Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)

Spotlight on Matt K. Lewis - Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 406 Called a “first-rate talent” in The Washington Post and “super-smart” by John Heilemann, Matt K. Lewis is a center-right critic of American politics and pop culture. As a journalist, Lewis has earned a reputation as an “independently minded” (Columbia Journalism Review) and “intellectually honest” commentator (...

Episode 405 - Postcards From Babylon with Brian Zahnd, David & Kathi Peters Postcards From Babylon is a long-form documentary featuring author and pastor, Brian Zahnd, as he investigates possibly the most important question for the church in North America today:   How does the church stay faithful to the beautiful way of Jesus while situated in one of the most divisive political climates in our na...

Episode 404 - Sow and Tether - This Is The Day!  Band Website ( http://sowandtether.com  ).   Band Bio Sow and Tether exists to enrich and excite souls with the grace and truth of Christ through song.  We are part of the worship teams at Redeemer Baptist Church and Getwell Road Church in the Northwest Mississippi / Memphis, Tennessee area, and we lead and write songs that speak the truth of the go...

Episode 403 - What Is Epiphany? Our January 6th, 2021 Epiphany Show Thanks for listening! Blessings, Rick Lee James ----more---- Want some exclusives like early music videos, singles, and private podcast episodes? Become a paid subscriber at Subscribe on Substack: https://rickleejames.substack.com/   Listen to Rick Lee James Music One of the best ways to support independent artists during Covid-19...

Episode 402 - Last Show of 2020 (LIVE) - Fred Rogers Quotes and More! Audio is poor at the start but gets better after intro. In this short episode I share a little bit of news, some 2020 reflections, and a lot of Fred Rogers quotes. Wishing you a very meaningful 2021. Blessings, Rick Lee James ----more---- Want some exclusives like early music videos, singles, and private podcast episodes? Become...

Episode 401 - with John DeMuth  Rev. John F. DeMuth is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene.   John and I go WAY BACK to teen church camp days where John was a teenager and I was a  youth pastor.   He lived and worked in Inner-City Ministry for almost a decade. There he served on staff at Shepherd Community Center, working to break the cycle of poverty in the lives of individuals and fa...

400th MEGA-Episode with Phil Keaggy  Welcome back to Voices In My Head. Today is our 400th episode celebration and because this is a special episode, I wanted to invite a guest on the show who means a lot to me personally. Phil Keaggy is not only one of the most admired guitarists in music today, he is also a person of humility, generosity, and integrity who has used his art to share the love of G...

Craig Harmann & Church Music Makers - Episode 399  About Church Music Makers We are all church music makers. We may be in big congregations, small congregations, congregations with minimal resources, congregations with many resources. We may be organists, choir directors, guitar players, drummers, singers, whatever the case is, this blog is for all of us! Church Music Makers is written by Craig Ha...

Hymn For The 81% with guest Daniel Deitrich - Episode 398  On January 21st, 2020, Religion News Service posted an article written by Shane Claiborne that said, “A lot of contemporary worship music doesn’t offer the best theology, but 'Hymn for the 81%,' by a South Bend, Indiana, worship leader, has gone viral with a cocktail of prophetic fire and Christ-like grace.” Daniel Deitrich, who wrote and...

William Willimon: The Gospel For The Person Who Has Everything - Episode 397  In his book, the Gospel for the Person who has everything, Bishop William Willimon brings the Gospel of Jesus Christ to life for the person who has everything – happy, fulfilled human beings, who don’t feel the same level of need expressed by the downcast, the outcast, the brokenhearted, and the miserable. Willimon says...

The Life She Once Knew with Vanna Nguyen & Anna Donato - Episode 396  Disclaimer: Today’s episode, while ultimately about faith and forgiveness, contains mature themes dealing with sexual assault so please use your discretion.   In 1981, a mother faced death as she lay on the floor of a small boat in the South China Sea fleeing for her life after the Vietnam War. In 2008, her daughter lay awaiting...

Guest Joel Vaughn - Episode 395  Since his official debut, Bigger Than Me, in 2008, Joel Vaughn has become one of Christian Hit Radio’s most consistent performers. His hit singles have included 2019’s “I Look To You,” which reached #3 on Billboard’s Christian Hot AC Recurrent chart, as well as “Wide Awake,” “As You Are,” “Pray It Up,” and “More Than Good Enough.” He has garnered more than 10 milli...

