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reciated about steve s work with good news magazine he was committed to producing a magazine that had balance making sure there was something for our entire united methodist readership both clergy and laity after a number of years i realized how easy it would have been for me to lean toward a publication geared mainly for just clergy steve made sure that didn t happen there were articles for persons of all ages for clergy and laity men and women urban and rural and with racial sensitivity he was careful that we not be consumed by the negatives which of course there were many in a time when general readership magazines were languishing steve continued to make good news a quality well informed inspirational edifying and always challenging publication just a great read he had keen insight and concern about how the good news movement would be perceived across the denomination and he was always careful to avoid things that would invite unnecessary criticisms of good news larger renewal efforts steve also maintained cordial and positive professional relationships with those involved at united methodist communications in nashville he respected them treated them cordially and i sensed that they responded positively to steve in return even while understanding that he represented a renewal ministry with which they often disagreed i would add that steve is an excellent journalist that is a very gifted writer in church matters and beyond many of us were impressed at his articles reviewing movies and critiquing pop culture he was a contributor to national review online and breakpoint com he was a contributing author to spiritual journeys how faith has influenced twelve music icons relevant 2003 in which he wrote chapters on bono johnny cash and al green he was also asked to contribute the forward to steve stockman s book walk on the spiritual journey of u2 relevant books 2001 steve s articles have appeared in charisma discipleship journal the washington times and world magazine yes steve was and is a profoundly gifted writer steve also has great instincts to see the larger picture of things he regularly helped me with articles editorials as well as the monthly letters to our constituents he made me a better writer i am thankful for his patience and gentle critiques during those many years we worked together so it has been hard to see this major investment of steve s life and energy come to an end without some acknowledgement or recognition for all he s done thanks to you steve beard for serving faithfully for 34 years as an editor who consistently gave us a first class magazine of which we could all be proud about 200 issues in all i wish there could have been one final magazine to give many of us a chance to say a much deserved thank you well done and farewell do know steve that for many of us who have been your colleagues and co laborers we know well the significance of your ministry for a full third of a century to the vital renewal venture in which we have all shared you have made an enormous contribution to this endeavor then as your friend and brother in christ i want to express personally my heart felt gratitude and appreciation for you your friendship and what your ministry has meant to me you dear friend have my deep and enduring admiration for all you have done i give thanks to our heavenly father you are an example indeed of a long obedience in the same direction do keep writing james v heidinger ii is president emeritus of good news posted in articles uncategorized leave a comment nick cave wrestles with a wild god posted on october 28 2024 by steve o nick cave wrestles with a wild god interview with ann powers npr is nick cave a holy man after a decade that transformed the australian born rock titan from post punk s louchest fallen angel into a dignified seeker whose courage and wisdom resounds beyond musical boundaries many would say yes ann powers s npr interview with nick cave is worth your time i would say i m in the process of conversion cave told powers moving in that direction but far from converted shall we say ann powers you ve been fascinated with the story of jesus and talk often about how that story and the beautiful language of the new testament has inspired you i have a small detail question i m very curious about which version of the new testament you favor nick cave i am a king james guy only because i m sort of a traditionalist in a sense there s actually probably better translations and more accurate certainly i like the king james version because it s possibly inaccurate and it s very mysterious and i don t quite understand a lot of it and attempts to make things more comprehensible i think strip something away from the language of judeo christian religion that i m really attracted to i find it very difficult to spend much time in the anglican church even though i try because it s been stripped of its mystery and in an attempt to be relevant and kind of down with current ideas about things it s lost its essential weirdness and mystery and that s the stuff that i am particularly attracted to with christianity it s weird posted in uncategorized leave a comment nick cave s wild god challenges a too comfortable culture posted on september 10 2024 by steve o nick cave s wild god challenges a too comfortable culture by belle tindall in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries there lived an anonymous mystic who we ve since come to know as julian of norwich after coming chillingly close to death at the age of thirty she spent the subsequent decades of her life in a small side room of st julian of norwich church the inspiration behind her pseudonym speaking to people only through windows and writing masterfully about her supernatural visions of god her anonymity modesty and creativity meant that she was free to write about god without the pressure of being theologically or doctrinally correct she wasn t too interested in making her writing academically bulletproof nor was she too bothered with institutional rightness rather she experienced and she wrote she pondered and she wrote she suffered and she wrote she rejoiced and she wrote she was utterly captivated by god and that meant that she was free i think that nick cave is free too his latest album reminds me of julian of norwich s work baffling subversive mystical rooted in a truth that can t be proven a truth he wouldn t be interested in proving anyway it too swerves rightness it too refuses to dilute the oddness of faith it too is irresistibly intense i pressed play at around 8 03am this morning assuming that this album would be the soundtrack to my mundane morning but two songs in i found myself sitting on my kitchen floor with my coffee a notebook and the album turned up to a volume that would have justifiably annoyed the neighbours this is not a casual album any true nick cave fan would scold me for ever expecting it to be posted in uncategorized leave a comment the wild god we can t coerce posted on september 10 2024 by steve o nick cave recording wild god nickcave com nick cave recording wild god nickcave com by belle tindall christianity is a wild thing i say this even while only half understanding what i m saying it s something that i m learning or perhaps it s more appropriate to say that it s something that i m un learning because admittedly i m far more familiar with a somewhat domesticated view of my own faith tradition the kind that allows me to fashion