Voices In My Head (the Official Podcast Of Rick Lee James)

Episode 520: On One Foot Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) The story goes that a certain gentile approached two of the famous rabbis teaching in and around Jerusalem in the first century. The person told the first rabbi, Rabbi Shammai, that he would convert to Judaism if the rabbi could teach him the whole Torah while standing on one foot. That is the inspiration for this episode, where I describe Chaplaincy on one foot.       ----more---- 10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp Instructions Visit https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com At checkout use code: 10off Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing) This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing it this year.     Web Site: https://rickleejames.com   PURCHASE ALBUM: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.com SongSelect: https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/6152291/advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing Downloadable Charts and More available from LIFEWAYWORSHIP.COM: http

Episode 519: Live from North Vernon Indiana  Did you ever wonder what it would be like to have Rick Lee James at your church on a Sunday morning? Well, here is a glimpse of that very thing. This week’s episode was recorded live on Sunday Morning, June 11th, 2023, from North Vernon, Indiana, at the Church of the Nazarene.     ----more---- 10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp Instructions Visit https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com At checkout use code: 10off Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing) This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing it this year.     Web Site: https://rickleejames.com   PURCHASE ALBUM: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.com SongSelect: https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/6152291/advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing Downloadable Charts and More available from LIFEWAYWORSHIP.COM: https://worship.lifeway.com/findAndBuy/songPage/AdventHymn(Watching%2CWaiting%2CLonging)?versionId=93901&rowNum=0&

Episode 518: LGBTQ+ Christian, Jewish, and Scientific Views  There are 4 different perspectives within the Christian community regarding LGBTQ+ identity and relationships. Side A, Side B, Side X, and Side Y.   What do those categories mean?   What does Judaism have to say about LGBTQ+ issues?    What are the Scientific and Medical views of people who identify as LGBTQ+   ----more---- 10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp Instructions Visit https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com At checkout use code: 10off Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing) This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing it this year.     Web Site: https://rickleejames.com   PURCHASE ALBUM: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.com SongSelect: https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/6152291/advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing Downloadable Charts and More available from LIFEWAYWORSHIP.COM: https://worship.lifeway.com/findAndBuy/songPage/AdventHymn(Watching%2CW

Episode 517: Andy Miller - More To The Story   In the summer of 2021, Dr. Andy Miller III became the VP of Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Theology at Wesley Biblical Seminary in Jackson, MS. He holds degrees from Asbury University, Asbury Theological Seminary, and Southern Methodist University and is the author of Holistic Hospitality (2015) and Stay the Course (2016). More to the Story with Dr. Andy Miller III is a podcast that explores theology in the orthodox Wesleyan tradition where you can hear engaging interviews and musings from Dr. Miller each week.   Web Links for Andy Miller III Web Site - https://andymilleriii.com Podcast - https://share.transistor.fm/s/c033d629  Books: https://andymilleriii.com/media/books   ----more---- 10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp Instructions Visit https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com At checkout use code: 10off Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing) This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone

Episode 516: Jon Shabaglian - Symphony of Peace JON SHABAGLIAN’S ‘SYMPHONY OF PEACE’ SOUNDTRACKS UNITY AND RESTORATION ABOUT JON SHABAGLIAN  Jon Shabaglian has been an acclaimed recording artist, songwriter, worship leader and pastor for more than two decades. With eight albums to his credit, Shabaglian has also toured internationally as a music missionary and is the creator of Gracenote, a unique program bringing music and art lessons to under-resourced children in California. In addition, he is the founder and leader of Psalmist Mission, a multi-faceted nonprofit presenting annual music and spiritual formation intensives designed to raise up biblically grounded worship leaders and Kingdom artists around the world.    Shabaglian, whose Armenian grandparents were rescued by German Mennonite missionaries and escaped genocide during World War I, was part of an historic reconciliation gathering in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2015 to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Armenian genocide. He wrote and recorded

Episode 515: Author Jon Ward Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Failed a Generation    Jon Ward is senior political correspondent for Yahoo News, author of Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Failed a Generation (Brazos Press, 2023) and Camelot's End: Kennedy v Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party (Twelve Books, 2019), and host of “The Long Game” podcast. His Substack newsletter is called "Border Stalkers." Jon has covered American politics and culture for two decades, as a city desk reporter in Washington D.C., as a White House correspondent who traveled aboard Air Force One to Africa, Europe and the Middle East, and as a national affairs correspondent who has traveled the country to write about two presidential campaigns and the ideas and people animating our times. He has been published in The Washington Post, The New Republic, Politico Magazine, Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, and The Washington Times. Web Site: https://www.jonwardwrites.org/ Get the Book: Tes

Episode 514 - Envy and Jealousy: Your Spiritual Allies   This week’s episode is inspired by the book, Boundaries for Your Soul: How To Turn Your Overwhelming Thoughts and Feelings into Your Greatest Allies.     Get the book: https://amzn.to/3IhF57z ----more---- 10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp Instructions Visit https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com At checkout use code: 10off Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing) This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing it this year.   Official Music Video:   Web Site: https://rickleejames.com   PURCHASE ALBUM: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.com SongSelect: https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/6152291/advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing Downloadable Charts and More available from LIFEWAYWORSHIP.COM: https://worship.lifeway.com/findAndBuy/songPage/AdventHymn(Watching%2CWaiting%2CLonging)?versionId=93901&rowNum=0&searchString=Advent%20Hymn%20(watching,%20Waiting,

