From: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com (aml-list-digest) To: aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: aml-list-digest V1 #600 Reply-To: aml-list Sender: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk aml-list-digest Monday, February 4 2002 Volume 01 : Number 600 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:49:10 -0700 From: "Brown" Subject: [AML] Play at Little Brown Theater While we're on drama, come and see "The Passing of the Third Floor Back" by Jerome Jerome, done by a graduate group from BYU, held at the Little Brown Theatre, 239 S. Main in Springville, 7:30 on Thurs. Fri, Sat, Mon., this weekend and next. We're seeing it tonight. Marilyn Brown - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 01:30:34 +0000 From: "Andrew Hall" Subject: [AML] Web Articles on Mormon Art Here are some links to recent stories about creative work by LDS artists in the two major Mormon web magazines, Meridian and Mormon Life. 1. Telling Forgotten Stories Together by Margaret Blair Young About how she met Darius Gray and their collaboration. http://deseretbook.com/mormon-life/people-places/one-article?article_id=854 2. Forgetting Your Lines by Marvin Payne Talks about his participation in Tim Slover's play Hancock County. http://meridianmagazine.com/backstagegraffiti/020130lines.html 3. Behind the Scenes with Jerhico Road by Rod Simpson About the new boy band made up of former Young Ambassadors. Andrew Hall Fukuoka, Japan http://meridianmagazine.com/music/020104jericho.html _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:29:56 -0800 (PST) From: "R.W. Rasband" Subject: [AML] Apocalyptic Thrillers Last night on Letterman the guest was Tim Russert, the moderate, level-headed host of NBC's "Meet the Press." He said something that took my breath away; something that many have thought but few have til now said out loud: "We are now in a race with the terrorists. We must destroy their networks before they are able to detonate a nuclear device in the United States." And since September 11, we instinctively know what the first target of such an attack will probably be. The destruction of New York City has been the subject of popular apocalyptic thrillers in the past. Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler's novel "Fail-Safe" (1962)ends with the obliteration of the city by a nuclear weapon. Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre's The Fifth Horseman" (1980) concerns a fictional plot to blackmail the U.S. bu Libya's Qadaffi where an explosive device is hidden somewhere in the city. These days, such scenarios seem more than just abstract theoretical possibilities. It is likely we could witness such horror in our lifetimes. The impact of such an event on our culture is unforseeable and unfathomable. One is reminded of the terrible final chapters of the Book of Mormon, when the Nephite population is exterminated by war. Such genocidal furies must have seemed alien to the readers of 1830; they are all too familiar to us today. What can we hope for; whar to expect? Divine intervention--the hand of god in history--seems to be an incerasingly relevant idea at this point. In Matthew 24:22 the Savior says that in the latter days the tribulations would be so great that all flesh would be destroyed if "the days were not shortened." In 1940, Hitler was rampant and his ally Stalin ruled with blood and horror. Not much stood between us and world domination by totalitarian barbarism. Our faith must reside in the possibility that God will act again in human history. Such possibilities seem to me to be at the heart of LDS doctrine. ===== R.W. Rasband Heber City, UT rrasband@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 01:24:38 -0700 From: "D. Michael Martindale" Subject: Re: [AML] Pop Culture and Cultural Conservatism "Eric R. Samuelsen" wrote: > Whenever asked about it, Seinfeld's glib answer was 'it's a sitcom about nothing.' In other words, it's an expose of nihilism; it's literally, about nothing. So there we are. A hip, with it, funny piece of avant-garde theatre arguing for, not against, our view of morality. So could we write a Mormon Seinfeld? What would a Mormon Seinfeld be like? If the real Seinfeld was a cautionary tale showing how not to do it, then how would a Mormon one be very different? You would still have the same characters doing it all wrong, being unhappy in the process, and getting theirs in the end. The values the Mormon Seinfeld would backhandedly promote would have to be specifically Mormon values. Superlatively insincere home teaching. All sorts of rationalizations to get around the Word of Wisdom. Extraordinarily shallow dating on BYU campus, with the high-pressure goal of finding "the one" always in the conscious foreground, but with the usual hedonistic and selfish