Not sure why, but I never posted this version of "Let It Be," from Sir Paul. It seems like this desert island song for so many of us --one of the closest thing we have to a "spiritual, but not…
Read moreToday, at our weekly clergy vigil in front of Dallas ICE Headquarters, I drew the connection between standing for justice for immigrants and current redistricting effort in Texas.
Last week, three Dallas area Congressmembers —Hons. Mark Veasey, Julie Johnson, and…
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Get more from Eric Folkerth in the Substack app Available for iOS and Android … Read moreWhen Dennise and I moved back to into our house, we realized we needed to downsize, since it was one-room smaller than where we had been living. So, before we boxed up anything, we designated a room to store (dump…
Read moreAs you can see, Billy Joel has looked over, and guarded, “Selfish Giant Studios,” for many years now. This record store cut-out made its debut in my various dorms at UT Austin in the 1980s. With a few gaps, it…
Read moreYesterday, Texas friends, you were given a real-world civics lessons on why redistricting matters.
Yes, the testimony at the open hearing in Arlington...yes, of course that.
But I'm talking about something else. I'm talking about a civics lesson in the…
Read moreSo I’m still going to post this week’s video, shot this morning at Ice Dallas Headquarters.
That said, there’s big news this afternoon.
Three of our Dallas area members of Congress —Hons. Mark Veasey, Julie Johnson, and Jasmine Crockett— have…
Read moreAn update I recorded yesterday, at the conclusion of a remembrance for Santos Rodriguez in Dallas.
As of this hour, it appears ICE is still detaining people in their headquarters building…in unairconditioned rooms with no beds, chairs, or other humane…
ICE Detaining People at Dallas HQ
This morning we learned new information during our ICE HQ Vigil:
ICE is indeed detaining people here in their headquarters building.
We had a harrowing and deeply troubling conversation with a woman who had…
Read more“AND…WHO AM I?”
This is the unspoken question the religious lawyer quizzing Jesus never asks. I really wish he had. Because I need the answer to this question, and so do you.
I’m talking about the Parable of the Good…
Read more“Is that a hospital bracelet on your wrist?”
Pastor Kay asks me this question during our staff meeting, the Wednesday before the Fourth of July.
I chuckle quietly.
“No,” I say, “that my ‘VIP’ bracelet from the Kerrville Folk Festival…
Read moreDear Ken Ashby:
First off, are you the Ken Ashby who ran for Congress as a Libertarian in Dallas?
If so, that would explain a lot.
Second off, did actualy read the Bible before sending that letter?
Because that…
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This week, Eric spoke about his passionate love for the Texas Hill…
Read moreAs you can see, this morning’s Clergy Vigil in front of Dallas ICE Headquarters was rain soaked. And, we continue to pray for all those affected in the Hill Country…and from famlies very close to us in Dallas who were/are…
Read moreI’m not sure I’ve ever watched “In The Heights” without weeping. And I’m quite sure it’s always been during, at the very least, this song.
After an errand yesterday, I arrived back at the Lakehouse to find The Judge and…
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First off, so very sorry for all our…
A Sermon from Kessler Park UMC in Dallas
June 29, 2025
I am indebted to and his Substack post, about Dr. Vance Boelter, the recent Minnesota murderer, titled:
Scenes from a Slow Civil War On the Christian Education of Dr…So, many of you reading this have likely already figured this out; but over the past several months I’ve made a shift in my longform writing. It used to be the primary place I’d write was here, at my own…
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