January 21, 2013
Formula 1 Attracts Ire of Westboro Baptist Church
Members of the Kansas-based church plan to "kindly warn" F1 fans to flee God's wrath.
Religion
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Leakey Church Posts Controversial Sign About President Obama
"Vote for the Mormon, Not the Muslim! The capitalist, not the communist!" reads the sign at Leakey's Church in the Valley.
January 21, 2013
Rick Perry Is Still Newsworthy
From Satan to sleep apnea, five headlines about Rick Perry following his Friday night appearance at the Texas Tribune festival and the publication of Oops, a presidential campaign e-book by the Trib's Jay Root.
January 21, 2013
Cheerleaders Must Stop Displaying Religious Posters at Football Games
Bible verses on banners spark controversy in a small East Texas town.
Business
January 21, 2013
Dr Pepper “Progress of Man” Parody Becomes Silly Facebook Controversy
There's another Dr Pepper boycott in the works, and this one has nothing to do with real cane sugar.
January 21, 2013
Are the FLDS Faithful Leaving Zion?
Rumors indicate that members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints may be leaving the YFZ Ranch.
January 21, 2013
Beeville Man Sees Jesus in Breakfast Taco
Ernesto Garza said that the image of the Christian Messiah in his tortilla was "a miracle."
January 21, 2013
Catching Up With the FLDS One Year After Warren Jeffs’ Conviction
Are the kids at the Yearning for Zion safe?
January 21, 2013
Even More Revelations from Warren Jeffs
The imprisoned polygamist leader, who has put out a dizzying amount of paper from his Palestine prison cell, has warnings for President Obama and the leaders of Mauritania this time.
January 21, 2013
Moldy Jesus Visits Shower in Splendora
Yet another person has found what she believes is the image of Jesus in an unlikely place.
January 21, 2013
Ed Young is Giving Lessons on ‘Swag’
The Grapevine pastor starts a fashion blog to help Christians "set the standard for the rest of the world in fashion as well as faith."
The Culture
January 21, 2013
The Strange Case of the Extorted Virgin Mary Screenplay
The feds will get a portion of the future profits of Mary, Mother of Christ, a film co-written by the man behind Passion of the Christ and produced by Joel Osteen.
January 21, 2013
When the Governor Talks To God
During a National Day of Prayer breakfast, Rick Perry said God will forgive his "oops" moment. We remember a few other things God told him.
Arts & Entertainment
January 21, 2013
Don McLeroy Appears on ‘The Colbert Report’
The former Texas Board of Education chair talks creationism, textbooks, and whether man and dinosaurs lived contemporaneously on The Colbert Report.
January 21, 2013
Warren Jeffs Featured in Episode of A&E Biography
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is the subject of a new A&E Biography documentary set to air Monday night.
January 21, 2013
Furry Fellowship: Grapevine Pastor Ed Young Brings a Lion, Lamb to Easter Sermon
Megachurch Pastor Ed Young, known for his unorthodox methods, brought the beasts onstage as a metaphor for Jesus. But did the stunt violate a city ordinance?
Sports
January 21, 2013
Georgetown’s Celebration Church Gets Tebowed
The evangelical Christian NFL star came to Central Texas Easter Sunday for a Q&A before an outdoor crowd that was estimated to be between fifteen and thirty thousand people.
Sports
January 21, 2013
TAPPS Leader Says Jewish School Never Should Have Joined
Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools director Edd Burleson also called the Beren Academy basketball controversy "politically correct gobbledygook."
January 21, 2013
FLDS Leader Convicted in Historic Bigamy Case
Jurors found former polygamist leader Wendell Loy Nielsen guilty of bigamy for illegally marrying three women.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
FLDS Church Dealt Another Blow
A Texas appeals court upheld the child sexual assault conviction of sixty-year-old Allan Keate, an FLDS member and follower of Warren Jeffs.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Orthodox Jewish High School Basketball Team Gets Back on the Hardwood
TAPPS caves in response to a court motion filed by several Beren Academy players and their parents after the association refused to let the team reschedule its playoff game from Friday night.
January 21, 2013
New Building at YFZ Ranch Puzzles Neighbors
Aerial photos of the YFZ Ranch outside Eldorado show strange constructions underway at the polygamist compound.
January 21, 2013
Joel Osteen’s Sculpted Abs a Testament to His Devotion to Fitness
Paparazzi snapped photos of the very fit Lakewood Church pastor paddleboarding during a family vacation in Hawaii.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Women Now Required to Have a Sonogram Before an Abortion
A three-judge panel reversed a lower court's injunction against the controversial "sonogram law," which mandates that women who have abortions must submit to a sonogram and hear a description of the fetus as litigation proceeds.