Guest Caroline Cobb - Episode 394  CAROLINE COBB SHORT BIO: In 2011, singer-songwriter Caroline Cobb gave herself a goal to write a song for every book of the Bible in a year. That year of writing set in motion a passion to tell the stories of scripture through music, with imagination, artistry and faithfulness to the text.    Caroline’s forthcoming album, A Seed, A Sunrise, explores the longing h...

Standing On The Wall: Prayers To Preserve The Integrity of a Nation with Jannah Scott - Episode 393  Standing on the Wall  Prayers to Preserve the Integrity of a Nation  A New Book by Jannah Scott  Standing on the Wall is a heart-felt manifestation of the sincere prayers of intercessors who have committed their lives to pray for the United States of America. The book focuses on prayers that each p...

For Love of Neighbor: Politics For The Common Good - Episode 392  https://faithandpubliclife.com/flon/ A documentary film, For Love of Neighbor: Politics for the Common Good, tells the stories of three individuals—Sen. Tim Scott, Justin Giboney, and Sarah Imboden—who, on different levels and in distinct ways, are seeking to engage faithfully in contemporary American politics. The film does not pro...

Out of the Depths: Into Psalm 130 - Episode 391  Today on the show I share from my book, Out of the Depths: A Songwriter's Journey Through The Psalms. If you would like a copy, you can get it at the Amazon link below. -Blessings, Rick Lee James   Listen To Rick Lee James Music on Pandora One of the best ways to support independent artists during Covid-19 is to stream our music on platforms like Pa...

Taking A Look At The True State of the Pro-Life Argument In America - An Article by David French: Episode 390  This week I share a thought provoking article from David French. David is the Senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s also a columnist for Time. He’s the author of Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore , and the newly released Divided We Fall , among others.  Web Site For This Article by Dav...

Actress Shannen Fields and her new movie "The Order of Rights" - Episode 389 On October 2nd, 2020, The new film “The Order of Rights” releases on Amazon, Google, and VUDU streaming platforms. The title of the film, "Order of Rights" refers to the order in which the categories of rights are listed in that Declaration of Independence: Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of happiness. The film centers on Emma...

Him + Her Worship - Episode 388 Even In The Dark, which released on September 4th, is the full-length debut from Minneapolis-based husband/wife folk-pop duo Him + Her Worship. Even In The Dark is grounded in the assurance of God’s steadfast love throughout life’s deepest valleys and highest peaks. Him + Her Worship’s Seth and Jenna Herlich  who wrote, recorded and produced the project, have stop b...

Fred Rogers Speaks- Episode 387 It has been one of those weeks you never thought would come. A house fire at my parents place, sewer backup flooding my own house, migraines, and power outages. Not even to mention the Pandemic, Presidential election craziness, and life as a teacher/online school parent/worship pastor. I needed to hear from a calm voices this week so I brought a dear old friend on t...

Where Goodness Still Grows with guest Amy Peterson- Episode 386 Social media and recent political events have exposed the fault lines that exist within our country and our spiritual communities. The corruption and blind spots of the evangelical church have led to the departure of so many from faith, who cite hypocrisy and partisanship as reasons they can’t stay. Chillingly, many of the virtues tha...

The Importance of Being Ernest: Justin Lloyd talks about the Life of his uncle, Actor Jim Varney - Episode 385 Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ernest p. Worrell, the lovable blue-collar buffoon, was a staple of pop culture in countless commercials, nearly a dozen movies and an award-winning Saturday-morning TV show called, Hey Vern, It’s Ernest. Today, millions of fans still mourn the loss of acto...

Lucas and Evelyn Cortazio - Episode 384 Rooted in Chicago’s Community Christian Church, pastored by Dave Ferguson, Community Music is comprised of worship leaders from the church’s 11 campuses. Led by Brazilian-born husband/wife team Lucas and Evelyn Cortazio since 2013, the collective is closely aligned with NewThing, a church planting network created by Community Christian Church representing mo...

What Is Your Name? - Episode 383 Why are names so significant in who we become and who we aspire to be?  I read a couple of passages from an amazing book this week. If you want to find out more about it and Rabbi David Wolpe, click on the picture or link below. Find The Book: https://amzn.to/3kXCylK   Music From RICK LEE JAMES LOVE OUR ENEMIES (Official Music Video):  https://youtu.be/xsSB5OLPELE...

Guest Preacher William H. Willimon - Episode 382 Today on the podcast, I am pleased to welcome back Dr. William H. Willimon. Dr. Willimon served as the Dean of Duke Chapel and Professor of Christian Ministry at Duke University for two decades. He returned to Duke after serving as Bishop of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church from 2004 to 2012. He is the author of over 70 bo...