So 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…
Read moreToday, I’m out with a ten-year remembrance of the Obergefell Decision, legalizing Same Sex Marriage in America.
It was a big day for two members of our church, who were the first legally married couple in our County, and possibly…
“Is there a senior discount?”
It’s ten years ago, today. And I’m standing at one of the several pay stations in the Dallas County Clerk’s office where, among other things, the public can pay for a marriage license.
I’d guess…
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Sermon from Rev. Eric Folkerth
Kessler Park UMC
Dallas, TX
06.22.25
United Methodist Teaching, “On War and Military Service”
Read more"The church deplores war and all other forms of violent…
I realize that the entire Christian world is waking up this morning to say something about Pope Francis. And I’ll ask you to trust that I will indeed get to my grief over this death, and what it means to…
Read moreThree weeks into Trump 2.0, and I’m still haunted by JD Vance’s condescending smirk at the National Prayer Service.
He wasn’t he only one. The entire Trump team was smirking and squirming. But since, once upon a time, I was…
Read moreHere is my sermon from January 26, 2025 at Kessler Park UMC.
It weaves together the Gospel of Luke and the conflict between Bishop Mariann Budde and President Trump’s supporters.
A written essay that also speaks of these issues is…
Americans are involved in a debate over truth. After decades of the “alternative facts” of FOX News, Trump 1.0, and COVID-denialism, surely no one can deny this.
But there is a small subset of this debate very near and dear…
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