The final message in the BrainWashing series wasn’t so much a sermon as a guided series of movements. Working off the premise that To Clear Your Head, Lift Your Heart, I wanted people actually to experience that ways in which various acts of worship led to more level-headed thinking. So I didn’t deal with one text Read the full article…

Have you ever felt your thinking was like this?     Foggy?  Murky?  Cloudy?  Uncertain? The fact is, we’re all in a fog.  And so we need something to clear our heads. The great thing about this coming Sunday is that not only do we talk about what that involves, we’re actually going to do Read the full article…

Here in Lake Junaluska, NC, surrounding by about 2,500 United Methodist friends . . . . . . .and in the middle of worshipping, networking, fanning, politicking, voting, reminiscing, and reconnecting, there’s also a bit of time for . . . Head Scratchers celebrating.  

In response to The Filter Factor (see here), a Good Shepherd friend sent me this note:   Talbot, Thank you for the message.  I used to watch the news in the morning and it just consumed me with anger.  And by the time I head to work I am already wound up and raging against Read the full article…

A couple of years ago, an internet commenter referred to me as a “formerly Methodist pastor.” Then this past week, I read the regrettable story of a Kansas pastor who turned in his ordination credentials on the floor of Annual Conference when a contentious vote didn’t go his way.  (That may have happened before, but Read the full article…