reasons for attraction constantly getting in the way. Heavy-duty aspiring to office: "When I'm President of the Church..." Gestapo backbiting over anyone who doesn't act "just so," according to the character's defitinion of righteous living. The more I think about it, the more it could work. - -- D. Michael Martindale dmichael@wwno.com ================================== Check out Worldsmiths, the new online LDS writers group, at http://www.wwno.com/worldsmiths Sponsored by Worlds Without Number http://www.wwno.com ================================== - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 07:54:51 -0700 From: Thom Duncan Subject: Re: [AML] Stephen KING, _On Writing_ cgileadi@emerytelcom.net wrote: > I'm just reading Steven King's _On Writing_, a combination autobiography and > writing manual. I have always disliked King's novels, but this is one > excellent book. He's a dang good writer. (I just agree with his high school > English teacher who said, "Why do you waste your talent, writing that trash?") King has also given us many great and uplifting stories. _The Shawshank Redemption_ is a movie version of one of his greatest. _Stand By Me_ based on another King Story. His English teacher was a myopic idiot, just as was mine when she scrunched up her face and asked me why I was wasting my time reading science fiction. Thom Duncan - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 08:09:21 -0700 From: Thom Duncan Subject: Re: [AML] Life in Mormon Culture Clark Goble wrote: > ___ Thom ___ > | I cornered a few of them afterwards and they shared a few > | stories about other LDS friends who had sincerely asked > | them, "How can you be a Democrat and a good Mormon?" > | That is an example of Mormon culture that some people > | think is the same as religion. > ___ > > That's an example of Utah culture which is hardly Mormon culture. I expect > that the average Mormon in Japan, for example, has no clue what a Democrat > or Republican even is. Widen this to US culture, I would agree with you. I found the same sentiment among the California Saints. Thom Duncan - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:16:56 -0500 From: "Debra Brown" Subject: [AML] Fw: MN News Briefs: Kent Larsen 30Jan02 US NY NYC X1 LDS Seminary Declines to Participate in Neighborhood Art SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- The art project of a Salt Lake City sculptor has become quite popular among his neighbors, but apparently not at a neighboring LDS Seminary building. Sculptor Dave Malone, who creates sculptures from "found" metal, has created a "random act of sculpture," a series of half circles cut from a huge, 3-foot-wide metal spool. The circles stretch from his yard, snaking through the neighborhood in what has become a group project as nearly everyone has asked to participate. "It's kind of a coming together of the neighborhood," he says. "They like the idea of being involved in something big." But a local LDS Seminary building has declined to participate, leaving a void in the middle of the project. Officials at the Seminary say that the sculpture doesn't fit into their "guidelines," according to Malone. Source: Random acts . . . of sculpture Deseret News 21Jan02 A1 http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,365009191,00.html By Stephen Speckman: Deseret News staff writer Salt Laker's creations unify neighborhood LDS Author Publishes Nationally with Mormon Character PROVO, UTAH -- LDS author Dean Hughes has managed to accomplish something unusual -- publish a book with a national character that includes a faithful LDS Church member as a main character and make religion part of the book. Hughes says his latest book, "Soldier Boys," a World War II novel from national publisher Atheneum, is the first he's published with a national publisher that features a Mormon character and talks about his religion. Hughes says "I think part of what is changing is the realization that certain books about or by Mormons have done very well financially," Hughes said. "The best example is President Hinckley's Standing for Something." Source: Author includes LDS character in book BYU NewsNet 22Jan02 A2 http://newsnet.byu.edu/story/36044 By Adrianne Barrett: NewsNet Staff Writer BYU Loses Bid to Host National Media Association COLUMBIA, MISSOURI -- BYU lost a bid to host the National Newspaper Association headquarters when the 117-year-old association decided to locate at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism. The NNA is the largest newspaper organization in the U.S., representing 3,000 mostly small- to mid-size newspapers with lobbying and support services. Currently, the NNA is located in Arlington, Virginia. Source: National Media Group Plans to Settle in Columbia, Mo. Columbia MO Daily Tribune 24Jan02 D3 LDS Author Honored With