger items! There are still a few...
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