Eric Folkerth
@ericfolkerth.bsky.social
Minister, musician, writer, activist from Dallas.
Social media oversharer.
Blessed beyond reason. (He, Him)
Progressive Christian.
My "disclaimer" applies on BlueSky. (See linktree)
All the links here:
https://linktr.ee/ericfolkerth
Social media oversharer.
Blessed beyond reason. (He, Him)
Progressive Christian.
My "disclaimer" applies on BlueSky. (See linktree)
All the links here:
https://linktr.ee/ericfolkerth
"What do we see?"
That’s the question, friends.
And it’s clear, we Americans see vastly different things.
Bo French sees the original screenshot and, somehow, intuits the students are “foreigners.”
I see what this "meme version" sees: The best of America.
wheneftalks.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
That’s the question, friends.
And it’s clear, we Americans see vastly different things.
Bo French sees the original screenshot and, somehow, intuits the students are “foreigners.”
I see what this "meme version" sees: The best of America.
wheneftalks.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
What Do We See When We See That Picture?
Bo French’s Posts And the Choices Before Us
wheneftalks.substack.com
September 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
"What do we see?"
That’s the question, friends.
And it’s clear, we Americans see vastly different things.
Bo French sees the original screenshot and, somehow, intuits the students are “foreigners.”
I see what this "meme version" sees: The best of America.
wheneftalks.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
That’s the question, friends.
And it’s clear, we Americans see vastly different things.
Bo French sees the original screenshot and, somehow, intuits the students are “foreigners.”
I see what this "meme version" sees: The best of America.
wheneftalks.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
This week is both 25 years since 911, and a forty year rhyme of two Republican Conventions in Dallas.
This essay reflects on both, on where we are...and who we are called to be through faith, and challenges us to question what we choose to "remember."
wheneftalks.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
This essay reflects on both, on where we are...and who we are called to be through faith, and challenges us to question what we choose to "remember."
wheneftalks.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
WHAT Do We CHOOSE To “Never Forget?”
Twenty-Five Years After 911. Forty Since the RNC Came To Dallas
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September 10, 2026 at 3:19 AM
This week is both 25 years since 911, and a forty year rhyme of two Republican Conventions in Dallas.
This essay reflects on both, on where we are...and who we are called to be through faith, and challenges us to question what we choose to "remember."
wheneftalks.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
This essay reflects on both, on where we are...and who we are called to be through faith, and challenges us to question what we choose to "remember."
wheneftalks.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
The Dallas Police Shootings
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The Dallas Police Shootings
Reflecting On Ten Years Ago Tonight
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July 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The Dallas Police Shootings
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"Like my refusal to hand over the Bible and faith to the fundamentalist/evangelical tribe, I also refuse to give over the flag and Constitution to creeping fascism."
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July 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
"Like my refusal to hand over the Bible and faith to the fundamentalist/evangelical tribe, I also refuse to give over the flag and Constitution to creeping fascism."
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"On this 250-year July 4th, if there is any cause to celebrate, it’s in recalling the joy of World Cup welcoming, America’s heritage through “The Lady of the Harbor,” and our faith’s vision of a radical hospitality."
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July 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"On this 250-year July 4th, if there is any cause to celebrate, it’s in recalling the joy of World Cup welcoming, America’s heritage through “The Lady of the Harbor,” and our faith’s vision of a radical hospitality."
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My 10-year reflection on the legalization of same sex marriage.
It was a big deal in Texas.
And for dear friends of mine.
A little late, but:
Happy Obergefell Day.
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It was a big deal in Texas.
And for dear friends of mine.
A little late, but:
Happy Obergefell Day.
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The Wedding of George and Jack
A Groundbreaking Obergefell-Day Marriage, Ten Years Later
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June 27, 2026 at 6:25 AM
My 10-year reflection on the legalization of same sex marriage.
It was a big deal in Texas.
And for dear friends of mine.
A little late, but:
Happy Obergefell Day.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
It was a big deal in Texas.
And for dear friends of mine.
A little late, but:
Happy Obergefell Day.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
Frankie, My Dad, and me.
Dad, me, and Maria.
Grateful for the generations of Fathers in my life.
Happy Father’s Day.
Dad, me, and Maria.
Grateful for the generations of Fathers in my life.
Happy Father’s Day.
June 21, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Frankie, My Dad, and me.
Dad, me, and Maria.
Grateful for the generations of Fathers in my life.
Happy Father’s Day.
Dad, me, and Maria.
Grateful for the generations of Fathers in my life.
Happy Father’s Day.
I've updated my essay titled, "Juneteenth and the Power of Power."
Probably a good read for us White folks today.
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Probably a good read for us White folks today.
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Juneteenth and The Power of Power
The Little We White Folks Know About It Is Still Wrong
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June 19, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I've updated my essay titled, "Juneteenth and the Power of Power."
