Community Voices :: Archive

Community Voices are personal essays written by people within our community. An important part of our mission is to provide a forum which gives voice to the perspectives, experiences, and testimonies of individual Latter-day Saints — real stories of real people — who are striving to live the gospel in accordance with the doctrines and precepts of the church.

If you would like to share a personal essay on how a particular experience or realization has influenced your personal and spiritual growth, your relationship with God, or your commitment to the gospel or the church, we would love to hear it. To learn how to submit a Community Voices essay, see our Submit Content page.

Archived Community Voices essays are listed in chronological order, with the most recent listed first.

2010

January

My Letter to Those Struggling with Doubt
By Charles Mitchell*

2009

November

Striving for Understanding
By Jonathan Langford

September

A Question
By Kim Nordyke Mack

August

My Story
By Kerry Benson

July

A Call for Compassion
By Austin Smith

June

Diversities of Gifts
By Adam Allred

March

Riding the Gender Pendulum
By Alex Chisholm

February

The Sanctification of Marriage and Families
By Bishop Michael J. Merchant

January

A Heavy Load on a Rutted Road
By JD Cizek

2008

November

"Ours is A Ministry Of Healing":
Addressing the Aftermath of Proposition 8
By Leanne Anderson

August

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?"
By Joshua Johanson

July

Reaching the Summit
By Ryan Knighton

May

The Not-So-Lonely Road: Living with HIV/AIDS
By Jey Gladstone

April

Love is Always the Answer
By Kathleen Marsden

March

Never Give Up
By Thomas Garnica

February

Discovering the Church that Changed My Life
By Cedric Phan

2007

December

My Eyes Were Opened
By Nichole Trone

November

Live The Questions
By Phillip Brown

October

"That Ye Love One Another"
By Samantha Stevens*