Books
June 22, 2021
Debut Novelist Kelsey McKinney on Losing Her Religion and Leaving Texas
A conversation with the author of the moving and assured ‘God Spare the Girls.’
Religion
Being Texan
July 2, 2020
Nine Texas Faith Leaders on How to Find Hope and Fight Injustice
We asked leaders from across the state and the religious spectrum to share their best words of wisdom.
Arts & Entertainment
June 24, 2020
Critics of the Rothko Chapel Say It’s Too Somber—Will a Pricey Restoration and Skylight Change That?
The visual arts institution intends to realize the artist’s original intentions for the space with its upgrades.
Being Texan
April 23, 2020
“It Seems Almost Impossible to Have the Same Spiritual Connection”: Texas Muslims Prepare for a Remote Ramadan
Mosques are exempt from Governor Greg Abbott's "stay at home" order, but many have opted to stay closed for the Muslim holy month.
Politics & Policy
February 26, 2020
Most Politicians Don’t Court Muslim Voters. Bernie Is Betting on Them in Texas.
Ahead of Super Tuesday, the Sanders campaign has reached out to Muslim voters unlike any campaign before.
Sports
June 21, 2017
Jerry Jones Met With The Pope
The pontiff did not weigh in on if Dez caught the ball during the 2015 playoff game against the Green Bay Packers (but come on, it was a catch).
The Daily Post
March 14, 2016
The Olympic Fencer Asked To Remove Her Hijab At SXSW Is About More Than Intolerance
The festival apologized, but the issue isn’t just racial insensitivity.
Politics & Policy
August 17, 2015
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller Posted A Facebook Meme Suggesting “The Muslim World” Be Nuked
The deep fryer defender’s social media profile has since deleted the threatening image.
The Daily Post
May 14, 2015
Eighteen percent of Texans Identify Their Religion as “None”
A Pew Research Study of religion in all fifty states suggests that the shift toward a less religious America may not just be on the coasts.
Politics & Policy
December 3, 2014
Is It Legal For an Atheist to Hold Public Office in Texas?
A mailer sent out during an Austin City Council runoff makes this weird question relevant once more.
The Daily Post
October 16, 2014
Houston City Attorneys Subpoenaed Sermons from Pastors They Suspect Fought the Ordinance from the Pulpit
Making a whole lot of people uncomfortable.
The Culture
July 23, 2014
Where Have All the Cowboy Churches Come From?
There aren’t that many cowboys anymore, and yet cowboy churches seem to be everywhere. What gives?
The Culture
March 19, 2014
Going Secular at SXSW
The band Gungor is using the festival to broaden its fan base outside the churches where it made its name. Can it escape the stigma of Christian rock without alienating its devoted followers?
Politics & Policy
February 11, 2014
Evolution of the Specious
The arguments against teaching evolution in schools have largely failed. Have they finally come to an end?
The Daily Post
December 2, 2013
Mission, Texas Has Exempted Churches From Its Noise Ordinance
After a criminal noise complaint was filed—and quickly withdrawn—over the sound of the church bells at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission, the city council voted to exempt churches from the noise ordinance. As the Rio Grande Valley shifts away from being monolithically Catholic, what does this
The Daily Post
October 10, 2013
Tattooed Jesus Billboards Flood Lubbock
Lubbock, long a stronghold in the Bible Belt, is home to a new religious marketing campaign featuring a tattooed Jesus. The billboards picturing inked Jesus have irked some in the community (where churches outnumber tattoo parlors 25:1) and left others impressed with the message.
Politics & Policy
January 23, 2013
How Texas Public Schools Teach the Bible
With a largely Protestant bias, according to examples culled by the Texas Freedom Network.
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.
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
Moldy Jesus Visits Shower in Splendora
Yet another person has found what she believes is the image of Jesus in an unlikely place.
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
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
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
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.
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?
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
Religion
January 20, 2013
Jailhouse Flock
What is ex–football star Bill Glass’s plan for reforming hardened prison inmates? God is in the details.
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.
Arts & Entertainment
March 15, 2012
Is ‘GCB’ Anti-Christian?
The new television show, which satirizes church-going Dallas socialites, draws ire from Newt Gingrich and a score of others.
Sports
March 4, 2012
A Bittersweet End for Beren Academy
The Beren Stars fell to the Abilene Christian Panthers, 46-42, in Saturday night's TAPPS 2A final, but people are still talking about how the Houston Orthodox Jewish day school got there.
Books
July 31, 2011
Gunfire and Brimstone
Fort Worth preacher J. Frank Norris paved the way for today’s televangelists. But he’s probably best known as the defendant in a wild 1927 murder trial.
Feature
June 30, 1997
Happy Doomsday
In the wake of Heaven’s Gate, the media marched en masse to Abilene, the home base of the House of Yahweh, whose charismatic leader, Yisrayl Hawkins, was supposed to be the next David Koresh. Not even close.
Behind the Lines
December 1, 1996
The Church on the Hill
Why the big fight between a small town and a small church wound up in the Supreme Court.
Religion
August 31, 1995
I’m a Believer
With so many people attacking the Religious Right these days, being a Christian isn’t easy. But I keep the faith.