Does Your Worship Have This Kind of Joy?

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This got posted to the web about three days ago. It’s gone from about a thousand hits last night to 30,000 this morning.

My strong hunch is that, by the end of the week, it’ll be in the millions.

Apparently posted by Jill Peterson and Kevin Kheinz, and apparently from their actual wedding processional.

Check it out:


(If you can’t see the player, click here.)

I was talking with Vicki on Facebook (after I originally posted this over there) and she had the same reaction I did: tears of joy.

What fun. What sheer joy.

A couple of thoughts.

First, I want to officiate at THAT wedding!! Anybody who takes the time to think up, and choreograph, that kind of entrance has to be a group of fun people.

Secondly, should there be anybody thinking it was distasteful or inappropriate (I know how people are), let me ask you this….

How have we moved so far away from the idea that worship should have this kind of joy, celebration, and embodiment? Aren’t we supposed to give our whole selves to God, not just our brains?

Does YOUR worship have that kind of joy?

If not, why not?

Please visit Eric’s original blog here: http://www.wheneftalks2.blogspot.com/
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Eric Folkerth is a minister, musician, author and blogger. He is Senior Pastor of Kessler Park UMC United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. Previously, he was pastor at Northaven UMC in Dallas for seventeen years. Eric loves to write on topics of spirituality, social justice, music/art and politics. The entries on this blog reflect that diversity of interests. His passion for social justice goes beyond mere words. Eric was arrested at the White House, defending immigrants and “The Dreamers;” and he’s officiated at same sex weddings. Eric was the 2017 recipient of the prestigeous Kuchling Humanitarian Award from Dallas’ Black Tie Dinner. (Human Rights Campaign) Eric has led or co-led hundreds of persons on mission trips to build houses and bring medical care around the globe, to places such as Mexico, Haiti, Russia, Guatemala, and Nepal. He is proud of have shephereded Highland Park UMC's construction of ten Habitat for Humanity homes, (and one Community Center) and helped forge an alliance with Habitat that led to the construction of 100 homes in Dallas, housing thousands of people. His wife, Justice Dennise Garcia, has 20 years experience as a state district judge and appelate justice in North Texas. First elected in 2004, she was the first Latina ever elected to a Dallas County state district bench, and she she left that position whe was the longest currently serving district judge. In 2020 Dennise Garcia was a elected as a Justice of the 5th District Court of Appeals for Texas. She is currently running to be Chief of the 5th District Court of Appeals in the 2024 cycle. They have the world’s best daughter, Maria, who is a practicing professional counselor in Dallas. Find links to Eric’s music-related websites, at the top of this site’s navigation menu.

One thought on “Does Your Worship Have This Kind of Joy?”

  1. An update…As of this evening, the video now has 466,000 hits. Wow….It had only about a thousand when I first saw it last night. Amazing.I'll keep you posted as this unfolds. I feel certain it'll be in the millions by tomorrow.

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