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Born of the Water

Bruce W. Jorgensen

Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 1992

  • Bruce W. Jorgensen: Author
Fiction, Short Story
A boy gradually conquers his fear of water, then is baptized when he's 10 years old. He wonders about the afterlife and asks his father, who isn't a member of the Church, what he believes.
First place winner, Sunstone Fiction Contest, 1980
  • Complete text available at Sunstone Magazine online
91-107
English

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