This morning, the world is on-fire with conversation regarding “student debt forgiveness.”
I am listening to this debate, as I also meditate on Sunday’s scripture from the Gospel of Luke (Chapter 14), and other Bible stories that speak to us…
Read moreStopping for a moment to read these words.
This old, yellowed quote from Frederick Buechner has been on the wall of every office study I’ve had for 30+ years.
What’s YOUR favorite Buechner quote? (Copy/paste it in the comments…)
I…
Read more“AND…WHO AM I?”
This is the unspoken question the religious lawyer quizzing Jesus never asks.
I really wish he had. Because I need the answer to this question, and so do you.
I’m talking about the Parable of the Good…
Read more“I am going down with the ship.”
I can’t speak for everyone. I can only speak for me. I can’t fault any other choice anyone else might make.
All I am saying is: If Texas goes down, I’m going down…
“Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God.”
— John 16:2
“When your icon of the enemy is complete
you will be able to kill…
To the Pride Flag Vandal,
I don’t know who you are.
I don’t know your motivations.
I don’t know why you chose to cut down our KPUMC Pride Flag from the flagpole on our property.
But I thought I’d write…
Read moreFor some years, I’ve been telling you I sensed a “split” was coming in the UMC, but that I couldn’t predict just how that would happen. Ideally, a split would be affected by an orderly process, authorized by the General…
Read moreToday, all over America, fans will pour into stadiums to watch their favorite college teams.
In many locales —urban and rural, in Red and Blue states— fans will submit to a “clear bag” rule, and possibly even a scan or…
Pretty excited to be a part of this podcast, with friends Kenny Dickson and Mike Hatch. Since I’m both a songwriter and preacher, they invited me to to talk about the great documentary “Echo in the Canyon.”
It traces the…
These are the three biggest lies — the three greatest disincentives to…
Read moreI’ve been dubious about The National Anthem and our flag, for several years now…having been stunned to learn the Anthem’s racists verses (the ones we never sing…) and having been deeply impressed by the “Take a Knee” movement regarding the…
Read moreBecause I grew up as an “average” White American, my learnings about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have mostly come from White America. I was in my mid-20s before I first understood this. Only now, in my mid-50s, can I…
Read more“Let me put it this way, there were a number of folks who got up on the floor and gave the same speech, you know that night…while there was a crime scene investigation and a…
Read moreEverybody is haunted by the images of this week.
The Nazi shirts…the Confederate flag…the man with zip ties in military gear…the wild-eyed looks of these insurrectionists.
But I’ve been deeply stirred by two images.
One, of this Capitol police officer…
If you are a Trump supporter who condemns yesterday’s insurrection against the United States, if you believe yourself to be a Christian or a decent person, today is a day to forever take down your Trump flags and put away…
Read moreAs We Go On
Words and Music: Eric Folkerth
the turning of the year
the turning of a page
listen and you’ll hear
all this restlessness and rage
sadness in our eyes
hearts still in grief
we say our goodbye…
Conversation:
We talk about “Love” and how our pandemic Christmas will be different. Eric unpacks the classic song “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” as the perfect song of this season.
Featured Songs:
“Love is There,” by Grace Pettis.”
O…
We’ve had a small, juvenile hawk hanging around the house the past few weeks. It might explain the sudden disappearance of rats on our late-night security cameras. (That might also be due to the neighborhood cat that apparently likes to…
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