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		<title>Does the Church have Multiple Personality Disorder?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This last week was an internet frenzy of thoughts and opinions. I the wake of John Paulks apology for harm through his involvement in the ExGay movement I saw the reality of what we call the Christian Faith.

The reality being, the Christian faith is like a person with Multiple Personality Disorder. One person (faith) with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends, Brothers, and Apologies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January of 1988 I met a man that I had no idea would become such a long time friend.  John Paulk entered the Love In Action men&#8217;s residential program and I was the House Leader of the home he came to. During our year together walking as brothers John and I sat for many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apologies Abound!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the world is finally coming to the realization that gay people have been wrongly judged and treated with disdain primarily by church communities. I am thankful that apologies are coming forth from all the ends of the earth!

I wrote an initial apology back in 2010 that was my first stab at making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beliefs Are Changing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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I was thinking about a friend from thirty years ago. This is a man that I spent hours and hours talking with during a foundational time in my faith journey. He was always a listener, but also a person who had his own thoughts on things and was not easily dissuaded in his convictions and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow Up to: Returning to Vomit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow!   I received this message from my friend Ray as a follow up to our previous dialogue a week ago.

John,
I must ask your forgiveness for the manner in which I approached you. I realize that I could have challenged you in a far more sensitive manner which would have been more befitting the admiration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Returning to Vomit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all of the dialogue concerning marriage equality, I&#8217;ve been very busy with lots of conversations. This recent messaging exchange with a long time friend occurred over several days. I want to share it as an example of communication that began with dramatic differences of opinions and even some raw emotional sharing.

This communication changes drastically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Friday Revelation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I asked a friend this morning what he thought about what Jesus might want us to know about Good Friday today, at this time in human history? This led into a great discussion about Good Friday and this Easter weekend.

In our discussion this came to mind.  Many have questioned why a good God would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Baffled</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I was sitting in my living room with a female friend who was challenging my openness about being gay and my belief that it was okay for gay men or women to have a relationship and be a believing Christian. She said she believed I was completely wrong and said that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Really Angry!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really angry today. I feel frustrated, incensed, and irate!

All of my life I&#8217;ve heard the word &#8220;Sodom&#8221; used to refer to gay people. Sodomites, those who commit sodomy, are said to refer to people who are full of demons, trapped in the sin of sodomy, controlled by the demon of homosexuality.

The shame, and degradation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reconciliation</title>
		<link>http://www.gracerivers.com/reconcile-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget the Past? Really?

I was sparked by a FaceBook post this week. Someone was feeling a need to reconcile with someone they were sexually involved with. They had forgotten their name and therefore couldn&#8217;t locate them. In the post they talked about having been taught by their religious leaders to forget the past and move [...]]]></description>
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