by John Smid | Oct 4, 2026 | Church and Religion, John's Current Blog, MyLifeStory
Someone recently asked me: “John, are you a Christian? If you were to die tonight, do you know where you would go?” I quickly responded, to not cause any conflict, “Oh yes. I’m good with that.” The person was a very young person with a bold zeal in their personality,...
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...
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