Eric Folkerth

It’s Cinco de Mayo and so, like every stereotypical White person in America, I am thinking about Tex Mex.
Maybe I’ll go get some at one of my favorite places…

Maybe we’ll head over to “Acapulquena.”
Oh RIGHT…they CLOSED…

Well…

Dear Gov Abbott, I am writing you as a Christian pastor, and calling out your inclusion of the phrase “illegal immigrant” in your tweet regarding the senseless murders of five innocent people in Cleveland, Texas.

I would remind you how…

I’ve read the “Road to Emmaus” passage from the Gospel of Luke for decades, but I’ve never really unpacked this phrase:

“Jesus himself approached and began traveling with them. But their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.”
LUKE 24: 15-16

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Everyone needs to hear this leaked video. It reveals several things about America, all at once. It highlights our polarized and racialized politics…

NEW LEAKED AUDIO: TN House Republicans infighting over #TennesseeThree votes.

CEPICKY: “You gotta do what’s right even…

I’m unlikely to regularly attend “Drag Brunch,” because it’s just not my thing.

But I know this: The Jesus who is my Savior would totally go to a drag show long before he would picket one.

He might not do…

I’m simultaneously deeply annoyed and deeply saddened by the vast number of Bot-led catfishing proposals I get these days via social media.

It started out as just annoyance. And then, as a way of dealing with that annoyance, I decided…

It’s now Monday, and to my amazement, my hastily dashed-off post “Good Friday” —about the original meaning of the crucifixion in Jesus’ time— continues to be shared at a stunning pace.
It’s now approaching 3,000 Facebook shares, and…

“Um…so what’s that interesting necklace you’re wearing?”

I am at the Kerrville Folk Festival, on a sweaty May afternoon. I’m with a group of fellow musicians, and one has again asked me a question I’ve been asked many times before…

Is it possible to have differing, but equally valid, moral and ethical positions on the film “The Whale?”

I sure hope so. I could be about to test this in what follows.

Whatever your views on the film, on food…

Today is Texas Independence Day.

As a student at UT Austin, I remember celebrating this day with all the pride I could muster.
Today, years later, I’m thinking about what I didn’t know then, what I do know now, and…