At the November 5 meeting of St. Paul’s Ordinary Women, Houston Chronicle business columnist Chris Tomlinson will share his thoughts on money, politics, and life in Texas. 

Chris Tomllinson

The brown-bag lunch gathering meets from noon to 1:30pm in J-204. An offshoot of the Ordinary Life Sunday School class, Ordinary Women is open to all women interested in the topic. 

Per the Chronicle’s website, “Tomlinson writes commentary about money, politics, and life in Texas for Hearst Newspapers. He can be reached at ctomlinson@hearstcorp.com. 

“In 2025, Tomlinson was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters, an honor society that recognizes distinctive literary achievement. In 2021, the Texas Association of Managing Editors awarded him columnist of the year, and the Headliners Foundation named him Texas's Star Opinion Writer.  

“He’s authored two New York Times Bestsellers, Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth and Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name - One White, One Black. 

“Before joining the Houston Chronicle in 2014, he spent 20 years with The Associated Press reporting on politics, economics, conflicts, and natural disasters from more than 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe.” 

Ordinary Women also works with the food pantry at Trinity East UMC and other missions.  For more information about the group of this month’s program, please contact Rev. Barbara Robberson via barbrobberson@gmail.com