Probably a good read for us White folks today.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
Probably a good read for us White folks today.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
A classic gully washer.
And LOTS of lightning.
Yes, World Cup travelers:
This is normal.
And LOTS of lightning.
Yes, World Cup travelers:
This is normal.
June 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
A classic gully washer.
And LOTS of lightning.
Yes, World Cup travelers:
This is normal.
And LOTS of lightning.
Yes, World Cup travelers:
This is normal.
Please give some love to this post from Matt Mikalatos...and some "Amen, and also" responses from me.
In a time when Christians are attempting to use the Bible as an anti-migrant cudgel, Matt shows that even the writings of PAUL...yes, that Paul...have a powerful word for us Christians.
In a time when Christians are attempting to use the Bible as an anti-migrant cudgel, Matt shows that even the writings of PAUL...yes, that Paul...have a powerful word for us Christians.
June 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Please give some love to this post from Matt Mikalatos...and some "Amen, and also" responses from me.
In a time when Christians are attempting to use the Bible as an anti-migrant cudgel, Matt shows that even the writings of PAUL...yes, that Paul...have a powerful word for us Christians.
In a time when Christians are attempting to use the Bible as an anti-migrant cudgel, Matt shows that even the writings of PAUL...yes, that Paul...have a powerful word for us Christians.
We're back!
First Coffee on the Porch in a month...here's the livestream archive.
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First Coffee on the Porch in a month...here's the livestream archive.
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Coffee on the Porch 06.16.26
Spirituality, Politics, Music and Life.
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June 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM
We're back!
First Coffee on the Porch in a month...here's the livestream archive.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
First Coffee on the Porch in a month...here's the livestream archive.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
You may have heard about the apartment explosion in Oak Cliff last week. While horrific, it’s also bringing out a beautiful love and compassion among our community.
I write about it here:
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I write about it here:
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June 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
You may have heard about the apartment explosion in Oak Cliff last week. While horrific, it’s also bringing out a beautiful love and compassion among our community.
I write about it here:
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I write about it here:
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Just like that…
All around I see evidence of truth I have known for years…
“Destruction Happens Fast.
Creation Takes Time.”
The ferns on my porch…
The Texas Hill Country…
Oak Cliff’s new Halperin Park…
And our beautiful community at @kesslerparkumc.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...?
All around I see evidence of truth I have known for years…
“Destruction Happens Fast.
Creation Takes Time.”
The ferns on my porch…
The Texas Hill Country…
Oak Cliff’s new Halperin Park…
And our beautiful community at @kesslerparkumc.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...?
May 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Just like that…
All around I see evidence of truth I have known for years…
“Destruction Happens Fast.
Creation Takes Time.”
The ferns on my porch…
The Texas Hill Country…
Oak Cliff’s new Halperin Park…
And our beautiful community at @kesslerparkumc.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...?
All around I see evidence of truth I have known for years…
“Destruction Happens Fast.
Creation Takes Time.”
The ferns on my porch…
The Texas Hill Country…
Oak Cliff’s new Halperin Park…
And our beautiful community at @kesslerparkumc.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...?
A Somber Vigil for Texas’ 600th Execution: Brief thoughts about tonight.
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A Somber Vigil for Texas’ 600th Execution
Brief Thoughts About Tonight
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May 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
A Somber Vigil for Texas’ 600th Execution: Brief thoughts about tonight.
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Two new albums in two years!
Check em out soon...
Find it everywhere you listen.
Direct links here:
www. ericfolkerth.com
Check em out soon...
Find it everywhere you listen.
Direct links here:
www. ericfolkerth.com
May 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Two new albums in two years!
Check em out soon...
Find it everywhere you listen.
Direct links here:
www. ericfolkerth.com
Check em out soon...
Find it everywhere you listen.
Direct links here:
www. ericfolkerth.com
This essay is really catching on, over on Substack.
Thanks for all the reads.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
Thanks for all the reads.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
Messy Faith Traditions Inside Messy Progressive Coalitions
Talarico, Hamilton, and Warnock As Analogies of Shifts in American Christendom
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May 11, 2026 at 12:33 PM
This essay is really catching on, over on Substack.
Thanks for all the reads.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
Thanks for all the reads.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
Gonna lend him my copy of “Don’t Think Of An Elephant.”
May 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Gonna lend him my copy of “Don’t Think Of An Elephant.”
