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 | Mar 23, 2020 | Church and Religion, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content
I was walking on the track with a friend today. He asked about how I was in some general terms then he said, “John, so how are things with Grace Rivers?” I was quickly drawn to a conversation I had just yesterday with a man who had contacted us after he...
by John Smid | Feb 25, 2019 | Church and Religion, John's Current Blog
I attended a church service last night at a new church plant near where we live. I sat in the front row, because that is where the only seats were available. I haven’t been to a church other than the one we attend weekly in a very long time. They were setting up the...
by John Smid | Feb 20, 2019 | Church and Religion, John's Current Blog
Religious counseling through pastors/church counselors seems to always find a way to hide from legal ethics. There is an entitlement to freedom that lives within it. I’ve heard many pastoral counselors say things like, “We submit to a higher authority and we...
by John Smid | Sep 11, 2017 | Church and Religion, John's Current Blog
Ugh, I just googled “prayer” and began looking through the images. It’s exasperating. The whole concept of “prayer” has always been challenging for me. I’ve never fully grasped the whys and wherefores of prayer. I’ve heard all of the reasoning one...
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