Hayden Royster
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Huge fan of dying industries: religion journalism, theatre, unconditional love, etc. | Stories @ReligPolitics @californiamag @KQED @Berkeleyside
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1 week ago |
religionnews.com | Hayden Royster
SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) — The most popular Easter service in this capital of alternative living occurs not in church but on the sloping lawns of Dolores Park, where thousands show up in their Sunday best — which at the annual Hunky Jesus Contest can mean steampunk bonnets, a life-size Peep suit or, for those competing, elaborate (and usually scanty) Jesus and Mary costumes.
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Dec 24, 2024 |
berkeleyside.org | Hayden Royster
Editors’ note: This week we’re republishing some of our favorite stories of 2024. This story was first published on Jan. 16. For Janice Myles and her seven siblings, their lives are forever bound up in the life — and death — of their father’s church. The Rev. Leonard L. Hester and his wife, Parthena, founded New Light Baptist Church in 1954, and right from the outset, it was a family endeavor.
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Dec 2, 2024 |
berkeleyside.org | Hayden Royster
Larez Davenport can’t help getting emotional when she talks about South Berkeley Community Church. After all, the congregants paid for her to go to college. “How many people can say they went to school on the dime of their church?” she asked.
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Sep 24, 2024 |
arcmag.org | Hayden Royster
In June of 2021, Marvin Olasky eased his lanky, 71-year-old frame into a desk chair and began writing his bimonthly magazine column. The title: “One Year to Go.” After nearly three decades as editor-in-chief at WORLD, the muckraking evangelical news magazine known for its “biblically objective” reporting, Olasky was ready for a gradual, understated retirement in July of 2022—a “glide path,” he called it.
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Aug 7, 2024 |
stmarys-ca.edu | Hayden Royster
After graduating in May, these Gaels are going on to work in fields like marketing and education and join companies like Wells Fargo and BlackRock. Their recommendations: take advantage of job fairs, professor office hours, and the SMC Career Center. by Hayden Royster , Staff Writer | August 9, 2024 What makes a college education worthwhile? For students today, one top priority is career readiness.
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