In Stephen King’s ‘The Outsider,’ the light’s winning — barely

In Stephen King’s latest, “The Outsider,” out now, a police detective and a forensic private investigator track down a shapeshifting boogeyman who likes to frame people for sadistic crimes. A local baseball coach is accused of violently assaulting and murdering a young boy. There’s equal proof of both that he definitely wasn’t at the crime […]

Cowboy church caters to Western culture

By Jake Harris | Published Saturday, May 2, 2015 This article was originally published in the May 2 edition of The Wise County Messenger. Photos by Jimmy Alford. The typical church-going environment on a Sunday morning in the South revolves around a pulpit, pews and a sanctuary in a church building. The Wise County Cowboy Church is […]

Community of forgiveness: Ministry looks to faith to heal addiction

By Jake Harris | Published Wednesday, January 14, 2015 This article was originally published in the Jan. 14, 2015 edition of the Wise County Messenger. Photos by Joe Duty. On Monday and Thursday nights at the Pizza Hut off U.S. 380 in Bridgeport, a group of people meets in the restaurant’s private dining room. Most […]

Fort Worth bar church a hit with college students

This article was originally published at the109.org on Sept. 1, 2014. Photo by Karen Gavis. Each Sunday at 10:30 a.m., college students file into the Aardvark bar on Berry Street. But they aren’t there to drink. They’re going to church. Impact, the college ministry of Christ Chapel Bible Church, started meeting in the popular TCU watering […]

Disciples of Christ Church formally recognizes gay members in its congregation

This article was originally published at TCU 360 on July 19, 2013 . Photo taken by me. The Disciples of Christ denomination voted to formally recognize and welcome LGBTQ members of its congregation in worship after a general assembly meeting in Orlando, Fla. this week. Resolution GA-1327, “Becoming a People of Grace and Welcome to All,” was […]

RELIGION AT TCU: The Christian part of TCU’s name is not lost on campus

Story by Jake Harris, published in Image Magazine’s Spring 2013 issue. Photo taken by me. At 137 feet, the steeple of Robert Carr Chapel is the highest point on the university’s campus. The chapel was built in 1953 and the steeple represents the notion that God should be at the highest point of anyone’s life. […]