Author: ericfolkerth

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.

Wow, Did I Touche A Nerve (Thoughts a Day Later)

June 23, 2006.Reading time 9 minutes.

What a day for my little blog… Yesterday, I posted these clips from Game 6 of the Mavs/Heat series. And throughout the day I was inundated with hits to my site. As of this writing, more than 9,300 visted the site yesterday. To put that in some perspective, I usually get between 2,000 and 4,000 […]

Final Score: Mavs 92 Heat 88 (Or that’s what it should have been, and here’s the video to prove it)

June 22, 2006.Reading time 9 minutes.

Update, June 23: OK…another update…. Due to the high traffic caused by these clips, I’ve moved them over to youtube.com. You can still get to them by clicking on the links below, as before, but you’ll be redirected to the clip at youtube. We’re just getting dangerously close to our bandwidth capacity for the month, […]

We Were Robbed

June 21, 2006.Reading time 1 minute.

The NBA finals have just ended. And the Mavericks were robbed. I know, you expect a fan like me to say such things. But it’s absolutely true. Dennise and I counted no less than four times when Dwyane Wade drew “phantom fouls” from Maverick players. I’m talking four times when the Mav players didn’t even […]

Finals

June 11, 2006.Reading time 2 minutes.

I know I said no more entries until mid-June. However, I THINK I’ve got the iBlog situation taken care of. And, by mid-June, the NBA Finals will be mostly over and I’ll have lost my one chance to lay down my prediction. Since I’ve been doing so well in my predictions so far this (NCAA […]

In The Music Room

May 24, 2006.Reading time 1 minute.

Had a great time at the Wildflower Festival on Friday. It was fun to be the kick-off set for the Acoustic Cafe….good to see a lot of music friends out there. A great Dallas songwriter named Randy Tredway has created an online radio show that he calls “In the Music Room.” Randy invites musicians in […]

The DaVinci Code: What We Know and DON’T Know About Religion

May 20, 2006.Reading time 29 minutes.

Today, the DaVinci Code madness starts all over again. Actually, the madness has been building for several months now, ahead of the release of the DaVinci Code movie today. (In theaters around the planet, to read the press release) As many of you know, I have the theological training (seminary degree) and literary training (journalism […]

Wildflower Music and Artis Festival Gig Friday

May 16, 2006.Reading time 2 minutes.

One of the great Spring festivals here in the Dallas area is the Wildflower Music and Arts Festival. I’ll be kicking off the festival, as the first act on the Acoustic Cafe Stage this Friday: Wildflower Festival (How to get there) Acoustic Cafe Stage (Map of the festival grounds) 6 pm, Friday, May 19th I’m […]

Muse and Views (A Blog Worth Checking Out

May 12, 2006.Reading time 1 minute.

I’ve written about my friend, Charles Geilich, a couple of times on this blog. I told you about the book he’s written. I told you about my visit to the radio show that he cohosts. And, finally, I told you about the great Maverick seats he and his wife Mary have. (I understand that he’s […]

City Hawks

May 10, 2006.Reading time 11 minutes.

I keep seeing hawks here in North Dallas. I don’t remember ever seeing them before about six months ago. But, since then, I’ve seen maybe four or five. Most of them have been soaring high above Kiowa Creek Park, winding up and down our neighborhood tributary of White Rock Creek. They tower above the creek […]

The Lack of Leadership on Fuel Economy

May 7, 2006.Reading time 4 minutes.

The Dallas Morning News is featuring a really good investigative story today about the kinds of cars our elected members of Congress from North Texas drive. You will remember that last week I posted a long rant about the importance of Hybrid Cars. I that rant, I wondered aloud why our elected leaders are not […]