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Eric Folkerth is a minister, musician, author and blogger. He has been Senior Pastor of Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas since 2001. During his tenure, church membership has grown almost 30 percent, and a completely new church facility (sanctuary and education building) has been constructed. Northaven is a leading progressive Christian congregation in […]
Read MoreSome of you will remember my undying love and passion for hybrid cars. I think they are very very cool machines, represent an incredible technology, and are a real and tangible way to save the planet and win the war on terror. If those claims sound like overly dramatic to you, you can read this […]
Read More“My, but we learn so slow And heroes, they come and they go And leave us behind, as if we’re s’posed to know Why…” — Joe Walsh (The Eagles), “Pretty Maids All in a Row” “But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs […]
Read MoreJan Sanders the widow of Judge Barefoot Sanders. Barefoot, as some will recall, is the legendary Federal Judge from here in Dallas who died about a month ago. Northaven has been Jan and Barefoot’s spiritual home for more than three decades, as they raised a family and served the community, and we were honored to […]
Read MoreThis blog is about health care. But it could just as easily be about the financial crisis, the war, the environment, education, or any number of social issues before us today. Because, to my mind, there is a great confluence among the issues of our day. You can analyze them through the same lens and […]
Read MoreLast night was historic in many ways. Many of those ways have been duly noted in papers and blogs around the nation today. But last night was historic in one intensely personal way too. It marked the first, and only, time in my entire life that my favorite candidate for President actually came away with […]
Read MoreOver the past few years, I have come to a growing and inescapable conclusion: I now hate email. Given the fact that, among my close family and friends, I am still probably the most wired-in person they know, it may sound as if I’ve gone off some deep end. Maybe you’re thinking this makes me […]
Read MoreI’m heartsick tonight. Watching the ominous sight of Gustav, and knowing what I know about NOLA and all of the Gulf Coast? It’s just heartbreaking. The past three summers, we’ve taken our mission trips to the Biloxi/Gulfport area. I know I speak for many in our church when I say that we’ve fallen in love […]
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Several weeks ago, I blogged about “the girl in the picture” from the Vietnam War, and the improbable story of how she’s overcome her hatred with a powerful and deep forgiveness. Days after I posted the blog, I saw a news item about Joseph Dwyer, and I’ve been haunted by his story ever since. Like […]
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Every so often, I find one of the “The I Believe” podcasts that is so compelling that I just have to pass it along to you. That happened yesterday, as I was driving along listening to an episode of the great NPR series. What came up on the iPod was the incredible story of Kim […]
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