fences out of my expectations to put parameters around god s presence and boundaries upon his behaviour both of which are a farce of course but a comforting farce none the less you see there is nothing comfortable about a god who cannot be wholly predicted or comprehended let alone controlled or contained a wild god is always going to be a challenge to a culture that has enthroned comfort we re too easily spooked and too unused to the sensation of being cosmically baffled but affronting as it may be i am trying my best to sit in the knowledge that the god i believe in is a wild god and i m finding this wildness increasingly hard to ignore perhaps it s all the rowan williams i ve been reading or my newfound interest in the romantics as in the eighteenth and nineteenth century poets not the 1970 s american rock band or maybe it has more to do with nick cave and the bad seeds new album which i have been listening to relentlessly over the last week in this musical offering nick cave introduces us to his wild god who i think is my god too it s just that wild has never been the first adjective i reach for when describing him until now i suppose please continue reading here posted in uncategorized leave a comment happy valentine s day 2 posted on february 14 2024 by steve o ok one last note on valentine s day nearly 20 years ago i was at the movie junket for the notebook there is always a dual boo hooray factor to nicholas sparks books and films i get it nevertheless give me a moment to recap the notebook portrays a steamy 1940s summer romance between rachel mcadams and ryan gosling he senses the destiny of a lifetime together she thinks he s crazy nevertheless she is wooed by his charm it is red hot teenage infatuation that peels the paint that is until family meddling and world war ii tear the young couple asunder in the film the fairy tale romance is read aloud each day by a man james garner who comes to visit an alzheimer s patient gena rowlands in a nursing home thus the photo each visit reveals more of the combustible love story as he faithfully reads to her each day we see the way that she engages the story as if it was familiar battling the ruthless effects of alzheimer s disease whether you re a sparks fan or not the movie was about enduring and passionate love that burns brightly with flames at the outset and ends up graduating to white hot coals that last a lifetime there is an everlastingness about it a certain mysticism an unmistakable magnetism and an undying attraction that carries on to the exit gate of life continue reading posted in uncategorized leave a comment happy valentine s day 1 posted on february 14 2024 by steve o happy valentine s day to all my friends in love who ve lost love and those in search of love big hugs a box of chocolate a round of golf and a juicy sirloin i am envious of the poets who contemplate love it is like trying to lasso a tornado good luck i ve been to the rev al green s church in memphis three times right down the road from graceland when he starts bobbing and weaving in the pulpit i can t help but hear the soul man singing let s let s stay together lovin you whether whether times are good or bad happy or sad in my mind he will always be the funky st valentine before the greeting card companies began milking it february 14 was the feast of the martyred saint valentine from the third century according to tradition the skull of the patron saint of lovers beheaded because he secretly married couples during the reign of roman emperor gothicus supposedly is encased at the basilica di santa maria in cosmedin italy thus the photo on this ash wednesday i simply adore the visual because and i say this with all due respect sometimes it just seems like you lose your head or at least your mind when you fall in love yep i am well aware of the complicated history of whether there was one or two saint valentines and where exactly all his their relics ended up while that is troubling to some i rather enjoy the inexactitude of saint valentine s story love is kinda sloppy and messy like that and complicated it reminds me of one of my favorite love songs the golden state by john doe of x you are the hole in my head i am the pain in your neck you are the lump in my throat i am the aching in your heart been there done that and i don t regret it for a moment to those in the throes of love congratulations muah muah muah so happy for you honestly allow me to leave you with this irrationally beautiful sentiment on love from songwriter nick cave i can see him saying this to his lovely wife susie come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down we make a little history baby every time you come around come loose your dogs upon me and let your hair hang down you are a little mystery to me every time you come around i love that valentine sentiment sail your ship around the one you love let your hair hang down toast to the mystery of the heart hold hands squeeze tight be grateful happy valentine s day posted in uncategorized leave a comment tomorrow is valentine s day posted on february 13 2024 by steve o friendly reminder that tomorrow is valentine s day if you have god forbid forgotten to get a sweet treat for your sweet treat you still have time don t get caught on thin ice scurry off and get snacks or diamonds like right now meanwhile enjoy one of my fave depictions of st valentine by italian artist paolo consorti ironically this memorably imaginary portrayal of the patron saint of love smelling roses on ice skates was discovered in a small sanctuary by my friend sister rose pacatte while she was participating in a film festival in italy the contested relics of st valentine are actually at the basilica and the carmelite monastery church in terni an hour north of rome spread the love posted in uncategorized leave a comment remembering her birthday joann beard rip posted on february 10 2024 by steve o february 9 is my mom s birthday it s kinda been a rough morning still mourning i guess my family misses her my mom s death certificate states august 30 2023 it s wrong i was there actually death came seven minutes before midnight august 29 the nurse sent from the mortuary to fill out the paperwork showed up at my parents home several hours after mom shed her mortal coil as the poets would put it august 30 was fine for filling out the form it was just seven minutes off in the provocative scheme of eternity the paperwork was no big deal eighty years that s what my mom joann beard was given to soak up the joy and anguish of life she fought for every moment my family was grateful we miss her first thing this morning i listened to a song from blind gary davis 1896 1972 a minister and blues artist well now death don t have no mercy in this land he ll come to your house and he won t stay long look round the room one of your family will be gone death don t have no mercy in this land death may indeed not have mercy but joy and comfort are found in friends and family in the shadow of death in my faith tradition death does not have the final word continue reading posted in uncategorized 3 comments happy st brigid day posted on february 1 2024 by steve o mural of brigid in dundalk ireland photo by steve beard by steve beard in ireland the first day of february is st brigid s day as well as the ancient celtic festival of imbolc marking new birth and the threshold of spring not long ago it was christened as an irish government holiday st patrick s day became an irish bank holiday in...