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.
Here at home with the family this New Year’s Eve. We’re spending a very lazy and quiet evening at home, and it’s wonderful. Honestly, these days any evening we all get at home together is wonderful. And we’ve actually spent much of this holiday being homebodies…as we were at Thanksgiving too. Longtime friends/readers will note […]
During the past week, two new gigs have fallen in my lap. First, I’m pleased to announce that the Living Legacy Band is going on the road. We’ll do the “Eagles/Chicago” tribute show again, this time in Coppell at FUMC Coppell. Here’s the scoop on the show: Tribute to the Music of The Eagles and […]
At first, I thought the editors at Time had lost their minds. Of all the heros, goats, and villains of 2006, the best they could come up with was to name “YOU” as “Person of the Year?!” As I joked in my last post, I suppose this means we all get to put that on […]
We are days from the end of the year. And so, everyone and their dog is coming out with a “Best Of” list. The Dallas News is counting down to the “Texan of the Year.” Time Magazine has named YOU “Person of the Year.” (Planning to put that one on your resume? Me too). My […]
Since the holidays are upon us, I thought I’d break out a couple of holiday songs. The links below lead to mp3s of two demos I recorded a couple years back. Each you about this time, I remember that I always intend to do a holiday CD, but that it’s too late again this year. […]
What would the holidays be without talk about food? And talk about “Great State of Texas” holiday food would be incomplete without the mention of Greenberg Turkeys. So this morning, I am declaring Greenberg Turkeys to be one of the many things to like about Texas. However, I’m also well aware that most folks –even […]
Last Sunday night, our family pulled out the boxes from the attic and put up our Christmas tree. I cherish this ritual more each year that passes. Perhaps like ours, your Christmas tree tells a kind of family history. On our tree, there are small, red apple ornaments I bought the first year I was […]
Six games into this season, who woulda thunk-it? Who would’ve dreamed –given their horrible start– that the Dallas Cowboys would be atop the NFC East; with a record of 8-4, and a two game lead over the nearest competition? Who could’ve imagined that this coming Sunday they’d be playing another 8-4 NFC team; and that […]
The craziness of the election caused me to neglect my usual summary of the “most-read blogs” these past few month. But as life returns to normal, so does this regular blog feature. It’s gratifying to know that my little blog is being more widely read all the time. Statistics show that, on average, 120-140 people […]
Adapted from a sermon at Northaven Church, delivered this morning…EF Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. We had an incredibly restful one around here. We decided to stay here at home, just the three of us. We still did up the whole turkey/dressing/meal thing. It was wonderfully peaceful. Not that we don’t love our […]
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