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Conference Counsel: A plea to de-normalize swearing

In the time between the April and October general conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I decided to take a break from my normal practice of discussing a talk from the most recent general conference and address a talk from a general conference much further in the ...

‘AI Jesus’ avatar tests man’s faith in machines and the divine

LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) — Would you trust an “AI Jesus” with your innermost thoughts and troubles? Researchers and religious leaders on Wednesday released findings from a two-month experiment through art in a Catholic chapel in Switzerland, where an avatar of “Jesus” on a computer ...

Conference Counsel: Ordinances, covenants and obtaining God’s help

This past week was my late wife’s birthday. She would have turned 36 years old. As I stood by her grave, I marveled that it’s been over six years since she passed away. I looked at all the headstones around her grave that weren’t there when she was buried. Time sure does move fast. In ...

Ogden church supporting local homeless with ‘scarf bomb’

OGDEN — Members of the congregation at the First Presbyterian Church of Ogden have pulled together in an effort to help local homeless stay warm as the winter cold takes hold. As part of its continuing commitment to serve the Ogden area homeless population, the church is conducting a ...

Conference Counsel: Being obedient even when we may not want to

Following commandments can be hard. Not just in a practical way because certain commandments are inherently difficult to follow, but also because, frankly, it can be hard to always want to follow the commandments. I can think of circumstances in my life when, at the time, certain ...

Conference Counsel: A reemphasis on commandment to avoid contention

I recently came across a YouTube channel that is dedicated to promoting conversations on contentious topics between those with opposing viewpoints. Many of the conversations that I saw were political in nature. One can imagine how these conversations so often went. There was yelling, ...