It took Arthur Van Wagenen a few minutes to realize the devastating effects President Russell M. Nelson’s call for a 10-day social media fast could have on the film he was furiously promoting: “Jane and Emma.”
When Van Wagenen, the movie’s executive producer for the Deseret Book project, heard the 94-year-leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday night invite women to stay away from online engagement, he didn’t disagree with the suggestion.
“We haven’t really learned to use those tools in moderation,” Van Wagenen wrote Tuesday in an email, “and we need practice.