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Crucifixes, Guthrie, and the Dropkick Murphys

By Steve Beard For the last few years, I’ve gotten hooked on livestreaming the Dropkick Murphys’ St. Patrick’s Day concert. This remains the one redemptive habit I’ve clung to from the pandemic years. Over the last 25 years, the bagpipe-and-banjo-infused … Continue reading

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Not Just Another Pretty Face: Raquel Welch, RIP

By Steve Beard “Contrary to popular myth, I didn’t just hatch out of an eagle’s nest, circa ‘One Million Years B.C.,’ clad in a doeskin bikini …,” wrote Raquel Welch about her provocative cavewoman publicity photo for the 1966 film. … Continue reading

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Pauley Perrette and the Psych Ward Sirens

By Steve Beard A dagger went through my heart as I recently watched an NCIS rerun and was abruptly reminded how much I miss photographing roller derby. During the opening credits of season 6 and 7 of NBC’s top-shelf show, … Continue reading

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Van Doren’s off the wall success

By Steve Beard I know next to nothing about business – but Paul Van Doren clearly did. He was the founder of Vans, one of the most successful shoe, streetwear, and lifestyle brands in American history. On May 6, Van … Continue reading

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Remembering Harry Snyder: Mr. In-N-Out

By Steve Beard “No Microwaves, No Freezers, No Heat Lamps.” Happy Birthday to Harry Snyder, co-founder of my beloved In-N-Out. While I happily live in Whataburger territory, I’m an unrepentant hustler for the Animal Style Double-Double. So was the late … Continue reading

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Barren Table Faith: Charles Tindley

By Steve Beard Charles Albert Tindley arrived for his first pastoral appointment in Cape May, New Jersey, in the middle of a snow storm. With small children to feed, Charles and his wife had only a stale piece of bread. … Continue reading

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Tenor’s Prayer: Andrea Bocelli

By Steve Beard Perhaps no singular image better captured Easter under the treacherous cruelty of the coronavirus than Andrea Bocelli performing a solitary sacred concert in the spectacularly cavernous Duomo di Milano, the cathedral in Milan, Italy. By the time … Continue reading

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Christ on the Wrist

By Steve Beard Her spiritual journey began by asking about a tattoo of Jesus on the wrist of a client. Aimee Burke cuts and styles hair in a hipster neighborhood in Toronto. “She partied a lot and was partial to … Continue reading

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Prez George H.W. Bush: Kind life, gentle death

By Steve Beard January 2019, Good News It had been three hard days for George H.W. Bush, the 94-year-old former President of the United States. Lifelong friend James Baker, Mr. Bush’s secretary of state and chief of staff, went to … Continue reading

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Remembering Eugene Peterson

By Steve Beard 2018, Good News Known as the shepherd to shepherds, Eugene Peterson – author of The Message, a contemporary Bible paraphrase that has sold millions of copies – died on Monday, October 22, 2018. He was 85 years … Continue reading

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