Rick Lee James Podcast Network

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 335: Simple Hymns - Songs of Redemption On August 30th, Venture3Media (V3M) launched its Simple Hymns series with the release of the album Simple Hymns: Songs of Redemption. The project features such well-known worship leaders as Pat Barrett (Housefires), Chris McClarney (Jesus Culture), Leigh Nash (Sixpence None the Richer), Dan Koch, Anthony Skinner, Aaron Keyes...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 334: Mary Demuth and We Too: How The Church Can Respond Redemptively To The Sexual Abuse Crisis Rocked by high-profile sexual misconduct allegations, the evangelical church’s shortcomings in responding to and protecting the victims of sexual abuse within their walls were largely thrust into the limelight in 2018. My guest today on Voices In my Head is Mary DeMuth....

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 333: Sing 2019 Special with Fernando Ortega, Sandra McCracken, and Many, Many More...   Sing! Is A Conference for Pastors, Leaders and Musicians on Encouraging and Reforming Congregational Worship These conversations were recorded live at the 2019 conference with these amazing guests: Fernando Ortega     Sandra McCracken     Matt Papa   David Zimmer     Fred Heuma...

Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast Episode Four: The Patience of Fred Rogers This week in the neighborhood, our subject is Patience. "Mutually caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other's achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain." -Fred Rogers To read more about Mister Rogers’...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 332: Jennifer M. Greenberg - Not Forsaken: A Story of Life After Abuse: How Faith Brought One Woman From Victim to Survivor     —“Isn’t it tragic that in a world so beautiful and diverse, a defining feature we all have in common is pain?” Jennifer M. Greenberg knows pain all too well, having suffered psychological, physical, and sexual abuse at the hands of her ch...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 331: Signs of Life with Stephanie Lobdell     Signs of Life: Resurrecting Hope Out Of Ordinary Loss Every day we lose a little bit of something. Career plans wither. Friendships crumble. Our zeal for Jesus wanes. Whether it’s the demise of ideals and expectations, belief in the church, a previously healthy relationship, or our image of ourselves: we all experience...

Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast Episode Three: The Peace of Fred Rogers This week in the neighborhood, our subject is Peace. If Fred Rogers was anything, he was a man of peace. One of my favorite Fred Rogers quotes is, “Peace is far more than the absence of war.” This is true, but I also think that Fred would be the first to remind us as well that Peace is also the abs...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 330: Ben DeLong - There's A God In My Closet: Encountering The Love Who Embraces Our Skeletons   There's a God in My Closet Encountering the Love Who Embraces Our Skeletons Author Ben DeLong Forward: Brad Jersak   Many have been taught to see God as a terrifying agent of wrath who spews anger at any sign of imperfection. At the same time, they’ve been taught that...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 329: Nikki Lerner and Multicultural Worship Ministry   Nikki Lerner is an artist, teacher, speaker, author and culture coach helping others engage with one another relationally and across culture lines.  Her passion is to see people come to an understanding of one another through music and conversation and learn to remain human with each other.  Nikki has been a d...

Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast Episode Two: The Joy of Fred Rogers Thank you for joining us here this week in the neighborhood. Theme Music featured on this podcast is "Nouvelle Noel" by Kevin MacLeod and all other Music by Bejamin Tossot at www. Bensound.com. Special Thanks to my guest neighbor  David Dault. Also a special thanks to the @MisterRogersSay Community on...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 328: A Third Way To Talk About Abortion - ProGrace CEO Angie Weszely According to Lifeway Research, 36% of women who get abortions are regular church attenders. Only 7% talk to anyone at their church before making that decision. Increasingly, Christians and churches are becoming silent in the abortion conversation. Many leaders have say this is because they wrestl...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 327: William Willimon - Accidental Preacher Dr. William Willimon is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. He is an internationally renowned preacher and widely read author noted for his humor, his insight into the Christian faith, and his theological commitment. His...

Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast Episode One: The Kindness of Fred Rogers Thank you for joining us here this week in the neighborhood. Theme Music featured on this podcast is "Nouvelle Noel" by Kevin MacLeod and all other Music by Bejamin Tossot at www. Bensound.com. Special Thanks to my guest neighbor  David Dault. Also a special thanks to the @MisterRogersSay Communit...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 326: Lyz Lenz - God Land In the wake of the 2016 election, Lyz Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart by the competing forces of faith and politics. A mother of two, a Christian, and a lifelong resident of middle America, Lenz was bewildered by the pain and loss around her—the empty churches and the broken hearts. What was happening to faith...

Coming Soon - Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast is coming soon to Podbean, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere that quality Podcasts are found. Rick Lee James will be your guide for season one as we venture into the legacy of kindness that Fred Rogers left behind. With each episode Rick Lee James and his guest neigh...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 325: The Jewish View of Creation This episode of Voices In My Head dives into the Creation/Evolution debate from a different perspective than most evangelicals endeavor, the Jewish Perspective.  So many of our debates and insecurities about things like creation and evolution could be ended if we simply consulted the Jewish faith to help us understand the book that...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 324: Lora Jones Shares How She Found Faith In The Midst of Tragedy   Lora Jones’s world shattered on Nov. 23, 2004, the night she survived but lost her husband and two children in a head-on collision. She secretly, desperately wished for death to claim her, too—how could she go on alone?—but a soft, faint voice sang to her in the midst of her deepest pain that nig...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 323: Keith Getty and Sing! 2019 My guest this week on Voices In My Head is Keith Getty. Keith and his wife Kristyn Getty occupy a unique space in the world of music today as preeminent modern hymn writers. In re-inventing the traditional hymn form, they have created a catalogue of songs teaching Christian doctrine and crossing the genres of traditional, classical,...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 322: Eli Williams - Author of Father Love Eli Williams is a husband, father, grandfather and minister. He is the president and co-founder of Urban Light Ministries which provides a weekly after school program that serves 600 children. ULM operates a growing fatherhood program that annually impacts over 500 dads and their kids. His passion for fatherhood is rooted...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 321: Pentecost How will you celebrate Pentecost 2019? Here are some thoughts to help us think more deeply about this very important Holy Day of the Christian and Jewish year.  As always, thank you for listening to Voices In My Head.      About Your Host: Rick Lee James Official Web Site: www. RickLeeJames.com Get Rick Lee James Latest Album:  https://fanlink.to/RL...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 320: A Conversation With Shane Claiborne Shane Claiborne  is a follower of Jesus and following Jesus has led him on many adventures. Following Jesus has taken him from the streets of Calcutta where he worked with Mother Teresa to the wealthy suburbs of Chicago where he served at the influential mega-church Willow Creek. Following Jesus has taken him From Rwanda to...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 319: America's Unholy Ghosts: The Racist Roots of Our Faith and Politics with Author Joel Edward Goza After receiving degrees from Wheaton College and Duke University, Joel Edward Goza joined the staff at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Houston’s 5th Ward. For 10 years, Joel focused on issues of faith, race, politics and urban research. He provided leadership in u...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 318: Dr. Julie Galambush - Hidden Truths: Why Translators Intentionally Mistranslate the Bible This podcast was recorded on May 1st, 7:30 PM at Temple Sholom in Springfield Ohio. It is a lecture delivered by Dr. Julie Galambush . Dr. Galambush is the author of The Reluctant Parting: How the New Testament’s Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book . She received her...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 317: Dr. Julie Galambush - Luke-Acts and the Creation of Christianity This podcast was recorded on April 30, 7:30 PM at Temple Sholom in Springfield Ohio. It is a lecture delivered by Dr. Julie Galambush . Dr. Galambush is the author of The Reluctant Parting: How the New Testament’s Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book . She received her Ph. D. in Old Testament...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 316: In Conversation with Islam - Dr. Akber Mohammed On the 21st of April 2019, Easter Sunday, three Christian churches across Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital Colombo were targeted in a series of coordinated terrorist suicide bombings The Sri Lankan government said the bombings might have been in retaliation for the killing of 50 people...