Rick Lee James Podcast Network

My guest this week on Voices In My Head is Matt Litton.  Matt Litton is a writer, educator, and speaker. He completed his undergraduate work in English and Religious Studies and holds a Master of Arts in Education from Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee. He has written about faith and culture for numerous national publications including Christianity Today, The Dallas Morning News...

This year when  Worship Leader Magazine published their best of 2012 issue, the Worship track at Cedarville University was on the list.  Behind much of the growth of Cedarville's program is a humble, kind, and very talented man named  Roger O'Neel . Dr. O’Neel serves as the Director of the worship program. He has served the local church for over 20 years, including full-time worship pastorates in...

On October 7th, Rick was honored to be the speaker at the Homecoming service at The First Church of the Nazarene in North Vernon Indiana. On today's Podcast you get to hear his message, answer the question of the week, find out more about Rick's New Year's Eve concert, and Voices In My Head's Nominations for a Podcast award. Voices In My Head is a Podcast dedicated to covering things like comics,...

This is part two of my Podcast conversation with Ben Debono on "Going Catholic". Ben Debono is the co-creator and co-host of the  Sci-Fi Christian Podcast .  Until recently he was an associate pastor at  Epic Life church in Anoka Minnesota .  After a careful study of church history and much prayer,  Ben and his wife felt led to leave the protestant tradition and convert to the ancient faith of Cat...

Listen Here Ben Debono is the co-creator and co-host of the  Sci-Fi Christian Podcast .  Until recently he was an associate pastor at  Epic Life church in Anoka Minnesota .  After a careful study of church history and much prayer,  Ben and his wife felt led to leave the protestant tradition and convert to the ancient faith of Catholicism.  We discuss his faith journey and some common misconception...

The Gathering of Greater Springfield director Jeff Pinkleton (right) with former basketball star and now broadcaster Clark Kellogg at an event with The Gathering. Jeff Pinkleton is a long time friend of mine who lives in Springfield Ohio.  He knows everyone in this city, and everyone knows him.  I'm only exaggerating a little bit.  He's one of the most outgoing ministry heads in our city and has a...

I was really blessed to have a conversation with  Eddie Kirkland for this week's Podcast.   Eddie is a talented songwriter and worship leader who has a great story to tell. He is featured in featured the current issue of  Worship Leader Magazine for his amazing new album titled,  "Kings and Queens" .  It's one of the best Christian albums I've heard in a very long time, and that's saying a lot con...

Since this week is when I record my first ever LIVE album I wanted to play a radio promo special I did the last day of August at  Christian Radio 100.7FM WEEC in Springfield Ohio.  I share several of the songs from the upcoming album on this special and I hope it will whet your whistle for the upcoming concert.   WEEC is a great station run by wonderful people in Springifield Ohio.  You can hear t...

My guest this week is Paul Darilek (Pronounced Dar-shi-lek), the Senior Director of Communications for Living Water International .  Paul is also an author, a runner, and is now a year older (Happy Birthday Paul)!  Paul spends some tme on this week's Podcast sharing about the ministry of giving water to people who desperately need it around the world.  You will hear amazing stories of what God is...

Prolific songwriter, musician, and friend of the show Daniel Dye stopped by the studio for some coffee, some guitar pickin' and a great podcast conversation.  Daniel Dye and the Miller Road Band are sponsoring the 2nd annual Madden Road Music Festival on September 1st in Mutual Ohio.  As you can see from the promotional poster above, the lineup for this festival is amazing and I'm honored to be on...

Like A Child began as two members in the spring of 2007. Now they are five. They began with reverberating electric guitars. Now they play banjos. They began with personal ambition. Now they are worshippers. They chose their band name without realizing its implications. Like A Child. It was just a name: short, catchy and full of "meaning," meaning they knew then only in a cerebral way. But as the L...

Ben Debono is the co-creater and co-host of the Sci-Fi Christian Podcast .  Who better to chat about Batman with than another fan of the character who is also quite a brilliant theologian.  Aside from being an acclaimed pod host,  Ben is also the executive pastor at Epic Life church in Anoka Minnesota .  He has a bachelor's degree in literature and a Masters in Theology from Northwestern College....

