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...
by John Smid | Jan 4, 2012 | ExExGay - I Acknowledge, LGBTQ Parents, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
In March of 2010 I compiled and published a public apology in response to some soul searching I had been going through. I have since done a more in depth evaluation of things that I feel regretful about concerning my 23 years as a leader within the...
by John Smid | Aug 5, 2011 | John's Car Blog, John's Current Blog, Through the Windshield of My Life
At the center of this story, I am riding in a vintage 1982 Corvette Collector Edition on the freeway in Southern California. My very first time to ride in a ‘vette. Loud, stiff, low to the ground, there is nothing like the “All American Sports...
by John Smid | Jul 22, 2011 | John's Car Blog, John's Current Blog, MyLifeStory, Through the Windshield of My Life
Through the Windshield of My Life – Stepping forward to a more recent history. 2007 Toyota Sienna In 2007, I bought a new Toyota Sienna minivan. I had no idea that this car would be a new symbol of a dramatic change in my life and would play out in amazingly...
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