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 | 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...
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