Library Name MURRAY, UTAH -- The Kimber Academy will honor noted conservative LDS author W. Cleon Skousen by naming a library after him. The library, located at the academy in Murray, Utah, will showcase books, journals and historical documents on American and LDS Church history, the Constitution and the Middle East. Skousen is best known for his books "The Naked Communist" and his series of "Thousand Years" books tracing the religious history of the world. His most recent book is "The Making of America: The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution." Source: FAITH IN ACTION Salt Lake Tribune 26Jan02 P2 http://www.sltrib.com/01262002/saturday/170696.htm >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:19:03 -0500 From: "Debra Brown" Subject: [AML] Fw: MN New Book Explores Church's Power in America's Fastest-Growing City: Ken Ward News Release 30Jan02 US NV LV A2 New Book Explores Church's Power in America's Fastest-Growing City LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Mormons took a big gamble when they settled Las Vegas 150 years ago. That bet paid off as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints helped plot the growth of America's gambling mecca. Now, for the first time, the deep and symbiotic relationship between America's fastest growing religion and the country's fastest growing city is exposed in a book, "Saints in Babylon: Mormons and Las Vegas'' (1st Books Library, Bloomington, Ind.). Through never-told-before accounts and exclusive interviews, veteran journalist Kenric F. Ward traces the guiding influences of a conservative church in a city that deals in the wages of sin. "It's a sociological odd couple. Las Vegas is eight hours and light years from Salt Lake City. But amidst the bright lights and the non-stop partying is a thriving Mormon community," says Ward, an author and free-lance writer who has lived in Nevada for the past decade. >From its first organized settlement in 1855, when missionaries built a fort along the dusty Old Spanish Trail, Las Vegas and Latter-day Saints have been inextricably linked. As polygamists and farmers gave way to gaming executives and corporate attorneys, today's Mormons shatter many of the religion's stereotypes. There is virtually no corner of Sin City they do not inhabit. Among the colorful cast of characters in Ward's work: a polygamous patriarch who pioneered Southern Nevada with a collectivist plan that would make Karl Marx proud; a banker who funded casinos and brought them respectability; Howard Hughes' closest confidants; decorated and controversial Vietnam War hero Bo Gritz; a tough-talking sheriff who took on the Mob; and the U.S. Senate's second most powerful member. In this fast-paced book highlighted with historical photos, Ward tells the uniquely American story of a strict, sober Church that found a way to co-exist with - and profit from - the gambling industry. It's a testament to the adaptability of a people, a city and a faith. About the Author Kenric F. Ward is an award-winning journalist and author who has written and edited extensively throughout Nevada, California and Indiana. Earning a bachelor's degree in political science from UCLA, Ward graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors. He was an editorial writer at the San Jose Mercury News and editor-in-chief of the Columbus (Ind.) Republic before moving to Las Vegas, where he served as an editor with the Las Vegas Sun. In addition to writing weekly columns for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Ward co-authored "The Insiders Guide to Las Vegas" in 1997. Las Vegas correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, Ward also has been published by the Los Angeles Times, FoxNews.com and other Internet news sites. His investigative reports and commentaries won first-place awards from the Nevada Press Association, the Hoosier State Press Association and the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Education Reform. "Beautifully written. By far the best thing I have ever seen on the LDS role in politics and the community. A great book." - -- A.D. Hopkins, Las Vegas Review-Journal. - -30- Source: New Book Explores Church's Power in America's Fastest-Growing City Ken Ward News Release 30Jan02 A2 >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 10:20:11 -0700 From: Christopher Bigelow Subject: [AML] Meridian Magazine Article on Media Tastes Interesting little editorial: The Internal Mormon-Media Conflict by Jonathan S. Walker http://www.meridianmagazine.com/videos/020201media.html Tidbit: The purists who do not believe that there should be a single instance of baseness-no matter how mild-in a film look at those who watch a broad range of films as heathens who are very nearly in the unredeemable clutches of the adversary. And those who believe that