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(1987) Willie Nelson, right, poses for photographs in front of Bonebrake Hall at the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, where he was named to the board. The singer once sold Bibles and taught Sunday school until church leaders forced him to choose between teaching a playing honky-tonks. UTS President Leonard Sweet, left, straightens Nelson's hood. Religion News Service file photo