To the Pride Flag Vandal,
I don’t know who you are.
I don’t know your motivations.
I don’t know why you chose to cut down our KPUMC Pride Flag from the flagpole on our property.
But I thought I’d write…
Read moreTo the Pride Flag Vandal,
I don’t know who you are.
I don’t know your motivations.
I don’t know why you chose to cut down our KPUMC Pride Flag from the flagpole on our property.
But I thought I’d write…
Read moreFor some years, I’ve been telling you I sensed a “split” was coming in the UMC, but that I couldn’t predict just how that would happen. Ideally, a split would be affected by an orderly process, authorized by the General…
Read moreToday, all over America, fans will pour into stadiums to watch their favorite college teams.
In many locales —urban and rural, in Red and Blue states— fans will submit to a “clear bag” rule, and possibly even a scan or…
Pretty excited to be a part of this podcast, with friends Kenny Dickson and Mike Hatch. Since I’m both a songwriter and preacher, they invited me to to talk about the great documentary “Echo in the Canyon.”
It traces the…
These are the three biggest lies — the three greatest disincentives to…
Read moreI’ve been dubious about The National Anthem and our flag, for several years now…having been stunned to learn the Anthem’s racists verses (the ones we never sing…) and having been deeply impressed by the “Take a Knee” movement regarding the…
Read moreBecause I grew up as an “average” White American, my learnings about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have mostly come from White America. I was in my mid-20s before I first understood this. Only now, in my mid-50s, can I…
Read more“Let me put it this way, there were a number of folks who got up on the floor and gave the same speech, you know that night…while there was a crime scene investigation and a…
Read moreEverybody is haunted by the images of this week.
The Nazi shirts…the Confederate flag…the man with zip ties in military gear…the wild-eyed looks of these insurrectionists.
But I’ve been deeply stirred by two images.
One, of this Capitol police officer…
If you are a Trump supporter who condemns yesterday’s insurrection against the United States, if you believe yourself to be a Christian or a decent person, today is a day to forever take down your Trump flags and put away…
Read moreAs We Go On
Words and Music: Eric Folkerth
the turning of the year
the turning of a page
listen and you’ll hear
all this restlessness and rage
sadness in our eyes
hearts still in grief
we say our goodbye…
Conversation:
We talk about “Love” and how our pandemic Christmas will be different. Eric unpacks the classic song “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” as the perfect song of this season.
Featured Songs:
“Love is There,” by Grace Pettis.”
O…
We’ve had a small, juvenile hawk hanging around the house the past few weeks. It might explain the sudden disappearance of rats on our late-night security cameras. (That might also be due to the neighborhood cat that apparently likes to…
Read moreHi Friends,
It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a music update. In this time of pandemic, there’s not a lot of live music happening out there. A few reminders of things I’m doing in the online world, to…
Far too many times, I hear White people say White Privilege is a myth or a creation of the Left. But there are ways to VISUALIZE it…to illustrate it…show show its pernicious effects beyond shadow of dout.
Exhibit A: The…
Two thousand Federal troops.
I keep coming back to that number.
That’s the number of Union soldiers that accompanied General Gordon Granger into Galveston on the day Juneteenth was proclaimed in 1865.
We White people barely understand Juneteenth to begin…
Read moreOn this day of George Floyd’s memorial service in Houston, a repost of my version of Tom Prasada-Rao’s powerful tribute song.
Tom’s song has now been covered 20-30 times by a beautiful assortment of musicians.
This version was…
Read moreWhite Siblings,
Don’t look away.
Don’t avert your eyes.
Yes, there is a danger even in reposting these because of the moral license they may give other racists who see them.
But you….dear White sibling…
You who are still more…
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