Episode 513 - Worship Leader Research with Marc Jolicoeur and Adam Perez   www.WorshipLeaderResearch.com is the home for articles and news related to a collaborative study focused on the behaviours of the primary contributors to contemporary worship and the attitudes and behaviours of local worship leaders towards them. By exploring the relationships between quantitative and qualitative data, they hope to better understand the relationship between the worship music industry and local worship practitioners. Their study aims to equip practitioners with a deeper understanding of the forces that impact their corporate worship song selections. Their first article caused quite a stir online, revealing that (Almost) 100% of the Top 25 Worship Songs on CCLI are associated with just a handful of Megachurches. Today I am joined by two researchers from the Worship Leader Resources Team, Marc Jolicoeur and Adam Perez.  Marc is a worship leader in New Brunswick, Canada.  Adam is a prof at Belmont University in Nashvill

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 512 - Canyon Hills Worship with guest Michael Monroe Canyon Hills Worship has been churning out album after album with DREAM Records since 2017. Though they have yet to charter an international smash the way Bethel, Hillsong Worship, UNITED, Jesus Culture and Chris Tomlin have, they are getting better with each record. The worship team is part of the Canyon Hills Church in Seattle, Washington, a church founded in 1995 by Steve and Tammi Walker. Now the church has over 3,500 people on a weekend, and more than 190 Life Groups functioning throughout the week. "All to Jesus (Live)" is the follow-up to 2022's "Spirit of God." Featuring 9 new live tracks and a studio version of their current radio single "Every Season," the songs center around the theme of surrender. This is most explicitly expressed in the ballad "Surrender." Utilizing the hook from the hymn "I Surrender All," the song is a drawn-out ballad that puts contemporary expressions to the ancient son

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 511 - Superman at 85 What is it about Superman that has made him so popular for 85 years?   Blessings, Rick Lee James ----more---- 10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp Instructions Visit https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com At checkout use code: 10off Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing) This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing it this year.   Official Music Video:   Web Site: https://rickleejames.com   PURCHASE ALBUM: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.com SongSelect: https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/6152291/advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing Downloadable Charts and More available from LIFEWAYWORSHIP.COM: https://worship.lifeway.com/findAndBuy/songPage/AdventHymn(Watching%2CWaiting%2CLonging)?versionId=93901&rowNum=0&searchString=Advent%20Hymn%20(watching,%20Waiting,%20Longing)#song-Parts Loop Community: https://loopcommunity.com/en-us/son

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 510 - Theology of Suffering What is God’s answer to us when we suffer?   Blessings, Rick Lee James ----more---- 10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp Instructions Visit https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com At checkout use code: 10off Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing) This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing it this year.   Official Music Video:   Web Site: https://rickleejames.com   PURCHASE ALBUM: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.com SongSelect: https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/6152291/advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing Downloadable Charts and More available from LIFEWAYWORSHIP.COM: https://worship.lifeway.com/findAndBuy/songPage/AdventHymn(Watching%2CWaiting%2CLonging)?versionId=93901&rowNum=0&searchString=Advent%20Hymn%20(watching,%20Waiting,%20Longing)#song-Parts Loop Community: https://lo

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 509 - The Disabled God    A slightly late Holy Week devotional reflection which leads us into the first week of Easter.   Blessings, Rick Lee James ----more---- 10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp Instructions Visit https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com At checkout use code: 10off Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing) This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing it this year.   Official Music Video:   Web Site: https://rickleejames.com   PURCHASE ALBUM: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.com SongSelect: https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/6152291/advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing Downloadable Charts and More available from LIFEWAYWORSHIP.COM: https://worship.lifeway.com/findAndBuy/songPage/AdventHymn(Watching%2CWaiting%2CLonging)?versionId=93901&rowNum=0&searchString=Advent%20Hymn%20(watching,%20Waiting,%20Longing)#song-Parts Loop Community: https://

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 508 - Dr. Moses Taiwo  Dr. Moses Taiwo is a Certified Educator with the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) and a Board-Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC). He earned two doctorates: Religion-New Testament (Andrews University, 2002), and Management and Information Systems Technology (University of Phoenix, 2015), respectively. At present, he serves as CPE Educator and Manager, Spiritual Care Services, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH. Moses is also the Chair of ACPE Research Committee. Moses received ordination from the Seventh day Adventist Church and has maintained endorsement with Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries since 2003. He has served as a church pastor and a head elder in many parts of US since he came to the country in 1997. Moses completed his first CPE unit at Saint Joseph Medical Center, South Bend, IN, in 2000, and his Residency Units both at Howard Community Hospital, Kokomo, IN, and C

