by John Smid | Feb 23, 2012 | ExExGay - I Acknowledge, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
For Those I’ve Known Through Love In Action I acknowledge You! I acknowledge that the many changes I have gone through in these years since I left Love In Action, have caused some challenging reactions for some of you. I have retracted some things I have taught...
by John Smid | Feb 9, 2012 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, ExExGay - I Acknowledge, J and L Blog, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
As I thought about the second piece of “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” I realized something I was very passionate about that really hangs on the “Ugly.” I remember hearing when I was a child that red-headed Irish girls...
by John Smid | Feb 3, 2012 | ExExGay - I Acknowledge, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
I acknowledge that through over 20 years of ministry with hundreds of men and women there were many misguided elements that were wounding, confusing, and just plain wrong. But, I also want to acknowledge that it wasn’t all bad....
by John Smid | Jan 27, 2012 | ExExGay - I Acknowledge, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
I Acknowledge: Through the LIA program, our teaching, and program activities, We established structure and rules that clients had to adhere to that promoted traditional gender roles and society’s assumptions. We held them accountable regarding how men and women...
by John Smid | Jan 19, 2012 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, ExExGay - I Acknowledge, LGBTQ Parents, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
This is the third part in a series I am writing to acknowledge mistakes I have made through the ministry of Love In Action, Exodus International, and the Ex-gay movement and the harm and discouragement that resulted. I Acknowledge I taught material on child...
by John Smid | Jan 12, 2012 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, ExExGay - I Acknowledge, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
This is the second part in a series I am writing to acknowledge mistakes I have made through the ministry of Love In Action, Exodus International, and the Ex-gay movement and the harm and discouragement that resulted. I Acknowledge Through the ministry of Love In...
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