Rock Hammer To the Stone

December 30, 2024.Reading time 3 minutes.

Whenever you feel like curling up in the fetal position, and no matter how challenging or hard things may get, keep chipping away. And as you wield your own rock hammer, inhale/exhale the chorus as a mantra for you, and me, and our broken world.

The Folkerths and Haitians of Central Ohio

September 23, 2024.Reading time 19 minutes.

I have been watching with some interest, the story of Haitian immigrants, in the little town of Springfield, OH.

Springfield is about as far Northeast of Dayton as Greenville (where the Folkerths are from) is Northwest.

So I have thoughts…

Driving Gratitude

November 23, 2023.Reading time 13 minutes.

On this Thanksgiving morning, I’m posting a picture that shows you what I see every day as I am driving home from North Oak Cliff. This pic from the great Justin Terveen shows a much more swollen river than usual…I mostly post it for how the buildings look…because that’s how it looks, every night… I […]

I Remember Too

February 24, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

Earlier this week, I shared about Ash Wednesday, a year ago…some time I spent by the Roberts Forest fire pit, praying, crying, playing guitar. What I didn’t say then was that a song, in honor of my Mom, poured out of me that night. The whole thing took shape in about 20 minutes. I pulled […]

An Open Letter to Rep. Kyle Biedermann

February 2, 2017.Reading time 10 minutes.

February 2, 2017 Representative Biedermann, I regret not meeting you in person on Tuesday, as I spent the day in Austin as an ally to my Muslim brothers and sisters. However, I heard from several of them that they had fruitful face-to-face conversations with you during that day. Having heard some of their stories that […]

Of Bathrooms and Johnny Manziel

May 13, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Eric’s video message for this week, talking about the fake danger of Trans people and bathrooms, verses the very real dangers of domestic violence.

Message To General Conference Delegates

May 2, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Friends, This blog is a message to delegates to the upcoming United Methodist General Conference. If you are a delegate, I hope you’ll watch it. If you know a delegate, I hope you’ll forward it to them. The primary message is this: “Restructuring” or “Reframing” will not help solve the intractable conflict over LGBT issues […]

Carptenter’s for Christ- 100 Houses

February 23, 2016.Reading time 23 minutes.

At the midpoint of life, you start to take stock of your accomplishments and see where they rank. One of the most important accomplishments of my ministry —if not the most important— was being a part of the “100 House Challenge” at Highland Park UMC in Dallas. This Saturday, HPUMC’s “Carpenter’s for Christ” will dedicate […]