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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2 weeks ago |
stmarys-ca.edu | Hayden Royster |Francis Tatem
Don’t let our serene campus fool you—at Saint Mary’s College, there is always plenty afoot. Just ask any Gael who has attended an electrifying basketball game at the University Credit Union Pavilion, joined a glow-in-the-dark spin class at the Joseph L. Alioto Recreation Center, or belted it out during a karaoke night at the 1928 Pub. While there is always fun to be had on campus, Saint Mary’s also has one of the world’s best backyards: the San Francisco Bay Area.
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4 weeks 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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