Wowza

I’ve been writing longform over on Facebook for more than a decade now, but never had anything approaching the reaction to this week’s post on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

10,000 shares?
Are you kidding me?

Wowza.
So, thanks again to everyone for sharing/reading this post…and for re-enforcing my faith in humanity. It’s very clear that, like me, many of you find this couple “adorable.” That’s heartening.

As often happens, the trolls lag behind a few days…and today, there are now more of them jumping in.
So, if you wander over there to read, just feel free to stop after the first 1,000 comments.

🙂

But…that’s after a week of solidly positive thoughts from many folks….most of which were very kind, and extremely supportive.

This would probably be a good time to remind you that, as I found myself repeating several times this week, this kind of longform writing in my jam.

And as it happens, and somewhat simultaneous to this post, over here on this OG writing site When EF Talks, we recently surpassed 1,000 entries. One thousand bits of writing to read, or music to hear. Again. Wowza.

In its current and former incarnations, When EF Talks now has more than 668,000 views.
Wowza, tambien.

So, just dropping in here to say a truly heartfelt…..thanks.

Thank you coming here to When EF Talks, year after year. Or, thanks for finding me recently.
Thanks for every subscribe, read, comment, or share.


I;m so glad you’re here, and glad you keep stopping by.

EF

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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 “Wowza

  1. Eric,

    I loved the original post and it gave me hope that not all people at jerks! I have learned from your posts and shared them with priest friends. Keep them coming!

    Ann Hamm (former wife of Denny Hamm who used to play the sax with you I believe)

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