JOURNEYS OF FAITH

John

John Alden (pseudonym) lives in Texas with his wife and three children and currently serves in the Church as a ward executive secretary. He has a job that takes him from home more than he would like. In his free time, he loves playing board games with his kids and watching reruns of detective shows with his wife.

John’s Journey of Faith

A CHRIST-CENTERED GENDER IDENTITY

By all public appearances, I am a nauseatingly “typical” Latter-day Saint. I am a husband, a father, and a lifelong active member of the Church who was married in the temple. I was born in the covenant to fine parents who have always been strong in their faith, and I received my first spiritual witness of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon at about seven years old, when I prayed and asked with a child’s faith if it was true. Since that day, my testimony has never failed me…