January 21, 2013
The Battle of Athens Continues
Some 5,000 people rallied in Athens to support the nativity scene displayed outside the Henderson County Courthouse that has been criticized by an atheist group.
January 21, 2013
Is Athens “Ground Zero for the War on Christmas”?
A nativity scene on the Henderson County Courthouse lawn is at the center of national spat.
January 21, 2013
Controversial “One State Under God” Plates Approved
The DMV approved a religious plate the same day the Sons of Confederate Veterans filed a lawsuit against the agency for infringement of free speech.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Rick Perry Takes His Lumps (of Coal) Over Pro-Christmas Ad
The governor is drawing fire for also using politically correct holiday language.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Rick Perry Latest Ad Attacks Gays in the Military
The governor’s latest campaign ad, “Strong,” gets denounced across the Internet for stirring up the culture wars.
Letter from Rochester
January 21, 2013
The Survivors
On November 5, 2009, Nader Hasan’s cousin Nidal Hasan killed thirteen people at Fort Hood. Kerry Cahill’s father, Michael, was one of the victims. Today, Nader and Kerry are unlikely allies.
Reporter
January 21, 2013
Sects With Strangers
Have you heard the one about the Mormon polygamists who descended on a tiny West Texas town? It would be funny if it wasn't so serious. (Okay, it's pretty funny too.)
Web Exclusive
January 21, 2013
The Warren Jeffs Trial
Dispatches from the Warren Jeffs trial in San Angelo.
Feature
January 21, 2013
Church Burners
Why did Jason Bourque and Daniel McAllister, two Baptist boys from East Texas, set fire to ten churches across three counties last year?
Feature
January 21, 2013
American Idol
Although many people haven’t heard of him, Bishop T.D. Jakes is one of the most famous—and richest— preachers in the country. Whence cometh this man?
Hollywood, TX
January 21, 2013
To Have and to Hold
Can the T. D. Jakes brand go mainstream—and live to tell the tale?
Feature
January 21, 2013
RELIGION: T.D. Jakes
A blast from the pastor.
Faith Bases
January 20, 2013
Gruene Hall
Gruene
Border & Immigration
January 20, 2013
My Tío, the Saint
Meet Toribio Romo, the patron saint of immigrants.
Border & Immigration
January 20, 2013
A Q&A With David Dorado Romo
Not everyone can claim to be related to a certified saint, but David Dorado Romo can. The author and El Paso native traveled to a tiny town in the Mexican state of Jalisco to learn more about his father’s second cousin, Santo Toribio Romo, and discovered some interesting things about
Feature
January 20, 2013
Head of The Class
The question isn’t how the followers of an obscure Turkish imam came to operate the largest charter school system in Texas. It’s whether the incredible success they’ve had can help our ailing public schools.
Faith
January 20, 2013
Fathers and Sins
What happens to your belief in God when your son commits suicide after being molested by a priest? That's a question Nancy and Pat Lemberger have been struggling with for years.
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
Old Testament
I had never thought about my identity as both a Jew and a Texan until my grandparents told me their stories about growing up in South Dallas in the forties.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Take Two Tablets
Should a monument featuring the Ten Commandments be allowed to remain on the grounds of the Texas Capitol? A homeless former defense lawyer says no.
Letter From Fort Worth
January 20, 2013
Bishop Takes Castle
Fort Worth clergyman Jack Iker’s battle with the Episcopal Church has become an all-out war. And the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Feature
January 20, 2013
Peace Be With You. And Also With You. Unless You’re Gay.
The battle for the soul of the Episcopal Church, being waged aggressively in this state, is not only about the ordination of homosexuals. It's also about the future of the denomination.
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
Fundamental Arguments
On October 26, the first FLDS criminal trial in Texas begins. What legal strategies remain for the defense?
Being Texan
January 20, 2013
Jailhouse Flock
What is ex–football star Bill Glass’s plan for reforming hardened prison inmates? God is in the details.
Religion
December 1, 2012
Laughter and Brimstone
Matt Chandler's youthful take on that old-time religion, at Flower Mound's Village Church.
November 19, 2012
Southwestern Grad Murdered by Her Own Prayer Group?
27-year-old was suffocated after months of allegedly being raped, at her husband's urging, by members of the prayer group he founded in Georgetown.
Politics & Policy
July 31, 2012
The Most Interesting Man in Paris, Texas
Arjumand Hashmi, the mayor of Paris, Texas, is perhaps the state's most unlikely mayor - a wealthy, Pakistani-born Muslim with close ties to foreign leaders.