Jess Ray Podcast

Jess Ray Podcast is back! In this season, Jess sits in her own kitchen with a couple of best friends. They unpack Jess' new songs, opening doorways into bigger conversations. In this episode, Jess Ray digs in to BLESS IT ALL , a song she wrote to bless (and not curse) the life she’s been given. This one is about marriage, and about learning to live at peace with our life when we don’t know the...

Jess Ray Podcast is back! In this season, Jess sits in her own kitchen with a couple of best friends. They unpack Jess' new songs, opening doorways into bigger conversations. Episode 7 dives into the song KEEP RUNNING BACK, with discussions around being part of a bigger story, scripture as an anchor, and learning to keep pace with God. Jess shares an original poem that encapsulates several key...

Jess Ray Podcast is back! In this season, Jess sits in her own kitchen with a couple of best friends. They unpack Jess' new songs, opening doorways into bigger conversations. Episode 6 is about Jess Ray’s tearjerker anthem MAMA. It’s a song about the resilience of women, especially those who have endured with faith and prayer. This episode is a tribute to powerful women who shape our lives, an...

Jess Ray Podcast is back! In this season, Jess sits in her own kitchen with a couple of best friends. They unpack Jess' new songs, opening doorways into bigger conversations. In this short bonus episode, Jess reveals the name of her new album and discusses the meaning behind it. -- ⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM: @jessray⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- ⁠⁠⁠SUBSTACK: @jessray⁠⁠⁠ -- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠PATREON: patreon.com/jessray⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠...

Jess Ray Podcast is back! In this season, Jess sits in her own kitchen with a couple of best friends. They unpack Jess' new songs, opening doorways into bigger conversations. In episode five, Jess, Cat, and Teal explore the song UNCHARTED LANDS . They reflect on the deep, inextricable connection each person has to their family line, while also considering the courage it takes to venture out in...

Jess Ray Podcast is back! In this season, Jess sits in her own kitchen with a couple of best friends. They unpack Jess' new songs, opening doorways into bigger conversations. This episode is about DAY THE LORD HAS MADE , Jess’ folk song about how the created world speaks the love of God to us. Like the song, this episode is peaceful and light-hearted, exploring themes like learning to be “outd...

Jess Ray Podcast is back! In this season, Jess sits in her own kitchen with a couple of best friends. They unpack Jess' new songs, opening doorways into bigger conversations. Episode three is about the song FIND MY WAY BACK , one of Jess Ray's most honest songs, to date. The song is a hypnotic barrage of rhyming lines disclosing the details of Jess' recent season of life. In this episo...

Jess Ray Podcast is back! In this season, Jess sits in her own kitchen with a couple of best friends. They unpack Jess' new songs, opening doorways into bigger conversations. In this episode, they chat about Jess’ song I AM NOT GOD , and that leads into a deeper conversation about limitations, false responsibility, and the beauty and relief that comes from allowing God to be God, and allowing...

Jess Ray Podcast is back! In this season, Jess sits in her own kitchen with a couple of best friends. They unpack Jess' new songs, opening doorways into bigger conversations. In this episode, they chat about CITY OF MY PEACE , and about feeling lost, being found, Peter Pan, technology, gardening, and being human. -- INSTAGRAM: @jessray -- SUBSTACK: @jessray -- PATREON: patreon.com/jessray -- W...

Born Again Podcast Episode #10 is as promised: a Q&A episode.   Writer and Spoken-Word Poet, Sharlene Provilus is back with Jess Ray to respond to questions sent in by Born Again Podcast listeners over the past year.  Listen to Jess Ray . Follow Jess Ray on Instagram . Watch Jess Ray videos . Follow Sharlene Provilus. Listen to Jess Ray . Jess Ray on Instagram . Jess Ray on Substack . Jess Ray...

Born Again Podcast is back with Episode #9! The very special guest today is Jess' sister-in-law, Nancy Ray.  Nancy is a mom of 4, successful business-owner, photographer, and Podcaster. Her unique message of wisdom centers around conversations on creating faith-based rhythms in work and play that lead to a fulfilling life. Listen to Jess Ray . Follow Jess Ray on Instagram . Watch Jess Ray vid...

On Born Again Podcast Episode #8 Jess speaks with Psychiatrist and author Curt Thompson. What begins around the topic of anxiety expands into a fuller conversation around the causes for our wounds and the true cost of becoming well.  Dr. Curt's unique mix of wisdom and humor make this a deeply rich and charming episode. Listen to Jess Ray . Follow Jess Ray on Instagram . Watch Jess Ray videos...

Born Again Podcast returns from it's hiatus with episode #7 featuring Pastor Jack Mooring, along with a special appearance from his energetic, evangelical alter-ego, Bro Terry. This double header episode starts off with a light-hearted interview with Bro Terry, followed by great conversation between Jess and Jack on the enduring Church, and what life looks like for Jack as a Nashville pastor...

This special "Intermission" Episode of BORN AGAIN PODCAST walks listeners from the start of the podcast through the remaining 4 episodes to be released this spring.  Listen to Jess Ray . Follow Jess Ray on Instagram . Watch Jess Ray videos . Listen to Jess Ray . Jess Ray on Instagram . Jess Ray on Substack . Jess Ray on Youtube.

Born Again Podcast Episode #6 features Americana singer-songwriter Taylor Leonhardt -- Jess' best friend and Mission House bandmate. In this casual, heart felt conversation, Jess and Taylor relate on their spiritual journeys in recent years. They talk about friendship with God being the "staying" factor of their faith and share what that friendship looks like in real life. Listen to...

On Episode #5, Jess talks with artist, writer and 'Poet-Priest' Andy Squyres on mystery, miracles, and trust-falling into the mystery of relationship with God. Jess and Andy converse about their shared spiritual DNA: evangelical with a charismatic bent and a deepening love for theology and liturgy.  They discuss the challenges of long-term friendship with God and staying "in the fai...

On Episode #4, Jess talks with Seattle based writer & thinker Sara Billups, author of Orphaned Believers: how a generation of Christian exiles can find the way home. In this episode, Sara and Jess connect over their shared sense of spiritual and political homelessness in recent years. They also converse about identifying as "Christians" not only in beliefs, but in title, despite the...

On Episode #3 of the Born Again Podcast, Jess Ray talks with singer-songwriter Josh Garrels . Having recently returned from a year-long sabbatical, Josh shares reasons for and lessons learned in his time away from musical endeavors. This conversation addresses the break-neck pace of modern life and our need for rhythms of rest and renewal. Josh shares wise words regarding this moment in the Americ...

On Episode #2 of the Born Again Podcast, Jess Ray hangs out with Dr. Russell Moore . Their conversation follows two main threads: defining the term "deconstruction" and navigating the relational fractures (both in personal and church life) that have intensified over recent years. Listen to Jess Ray . Follow Jess Ray on Instagram . Watch Jess Ray Videos . Follow Russell Moore .  Listen to...

On this pilot episode of the Born Again Podcast, Jess Ray talks with friend and spoken word poet Sharlene Provilus . To kick things off, Jess unpacks the lyrics from her song "Born Again" and the two of them follow that thread into a conversation on deconstructing and reconstructing faith, and their hopeful outlook on the cultural moment we are living in. Listen to Jess Ray . Follow Jess...

Announcing the Born Again Podcast, with Jess Ray. Listen to Jess Ray . Follow Jess Ray on Instagram . Watch Jess Ray Videos. Listen to Jess Ray . Jess Ray on Instagram . Jess Ray on Substack . Jess Ray on Youtube.