"The twin candidacies of James Talarico and newly announced Adam Hamilton are perhaps the best evidence of this movement/conversation right now. The current reality of Rev. Rafael Warnock as one of the Senators from Georgia is yet another bit of evidence I want to use as an example in this essay." 1
Messy Faith Traditions Inside Messy Progressive Coalitions
Talarico, Hamilton, and Warnock As Analogies of Shifts in American Christendom
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May 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
"The twin candidacies of James Talarico and newly announced Adam Hamilton are perhaps the best evidence of this movement/conversation right now. The current reality of Rev. Rafael Warnock as one of the Senators from Georgia is yet another bit of evidence I want to use as an example in this essay." 1
On yesterday’s Coffee on the Porch, we unpack the one-year commemoration of our ICE clergy-led vigils with CLEAR, and I play my unreleased song, “The Streets of Old Preston Hollow.”
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Coffee on the Porch 05.05.26
A Livestream on Spirituality, Music, Politics and Life
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May 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
On yesterday’s Coffee on the Porch, we unpack the one-year commemoration of our ICE clergy-led vigils with CLEAR, and I play my unreleased song, “The Streets of Old Preston Hollow.”
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
Yesterday was a year anniversary of our weekly clergy-led vigils at the Dallas ICE Field Office.
It’s been hard year, no doubt.
We've been asked if the work is “demoralizing.
We say: No. This work is actually RE-moralizing.
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It’s been hard year, no doubt.
We've been asked if the work is “demoralizing.
We say: No. This work is actually RE-moralizing.
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Not Demoralizing: Re-moralizing
Reflecting On One Year of Clergy Vigils at Dallas ICE HQ
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May 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Yesterday was a year anniversary of our weekly clergy-led vigils at the Dallas ICE Field Office.
It’s been hard year, no doubt.
We've been asked if the work is “demoralizing.
We say: No. This work is actually RE-moralizing.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
It’s been hard year, no doubt.
We've been asked if the work is “demoralizing.
We say: No. This work is actually RE-moralizing.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
A great group out here watching Nora and waiting for Nick to come back with dinner.
Good to see my brother/neighbor, Hadi.
Good to see my brother/neighbor, Hadi.
May 3, 2026 at 12:55 AM
A great group out here watching Nora and waiting for Nick to come back with dinner.
Good to see my brother/neighbor, Hadi.
Good to see my brother/neighbor, Hadi.
Two Stories About ICE and Our Work at the Dallas ICE Field Office.
One about our vigils.
Another from an "insider" who quit.
Both worth your time today.
If you're in Dallas doing us for our 1 year vigil commemoration on Monday.
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One about our vigils.
Another from an "insider" who quit.
Both worth your time today.
If you're in Dallas doing us for our 1 year vigil commemoration on Monday.
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Two Stories About ICE and Our Work
WHAT we in CLEAR DFW do. And WHY we do it now.
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May 2, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Two Stories About ICE and Our Work at the Dallas ICE Field Office.
One about our vigils.
Another from an "insider" who quit.
Both worth your time today.
If you're in Dallas doing us for our 1 year vigil commemoration on Monday.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
One about our vigils.
Another from an "insider" who quit.
Both worth your time today.
If you're in Dallas doing us for our 1 year vigil commemoration on Monday.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
One year ago, at this hour, a group of clergy gathered to stand for justice in the treatment of immigrants in Dallas.
Our group became "Clear DFW."
We will note one year of weekly Dallas ICE Field Office vigils, next Monday.
Monday, May 4th
8-10 am
Join us.
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Our group became "Clear DFW."
We will note one year of weekly Dallas ICE Field Office vigils, next Monday.
Monday, May 4th
8-10 am
Join us.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
Dallas clergy Press Conference to support Immigrants
A recording from Eric Folkerth's live video
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April 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
One year ago, at this hour, a group of clergy gathered to stand for justice in the treatment of immigrants in Dallas.
Our group became "Clear DFW."
We will note one year of weekly Dallas ICE Field Office vigils, next Monday.
Monday, May 4th
8-10 am
Join us.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
Our group became "Clear DFW."
We will note one year of weekly Dallas ICE Field Office vigils, next Monday.
Monday, May 4th
8-10 am
Join us.
open.substack.com/pub/whenefta...
Final Reminder!
Join us tonight at Martin’s Music Cafe!
(Inside King of Glory Lutheran Church on LBJ…)
I’ll be opening for the remarkable Janet Feld.
Come and see us:
Friday, April 24th
7:30 pm
Join us tonight at Martin’s Music Cafe!
(Inside King of Glory Lutheran Church on LBJ…)
I’ll be opening for the remarkable Janet Feld.
Come and see us:
Friday, April 24th
7:30 pm
April 24, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Final Reminder!
Join us tonight at Martin’s Music Cafe!
(Inside King of Glory Lutheran Church on LBJ…)
I’ll be opening for the remarkable Janet Feld.
Come and see us:
Friday, April 24th
7:30 pm
Join us tonight at Martin’s Music Cafe!
(Inside King of Glory Lutheran Church on LBJ…)
I’ll be opening for the remarkable Janet Feld.
Come and see us:
Friday, April 24th
7:30 pm