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 507 - Michael In The Middle (Crossover Podcast)   This week’s episode is a crossover show with Michael T. Johnson’s Michael In The Middle Podcast.   Michael In The Middle is an inter-generational, relational podcast for people interested in healthier human interaction. It features interviews and stories of and from people who are in the middle of doing something to make the worlds in which they operate a little better day by day.   Watch this episode and on the Michael In The Middle Podcast Page on YouTube at this link https://www.youtube.com/@michaelinthemiddle-thepodc4591/featured       ----more---- 10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp Instructions Visit https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com At checkout use code: 10off Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing) This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing it this year.   Official Music Video:   Web Site: http

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 506 - Shane Claiborne - Rethinking Life     Shane Claiborne is a prominent speaker, activist, and best-selling author.  Shane worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, and founded The Simple Way in Philadelphia.  He heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are committed to living "as if Jesus meant the things he said." Shane is a champion for grace which has led him to jail advocating for the homeless, and to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to stand against war. Now grace fuels his passion to end the death penalty and help stop gun violence. Shane’s books include Jesus for President, Red Letter Revolution, Common Prayer, Follow Me to Freedom, Jesus, Bombs and Ice Cream, Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers, Executing Grace, his classic The Irresistible Revolution, Beating Guns, and his newest book, Rethinking Life (to be released February 2023). He has been featured in a number of films including "Another World Is Possible" and "Ordinary Rad

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 505 - Ian Zumback - ABELINE Ian Zumback has released one of the most amazing EPs I have ever had the chance to hear. I’ve had an advanced copy for a while now and I have to tell you that Ian just keeps getting better with each release. There is as much richness in his lyrics as there is in his powerful voice. I can’t get the title track out of my head, and to be honest, I don’t want to. Please check out ABELINE, the latest release from  by Ian Zumback.   Bravo to the whole team at Old Bear Records, from the producers, engineers, and studio musicians to the co-writers and family members for finding the “life in the struggle” and cranking it out in audio form. This EP is anything but Ordinary. Bless the Lord! -Rick Lee James Get the music: https://sc.lnk.to/y4N9Wd  ----more---- 10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp Instructions Visit https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com At checkout use code: 10off Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing) T

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 504 - Tim Menzies - He Reminds Me     He Reminds Me, the highly anticipated third Christian recording from GRAMMY®-nominated singer/songwriter and guitar virtuoso Tim Menzies, released March 3 (New Day Christian Distributors). Showcasing a dozen selections all penned or co-penned by Menzies, He Reminds Me was produced by Ben Isaacs and features collaborations with some of bluegrass and Gospel music's leading names like Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, Jason Crabb, Rebecca Lynn Howard, and more.  Tim has dropped by the podcast for a visit today and I am so excited to have this conversation with one of Nashville’s most prolific songwriters and a brother in Christ.  Web Site: https://www.timmenzies.com ----more---- 10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp Instructions Visit https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com At checkout use code: 10off Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing) This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)Episode 503 Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality Guest Greg Johnson   Get the Book: https://amzn.to/3SeFHyp Charting the path forward for our churches and ministries in providing care—not a cure— for our non-straight sisters and brothers who are living lives of costly obedience to Jesus. At the start of the gay rights movement in 1969, evangelicalism's leading voices cast a vision for gay people who turn to Jesus. It was C.S. Lewis, Billy Graham, Francis Schaeffer and John Stott who were among the most respected leaders within theologically orthodox Protestantism. We see with them a positive pastoral approach toward gay people, an approach that viewed homosexuality as a fallen condition experienced by some Christians who needed care more than cure. With the birth and rise of the ex-gay movement, the focus shifted from care to cure. As a result, there are an estimated 700,000 people alive today who underwen

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 502 - It Doesn’t Start with a Punch - Dee Dee Said   From the Author “February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and I'm hoping to raise awareness, share the warning signs, and how to help by discussing my journey and how God led me on the road to healing. As the author of, It Doesn’t Start with a Punch: My Journey through an Abusive Teen Dating Relationship, I share my personal experience to help others understand how easily adolescents can become involved in an abusive relationship, how abuse can start subtly, how to help someone get help and how God healed my deep, emotional wounds. Teen dating abuse is an important topic we need to bring into the light as awareness can stop the cycle." Studies show that 1 in 3 young women in the United States will be in an abusive relationship (verbal, emotional, physical, and/or sexual) at some point between the ages of 16 and 24. Emotional and verbal abuse can be just as damaging as physical a

Lifestyle Blogger and TV Personality Issues Clarion Call for Christian Women Seeking Balance Between Career and Family   Orlando, Fla.– Work, home, and family. Can Christian Women really do it all? Leadership lifestyle blogger and media personality, Caitlyn Scaggs has good news for readers: You don’t have to lose yourself when faced with the pressure to choose between what appears to be mutually exclusive options. Instead, she champions a new approach―how to find balance between seemingly opposing forces and live out what you were created to do. In her book, Worth It And Wonderful: Inspiration for Christian Women To Live Bravely and Boldly.  Scaggs addresses the real pressures, both internal and external, that Christian women face when it comes to making choices between family or personal aspirations. Filled with practical steps and insights, Scaggs provides women with a blueprint on how to thrive no matter where their path takes them. With her unique and powerful guiding voice, she helps women fully embra