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.
It’s Tuesday, so I must have another song to share. (Four for four over the past month!) Today, as promised, a new version of a song I’d recorded before, called “Walk With Me.” The original tracks were stolen with my computer about a year and a half ago. But I’ve redone it. And I like […]
How is it that I am this sad today, about the death of Mr. Peppermint? A few moments ago, I was in literal tears, followed by a feeling embarrassment. I wasn’t a close friend, like others here in Dallas can say. I didn’t know him through theater circles, as some drama-friends did. But like an […]
I’ve had some fantastic days in the studio the past few weeks. My goal is always to spend some part of Friday recording and working on music, but for all sorts of reasons if often doesn’t work out. One reason, of course, was not having my guitar for about a year. And ever since it’s […]
“If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”— Aleksander […]
First, for the zillions of amazing and generous birthday greetings via Facebook…Thank You. Every year, I forget just how amazing this is, this Facebook-Birthday-Greeting-thing. Very likely, while I write/post this blog, I will receive the five HUNDREDTH Facebook greeting. No joke. It’s shockingly wonderful. It’s always beautiful to hear from the incredibly diversity of my […]
Do you remember the 21st night of September?Love was changing the minds of pretendersWhile chasing the clouds away. Our hearts were ringingIn the key that our souls were singing.As we danced in the night,Remember how the stars stole the night away. Ba de ya – Say do you remember?Ba de ya – Dancing in September?Ba […]
At the beginning of the summer I posted a YouTube of this song. This week, I’ve been working here in the studio on a demo of it. I’m very pleased with how it’s coming out. Hope you like it too. (BTW, if DO you like it, consider Facebook/Twitter “Liking” or “Sharing” it with the buttons […]
We had a great night last night at our annual “Feast of Beginnings,” featuring David Hayward, the “NakedPastor.” David is ordained in the Canadian equivalent of the PCUSA, and lives somewhere North of Maine. (That’s how he kept describing it…) The point he kept making about weather is that “It never gets this hot here […]
This phrase is actually a trademarked slogan of Northaven UMC. We’re glad people like it. Please visit Eric’s original blog here: http://www.wheneftalks2.blogspot.com/
Dear Neo-Cons, No, you don’t get to claim credit for the “Arab Spring.” That makes as much sense as, each year, claiming credit for the actual Spring. However, if you’re in the mood for a game of “count the credits,” you still have plenty left from your so-called “Doctrine of Pre-Emptive War.” And you wracked […]
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