entertainment and art need not be sanitized look at those who aggressively protect themselves and their families from the taint of the world as unsophisticated and naive country bumpkins. Most members of the church fall into one of the two of these categories. There are varying degrees of acceptance within them, but most seem to sit on one side of the fence or the other. - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 10:39:28 -0700 From: "Scott Parkin" Subject: Re: [AML] Life in Mormon Culture robert lauer wrote: > Again I think the Jewish culture offers a great model. Jews--with whom we > claim a literal connection, being part of the same covenant people, > Israel--debate and argue interpretations of scripture and law > constantly--and one's Jewishness is never questioned because of it. So if > members disagree or debate a passage from the Book of Mormon, D&C or a > sermon by Joseph Smith or Brigham Young, one can't say that one side is > "more Mormon" than the other: both are arguing FROM a distinctly Mormon > source. A non-Mormon would have no interest in such a discussion. The fact > that both sides of such a debate have such an investment in the debate > proves that BOTH sides are Mormon. I think this has been a sticking point for a lot of people (or maybe I'm just exposing my own reasonably intense dislike of conflict--competition I have no problem with, vigorous but respectful argumentation is fun, but conflict with its intellectual stonewalling, judgment of valuelessness, and dismissal really bugs me). Whether it's true or not, I think there is a sense among Mormons that arguing meaning of scriptures or historical events or doctrinal implication amounts to wresting the word and is a sure step on the path to apostacy. This concern has led many to avoid confrontation or argument at all costs, and has led to much of the bland institutional behavior we all recognize (and many of us cringe at to varying degrees). Which I think is too bad, because for me part of the whole concept of the community of saints is to share and question and even to struggle. How can we bear one another's spiritual burdens when we seem afraid to express them for fear of either rejection or exclusion? Certainly we've seen harsh judgment in our culture for books and plays that either question certain ideas or that present them in unorthodox contexts--a harsh judment that I've participated in rather vocally in the past, though I'm cutting back on it day by day. Neil Labute, Levi Peterson, and Maureen Whipple have all received sharp criticism and even condemnation from within the Mormon culture because their works seemed to mock or question or dismiss ideas or behaviors that others found inviolable. Which is odd, because the response to that perceived mockery is a often a particularly brutal return of exactly the same behavior--questioning of faith, value, or membership in the community. The questions are often taken as judgment, and many of us are concerned about awaking the ire of our fellows. Oddly, the best answer is for brave souls to ask the questions anyway, but to do so in a way that arouses the critical faculty without necessarily making people feel mocked or dismissed--something I don't think our literature has done very well to this point. But at this point I begin to cover very old ground, so I'll stop now. It just strikes me as unfortunate that we're often ready to go in and help with a meal or yard work or the rent, but we often are afraid to go in with a listening ear and a soft shoulder--and sometimes a good, rousing argument based around discovery rather than defending a perceived bastion of truth under siege. I still think good literature is the most effective means of at least reducing the height of the walls, if not breaking them down completely--which may be the biggest limit I perceive to Mormon literature: that we've tried to batter down the whole wall at once rather than examining the bricks one by one. Over time, both methods reconfigure the wall, but the less violent method does so with fewer casualties. Still, we need both kinds. Scott Parkin - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 16:37:01 -0500 From: "Debra Brown" Subject: [AML] Fw: MN News Briefs: Kent Larsen 31Jan02 US NY NYC X1 LDS Filmmaker's Newest Effort Released OREM, UTAH -- A BYU film student is putting his own effort into the mix with the recent run of films featuring Mormon stories. John Lyde's film, "The Field is White," tells the story of a returned LDS missionary who struggles with his testimony. Lyde, who has been making short films since age 12, ultimately wants to have his own company that produces films. His next project is a full-length action film. Source: Lyde films break into LDS market BYU NewsNet 26Jan02 A2 http://newsnet.byu.edu/story/36185 By Brittany Brough: NewsNet Staff Writer CD Sent by Hatch Destroyed by Mail Decontaminating Equipment WASHINGTON, DC -- A CD of Olympics music featuring several LDS performers was destroyed by mail decontaminating equipment last week when Utah Senator Orrin Hatch tried to send the CD to Interior Secretary Gale Norton. The copy of the CD "Light Up the Land" was sent off to be decontaminated, and returned looking like it had been put through a microwave, "The end product was unfortunately that the CD itself looks as if it was zapped in a microwave oven for just under two hours and then thrown on a broiler and put on high heat for just a while longer to finish it up," Interior spokesman Mark Pfeifle said Monday. The CD included performances by Gladys Knight, Donny and Marie Osmond and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Hatch plans to get Norton a new copy of the CD. Source: Hatch CD is zapped by mail inspectors Deseret News (AP) 29Jan02 T2 http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,370008472,00.html Associated Press Tunes mailed to Norton ended up as a melted glob >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:51:11 -0700 From: kathy_f@juno.com Subject: Re: [AML] Pop Culture and Cultural Conservatism On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 13:00:16 -0700 "Eric R. Samuelsen" writes: > Whenever asked about it, Seinfeld's glib answer was 'it's a sitcom > about nothing.' In other words, it's an expose of nihilism; it's > literally, about nothing. So there we are. A hip, with it, funny > piece of avant-garde theatre arguing for, not against, our view of > morality. So could we write a Mormon Seinfeld? > > Eric Samuelsen I hated Seinfeld right up until the last episode, and loved the last episode because those selfish, etc. (all those wonderful adjectives Eric used) got what they deserved. It was beautiful. :-) I knew Seinfeld said it was a sitcom about nothing, and understood on a gut level what he was doing, but I still couldn't stand to *watch*. I lived that particular hell already and don't ever won't to go back to it again. I've lived a few hells, actually, before I found a place, a people and most especially the Gospel, and my life was suddenly about Everything temporal, spiritual and eternal. Anything left in it that was nothing I would work diligently the rest of my life to leave by the wayside. Easier said than done, naturally, which is why it is called Refiner's Fire, and why I repent daily. So, if the faith and the church, and the goal of eternal life and exaltation, joint-heirs with Christ, godhood, and eternal progression -- if all this is everything, how can there ever be a Mormon Seinfeld without making it the saddest, most agonizing show ever to be produced? Here is a people who have everything of eternity at their fingertips, offered on a silver platter to them, and they spend their days pursuing nothing instead? Eric, I must hope that no one ever writes or produces a true Mormon Seinfeld. I can see writing something that includes the dichotomy, but without *some* of the main characters pursuing the "everything" part, to watch it would be even more of an agonizing waste of time than the original Seinfeld was. Just my opinion, as always. Predictable, I know. Kathy Fowkes ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 16:17:35 -0800 From: "Richard R. Hopkins" Subject: Re: [AML] Pop Culture and Cultural Conservatism Speaking of movies like "A Walk to Remember" that uphold principles of chastity, I saw a really good one the other day that surprised the socks off me. It was "Bubble Boy." I did not plan to see this movie, but it was recommended to me by my son and it was very funny. What expecially impressed me, however, was the romance. The girl was played by Marley Shelton, who is extremely engaging in the part. She likes the Bubble Boy, but he can't date her so she goes out with this "cool" creep, who is constantly after her. In one scene, she's leaving with him and he puts his hand on her rear. She says "Hands!" as they leave, obviously warning him to keep his hands off her bottom. Every so often you hear her repeat the warning. Later, you hear her talking to the creep outside the Bubble Boy's window. She is explaining to him that she won't do "that" with him because she's saving herself for marriage. It is done in a very cool way and she is definitely a girl any guy would want to marry. The creep eventually asks her to marry him, it being obvious that this is the only way he's going to get to do "that" with her. Smart girl! WARNING: this movie makes fun of almost every ethnic and religious group on the planet. If you find that kind of thing offensive, heed this warning. However, in my opinion, it was done with the perfect touch of humor. For example, the father is writing a ransom note at the mother's instructions