Adam W. Powers currently resides in Stevensville, Maryland where he is the Assistant Pastor at Safe Harbor Presbyterian Church (PCA). He is a Teaching Elder in the PCA and has completed his MDiv at Reformed Theological Seminary (Atlanta campus) in 2011, and is looking forward to further graduate studies sometime in the near future. He is a talented preacher, theologian, and writer whose work can b...

My guest today is musician, pastor, author, husband, and father Scott Roley . Scott is a founding member of Christ Community Church in Franklin Tennessee where he served in various roles over a span of 25 years. In the fall of 2011 he resigned his position to pursue his call to racial reconciliation full-time. He can also be seen frequently on tour with his good friend and fellow musician Michael...

Episode #29: Chaplain Rich Young My guest today is Chaplain Rich Young. Rich Young, originally from Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1970 immediately after high school. He became a Christian while in the Marines and felt God leading him into the ministry.  College and seminary followed his discharge as a Sergeant in 1974.  Rich entered the Army as a Chaplain in 1981, ret...

Episode #28 Mark Thompson My guest this week is Mark Thompson , the Senior Project Administrator over the Mission to the World (MTW) ministry in Fairmont West Virginia. MTW is the mission sending agency of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).  Mark has a great story to tell not only of what God is doing through missions in the PCA Church but also of what God has done in his own life.  He is a...

Out of Truth Records was founded in June 2011 by Jon Finney .  Jon believes the Lord is birthing new art and talent, not only in Nashville and L. A., but in the smaller cities and towns in the United States.  Out of Truth Records seeks to provide a place where Indie musicians can record a professional sounding album with industry standard equipment at a lower cost to them. Jon and his staff are al...

Cindy Wilt Colville is a 25 year veteran of the Christian music industry. Her passion is developing creative and skilled songwriters. Cindy started her music career with award-winning producer and songwriter Greg Nelson where she was production manager on five gold and two platinum records. She was also the production manager for Steven Curtis Chapman’s first four records, was a music publisher fo...

My guest this week is social psychologist David G. Myers . Dr. Myers is an internationally renowned scientist, author, and teacher whose research and writing have covered a wide range of topics, including group behavior, prejudice, personality, religion, intuition, hearing loss, and personal well-being. Over the past 35 years he has published 18 books—several of which are best-selling textbooks in...

I couldn't be happier to be joined by my Father, Randy L. James , on this Father's Day release of Voices In My Head (The Official Podcast of Rick Lee James).  Dad is not just a great father, and he's not just another pretty face. He is also a great preacher, a teacher, a basketball referee, a guitar picker, a bass player, a golfer, a chaplain, a former missionary to Africa, and the author of  "Unr...

This week's guest is Pastor Dave Black from Soma Community Church in Springfield Ohio. Here's a few facts you might want to know about Dave. Responsibilities: Teaching & Administration [full time staff] Family: Lauren & Dave were married in 2007 and are expecting their first child in April 212 Hometown: Atlanta, Ga Education : B.A. in Communications from Cedarville University, M. Div. from Luther...

Guest: Gareth Higgins (Executive Director of the Wild Goose Festival) Wild Goose is community creating a festival at the intersection of justice, spirituality and art. The first festival took place in June 2011; the next one is June 21-24 2012. We take inspiration from many places, such as Greenbelt, Burning Man, the Iona Community, SXSW, and others. The festival is open to everyone; we don’t cens...

With the release of Marvel's Avengers Motion picture, Rick has assembled a couple of his Theologian friends to discuss the movie, it's effect on pop-culture, and premises from the movie that go hand in hand with the work of a Theologian. Rick dives into part two of this topic with Matthew Cole. Matthew is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Church of the Nazarene in Lexington Kentucky. He is also the pro...

With the release of Marvel's Avenger's Motion picture, Rick has assembled a couple of his Theologian friends to discuss the movie, it's effect on pop-culture, and premises from the movie that go hand in hand with the work of a Theologian. Rick starts off his discussion by welcoming comic book fan Gregory Voiles. Greg is a Pastor of Spiritual Formation, an urbanized hillbilly from middle TN and a P...

Brett McCracken: Author of Hipster Christianity My guest this week is author Brett McCracken. Brett is a Los Angeles-based writer and journalist. He is the author of Hipster Christianity: When Church & Cool Collide (Baker, 2010) and has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNN.com , The Princeton Theological Review, Mediascape, Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Relevant, IM...