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Kevin Bacon Surprises Students at High School Where ‘Footloose’ Was Filmed — Announces He’s Visiting Them for Prom

After some very serious lobbying from students at Payson High School in Payson, Utah, where “Footloose” was filmed, Kevin Bacon announced Friday that he would be returning to the high school for this year’s senior prom. 

“My Last Thought Was a Desperate Plea to God, ‘Lord, Give Me the Strength to Die Well’”: Mom With ‘Invisible Illness’ Shares Her Harrowing...

"'Help me to not look like I am suffocating,' I prayed. 'Lord, please protect my son’s heart from this.’ And I faded away."

“My Husband Turned Blue to Gray”: Wife In Shock Over the One Drink That Killed Her Husband

"The doctor's exact words were 'People drinking these drinks are playing Russian Roulette with their lives.' I was blown away and couldn’t believe just one drink could do this damage"... And KIDS can buy these anywhere.

Lead Singer for Christian Band ‘Hawk Nelson’ Says “I No Longer Believe in God,” Receives Outpouring of Support from Christian Artists

Jon Steingard, lead guitarist for Christian pop-punk band, Hawk Nelson, made an announcement last week on Instagram that he no longer believes in God.

“I’ve been terrified to post this for a while – but it feels like it’s time for me to be honest,” wrote Steingard in opening the dialogue he’d been scared to initiate for years, adding, “I hope this is not the end of the conversation, but the beginning.”


“This is not a post I ever thought that I would write, but now I feel like I really need to,” Steingard wrote. “After growing up in a Christian home, being a pastor’s kid, playing and singing in a Christian band, and having the word ‘Christian’ in front of most of the things in my life — I am now finding that I no longer believe in God.”

Rather than it happening ‘overnight,’ the musician explains that his journey to unbelief was more like ‘pulling on the threads of a sweater, and one day discovering that there was no more sweater left.’

The ex-Christian artist assured fans that may have followed him because of his band affiliation with Hawk Nelson that he was not lying to them the entire time, nor pretending to be a Christian.

“I was not lying,” he shared. “I did believe those things at the time. I may have been pulling on the threads of the sweater, but there was still some sweater left back then.”

Though unsettled about his faith in Christ from early on, Steingard felt that growing up in a Christian home and being surrounded by believers, he must develop a “reflex to push it down, and soldier on.”

Kelsey Straeter
Kelsey Straeter
Kelsey is an editor at Outreach. She’s passionate about fear fighting, freedom writing, and the pursuit of excellence in the name of crucifying perfectionism. Glitter is her favorite color, 2nd only to pink, and 3rd only to pink glitter.

Kevin Bacon Surprises Students at High School Where ‘Footloose’ Was Filmed — Announces He’s Visiting Them for Prom

After some very serious lobbying from students at Payson High School in Payson, Utah, where “Footloose” was filmed, Kevin Bacon announced Friday that he would be returning to the high school for this year’s senior prom. 

“My Last Thought Was a Desperate Plea to God, ‘Lord, Give Me the Strength to Die Well’”: Mom With ‘Invisible Illness’ Shares Her Harrowing...

"'Help me to not look like I am suffocating,' I prayed. 'Lord, please protect my son’s heart from this.’ And I faded away."

“My Husband Turned Blue to Gray”: Wife In Shock Over the One Drink That Killed Her Husband

"The doctor's exact words were 'People drinking these drinks are playing Russian Roulette with their lives.' I was blown away and couldn’t believe just one drink could do this damage"... And KIDS can buy these anywhere.