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Conference Counsel: The Church of Jesus Christ is meant to increase joy

Many years ago, before I started working for the Standard-Examiner, I had a job that involved working a graveyard shift. I was living in Layton at the time, but this job was in Taylorsville. Sunday mornings were always a challenge because I would return home after my normal shift and want to go ...

‘Light the World’ Giving Machines unveiled at Ogden Christmas Village

OGDEN — From now until Dec. 15, people who live and work in the Ogden area will have an opportunity to give to those in need with just a swipe of their debit or credit card and a few button punches. With the holiday season now in full effect, "Light the World" Giving Machines have made ...

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 ...