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Where to Buy Another Testament Book, DVD and CD

For those who are interested in the Mark Mabry exhibit you may want to check on the book, DVD and CD. The publisher, Deseret Book, has a great Another Testament Web page that has trailers, project info and purchasing. Here is a breakdown of what is available:

Another Testament by Mark Mabry. This book contains photos you will see in the art exhibit...I think there are additional images that did not make it into the exhibit but are still just as powerful.

Another Testament DVD by Cameron Trejo. Cameron is a young and hip documentary filmmaker, but don't let his age fool you. He has great depth and captures human emotions like no other filmmaker I know. The DVD has behind the scenes footage and interviews with cast and crew. A great element on this DVD is Cameron's addition of interviews with Book of Mormon scholars. These interviews provide context for the exhibit from a historical and religious perspective. Watching the DVD makes the exhibit take on a whole new meaning.

Another Testament Soundtrack by Jason Barney and Clyde Bawden. The project would not be complete without stirring and emotional music. Clyde Bawden has this magical ability to sit at a piano and create awe inspiring music that touches the soul. Working with producer Jason Barney, the duo gives us new arrangements of familiar Christian hymns. New to this project are original songs that fit in the Christian music genre. Jason finds talented musicians who have a unique sound and edge to their voice. Singers include Freddie Ashby and Alex Boye. Many new artists are featured, including a Samoan group of men who give a powerful Polynesian version of "Israel, Israel God is Calling."

The exhibit will be in Salt Lake City until October 11, 2009 in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. As soon as I know where it will head to next I will let all know.

Mark Mabry Photo Exhibit Brings Story of Christ to Life

I had the chance to interview my great friend Mark Mabry and some of the other creators of the new Reflections of Christ exhibit Another Testament. The story that came out of the interview did not get posted on any of our work Web sites because of the number of stories relating to General Conference that would take up all the space and time for this weekend. So, I am sharing what I wrote because I believe that the exhibit is amazing and is a great visual into understanding what Mormons believe about who Jesus Christ is. I can't take sole credit for this. My awesome assistant Jeanette did amazing research and writing. She and I both wrote two separate pieces, but decided to combine the two into one story. Jeanette is a great writer and handled interviewing Mark with class and professionalism.

Anyhow, here is the story:
The Book of Mormon, a companion scripture to the Holy Bible, recounts a resurrected Jesus Christ visiting the American continent, fulfilling prophecies foretold by Biblical prophets such as Isaiah. Photographer Mark Mabry captures those moments in Another Testament, the second installment of the Reflections of Christ photo exhibit, currently on display in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on Temple Square.

Mabry chose the ruins of Copan in Honduras to bring to life the third book of Nephi in The Book of Mormon. “There’s a unique spirit to this story about Christ, the one-to-one interaction with the resurrected Christ,” Mabry explains. “There’s not a whole lot of that recorded in the Bible, even though we know it was happening. But meeting the resurrected Christ — can there be anything more intense than that?”

The Mayan ruins were an ideal location, but it was the people of Honduras who convinced Mabry to relocate the set. Untrained actors, who happened to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were asked to act as they would if they were meeting Jesus Christ one on one. It became an emotional day for everyone involved.

“It’s full of relief, and it’s full of joy, and we can all kind of identify with that longing to finally be with the Savior,” Mabry said in describing the expressions and emotions in the Hondurans’ faces.

Lorena, a young mother who has gradually lost the use of her legs, chose to participate. Mabry was sensitive to the situation, but Lorena insisted on taking the part of a crippled woman who Christ would heal.

“She willingly did the role,” Mabry said. “She probably had no clue how powerful that was going to be.”

Freddie Ashby, a featured musician on the exhibit soundtrack, hopes those individuals not familiar with the Book of Mormon account will see the exhibit and “come to a realization that Christ knows them.”

“It can be reduced down to just me and you sitting here talking, and that’s the type of relationship you can have with your Savior,” Ashby said.

The exhibit is now open in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on Temple Square and will run until Sunday, October 11, 2009.

Depeche Mode (I Know I am Behind)

August 25th Alan and I made our way to the Depeche Mode concert. Yes, they are still alive...although I don't know how they keep going. It was amazing and I was so in awe of seeing the group the introduced me to new wave music oh so many years ago. It was fun because we sat next to a nice couple who had just seen the show in Boston and were heading to the Colorado show after the SLC one.

It was sad that a lot of the classics were not played, but the moment a popular song came on, the audience went nuts!

The night was even better running into my roommate from El Paso. She blogged about the night on her site Because I Knew You.

Here are some shots I was able to take at the concert. Sorry Facebook friends, I know you have seen these.

Friday Morning Playlist

With a load of work to finish as soon as possible, I have to get the brain juices going. Typically these do not work until 10:00am. So The Killers playlist shuffle is on. The irony is, the music actually is inspiring and I tend to be more creative when I listen to them. Perhaps it is some of the bizarre, deep-meaning lyrics. So here is this morning's playlist:

All These Things That I’ve Done
Bling (Confession of a King)
Bones
Change Your Mind
A Dustland Fairytale
Everything Will Be Alright
For Reasons Unknown
Goodnight, Travel Well
Human
I Can’t Stay
Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
Joy Ride
Losing Touch
Midnight Show
Mr. Brightside
Neon Tiger
On Top
Read My Mind
Sam’s Town
Smile Like you Mean It
Somebody Told Me
Spaceman
This is Your Life
This River is Wild
Uncle Jonny
When You Were Young
Why Do I Keep Counting?
The World We Live In

UNICEF and The Killers send message about human trafficking

Using The Killers song "Goodnight, Travel Well," UNICEF and MTV EXIT hope to bring awareness to the global problem of human trafficking. The video set to the Killers' tune is stark and bold. While it may be hard to watch, it is necessary to do so. Perhaps we cannot eradicate the problem today, but educating younger generations can make all the difference.

The video ends with this tagline: "Some things cost more than you realise."

Bravo to UNICEF, MTV and the Killers.

Why we need a "well informed conscience"

"We have duties, for the discharge of which we are accountable to our Creator and benefactor, which no human power can cancel. What those duties are, is determinable by right reason, which may be, and is called, a well informed conscience."

-Theophilus Parsons, the Essex Result, 1778