and it says something about having a ransom of $100,000 paid for return of the Bubble Boy. He has signed the ransom note, "The Jews," which, of course, is amusingly ridiculous. The mother gets after the father for writing a ridiculous ransom note, but identifies the problem as follows: "It's from The Jews...They'd ask way more than $100,000." Hysterical, imho. Richard Hopkins - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 10:48:34 -0800 From: jltyner@postoffice.pacbell.net Subject: [AML] Bad Personal News I hope to keep participating on the list, but we've been dealing with a family crisis lately. Our son has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and has been having a real struggle out in the Mission Field. He never showed any signs of this before he left, or we'd have never sent him. He has been put on Zoloft out in the field and was receiving some help until his therapist was transferred out of state. We have had to take control of the situation ourselves and arrange for a counselor here who has determined he wasn't receiving a proper dosage and has been working with him over the phone and working out a program for him. But our son is miserable and wants to come home, full release. He feels he has to face this and here at home is the way to do it, without the timetable of a medical leave of absence. Our therapist is fully supportive of this,and admires his determination to take control of the situation. And the therapist is definitely mainstream LDS who has a full grasp of the consequences. Our doctor is not LDS, but very respectful and has told when someone with an anxiety disorder feels pressured and cornered they may act out to get people to leave them alone. We support our son, although we wish he would try the medical leave first. It looks like we will have to circle the wagons to a certain degree here, and face some form of being ostracized because that is the indication of there being some consequences to follow. But we've both prayed about it and been in the Temple and the answer seems to be to keep doing what we have done, we're handling it correctly. It's our son's decision, of course and he needs our support to get well. If anyone has some insights or thoughts on this issue, I'd be happy to hear them. Just being able to talk about it feels cathartic. Kathy and Jerry Tyner, Orange County, CA - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 13:48:03 EST From: Irreantum2@cs.com Subject: [AML] News from the AML The nonprofit Association for Mormon Letters is pleased to announce the following two items: * Annual Meeting on March 2, 2002: "Walking the Cultural Tightrope: Mormon Writers and Their Audiences" * Eugene England Memorial Issue of Irreantum (Scroll down for an AML order form you can print out and use to access all our current offerings. For more details about anything related to the AML, visit www.aml-online.org.) 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We seek donations for several purposes: improving the quality of Irreantum and our website, bringing more of the big names in Mormon letters to the annual meeting and the writers' conference, and creating an endowment to ensure the AML's future financial stability. Your donation of any size will help these endeavors. ( ) Please accept my donation of $_____. Total enclosed: _____ Make check payable to AML and mail to: AML, P.O. Box 51364, Provo, UT 84605-1364 Name __________________________________ Address __________________________________ __________________________________ E-mail __________________________________ For more details about anything related to the AML, visit www.aml-online.org. - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 15:51:07 EST From: DiannRead@aol.com Subject: [AML] Re: [AML-Mag] Apocalyptic Thrillers I agree with R.W. Rasband's comment, and I also trust in the intervention of God. However, as we also know from the Book of Mormon, this is conditional. All through the Book of Mormon we are warned of both great blessings and cursings on this choice land, dependent upon our righteousness as a nation. (For example, 2 Nephi 1:7-11) I keep getting this gut feeling that the events of Sept. 11 were only a warning. I was somewhat reassured in the first week or two after the attacks when even prominent news anchors openly spoke of prayer and renewed faith and turning to God. Mindful of the Nephite cycle, I began wondering how long it would last. Our repentance, both as individuals (and boy, have I deepened my own soul-searching since then!) and as a nation is our only hope. Because of that, I constantly pray for the people as well as the leaders of our nation and our troops in harm's way. Diann Read San Antonio, TX - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ End of aml-list-digest V1 #600 ******************************