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Church basketball: What ever happened to brotherly love?

During a recent church ball game, I found myself wondering what sick-minded person honestly thought of the idea of combining church and basketball.

My team was being throttled, 77-21 to be exact, and the other team showed no signs of tiring. I was actually expecting them to break 100 points. However, our loving head coach finally stepped forward and said we were forfeiting the game. Thus brought the end to the mass slaughter referred to as the LDS 6th Ward versus the Meadows Ward B.

Ogden institute working on spring show

OGDEN -- If you haven't attended an Ogden Institute of Religion Annual Spring Variety show -- and even if you have -- this year is the time to go.

"Remember When ... A Worthy Tribute," will be the theme of this spring's show, which will take place April 13, 14 and 21.

It's the 50th anniversary show, and those associated with it say this one is the best ever.

This winter reading list may inspire survival in hard times

An apology: My Sunday column said Sen. Orrin Hatch was one of many prominent people who have written U.S. District Judge Dee Benson on behalf of Brigham City Dr. Dewey MacKay, asking that MacKay receive a lenient sentence for his drug convictions.

As far as I know, Sen. Hatch is not among those who have written to Judge Benson on MacKay's behalf. I should not have included him in that column. I did so in error.

(CLIFF OWEN/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. and Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman waits to be announced onstage prior to addressing the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates Forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Washington.

Huntsman seeks GOP presidential nomination his way

WASHINGTON — At 19, Jon Huntsman arrived in Taiwan for a two-year gig as a missionary for the Mormon church. He didn’t receive a warm reception. The Taiwanese government was furious at the United States for re-establishing diplomatic ties with China, and the people whom Huntsman was there to recruit to his faith weren’t much happier.

(The Associated Press) This image provided by CMH Entertainment shows the June entry of the calendar “Men on a Mission.” This 2012 edition of pin-up calendar featuring bare-chested former Mormon church missionaries will be the last printing of the controversial project, its creator says. Calendar creator Chad Hardy says the five-year project has run its course.

2012 Mormon missionary calendar is last in series

SALT LAKE CITY — The 2012 edition of a pin-up calendar featuring bare-chested former Mormon missionaries will be the last printing of the controversial project which prompted the excommunication of its creator by the church.

(Courtesy image) A scene from a Living Scriptures animated story

Living Scriptures celebrates 25 years

OGDEN -- In celebration of 25 years of producing popular animated stories based on the scriptures, Living Scriptures has transformed its most popular Book of Mormon selections into improved digital animations.

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