Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode #232: World Communion Sunday with Reverend Robert Swanson A few months ago we filmed a music video at First Lutheran Church in Dayton Ohio. The music video was for the song, "The Invitation", a communion song inviting all who are willing to come and know Jesus as the table of sacrament.  Since feeding the hungry and serving communion go hand in hand for Pastor Rob...

This episode of Voices In My Head is a special radio show I recorded at a great Christian radio station, Shine FM Ohio. This was recorded live on September 25th, 2017. THis is the first time for me to share the lost Rich Mullins song, Thunder, over the airwaves.

Voices In My Head Podcast #230: Andrew Greer, Randy Cox, David Mullins - Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth  Recorded live at Parnassus Bookstore in Nashville Tennessee for the release of the new book about Rich Mullins, "Winds of Heathen, Stuff of Earth".

Our guest, David Browning, is the Chief Creative Officer of Crowd Music, a new music platform that plans to disrupt the music industry in the best possibly way, by paying artists what they are worth. Crowd Music hand picks the artists they work with to ensure only the best of the best get featured every month. Think of Crowd like the Rolls Royce of the music business. They pay artists better, they...

Lance Allen is an award winning fingerstyle guitarist, composer, and teacher. Native of Kentucky, Lance learned the ropes of playing guitar. Many of his early influences were Metallica, Nirvana, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Led Zeppelin, and Dave Matthews. Lance began teaching guitar in high school, and then continuing with some private students in college as well. Not long after graduating M...

    To my listeners who have so faithfully been with me through thick and thin, this is a special podcast just for you. There is a big announcement being made in CCM Magazine on Friday September 15th, but as promised I am sharing the news with my podcast listeners one day early. This ended up being a much more emotional episode of the show that I expected. I'm not going to spoil this short 20 minu...

Our guest this week on Voices In My Head is Rick Incorvati, a Deacon at Christ Episcopal Church in Springfield Ohio, a professor at Wittenberg University, and the director of Equality Springfield. Rick shares some of the story of his life; coming to terms with being gay, walking away from the church for a time, his journey back to the church through a renewed relationship with God, and his call in...

In light of so many things happening in our world, not the least of these being record breaking hurricanes, Rick Lee James takes a few moments to consider DACA in light of Matthew 25. Who are the strangers mentioned by Jesus in this well known parable? www. RickLeeJames.com    

Brian Zahnd is the founder and lead pastor of  Word of Life Church , a non-denominational Christian congregation in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Brian and his wife, Peri, founded the church in 1981. Brian is also the author of several books, including, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, Water to Wine, A Farewell To Mars, Beauty Will Save the World, and Unconditional?: The Call of Jesus to Radical Fo...

Voices In My Head Podcast #223: Walter Brueggemann and Rick Lee James Discuss Imprecatory Psalms as Faithful Prayer, Trump, and More

Voices In My Head Podcast #222: Refugees, Racism, and Simple Worship. Rick takes on theee topics in less than an hour, or your money back.    

Ben Passmore is our guest on this episode of Voices In My Head. Ben is the creator of a groundbreaking 12 page comic called "Your Black Friend", an open letter from your black friend to you about race, racism, freindship, and alientation.   You can buy 'Your Black Friend' at at https://www.amazon.com/Your-Black-Friend-Ben-Passmore/dp/1945509031

In the age of nuclear weapons, are Christians to respond, with "fire and fury" or "grace and mercy"? Topics on this episode: President Trump's Response To North Korea's threats. North Korea's Repsonse back to him. Pastor Robert Jeffress response to it all. Bible interpretations. Who are the church Fathers? What do the Church Fathers have to say to us on the matter? The Fire and Fury of the Empire...

This week is a special crossover episode with Brit Bolerjack of the Young Clergy Network , host This Nazarene Life Podcast. We had a great conversation as we shared our stories and listen in for what God is doing in our lives and ministries. Check out her wonderful show,  This Nazarene Life to hear more conversations like this one.

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode #218: The Poor You Will Always Have With You

John Wilkerson joins in on this episode of Voices In My Head to piggyback on last week's conversation about Eugene Peterson. When, if ever, should Christians boycott a person, a product, or an institution?

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode #216: Eugene Peterson Blows Up The World.   This week, world renown pastor, author, and theologian Eugene Peterson shook things up with statements on Donald Trump, Gay Marriage, and more.   I wanted to take some time Tom address the controversy and share the revision on Human Sexuality that was voted on by the Church of the Nazarene General Assembly 2017. Buckle y...

On this episode of Voices In My Head our guest is Dr. Neelam Uppal.   Dr. Uppal is an author, a speaker, and an activist for women's rights. Originally from East Indian, she currently resides in New York City as an infectious disease specialist. A survivor of both domestic abuse and workplace bullying, Dr. Uppal and is working to help others overcome their own experiences with sexual harrassment b...

Live from the Church of the Nazarene 2017 General Assembly in Indianapolis: Rick Lee James and Brannon Hancock present Hymn Adaptation and Modernization. Part of the Spirit and Truth mini-conference sponsored by NNU Wesley Center and Nazarene Theological Seminary.

  Brannon Hancock and Andrew Garcia join Rick Lee James for a conversation on worship in the context of small, medium, and large churches. Recorded live and the Indana Convention Center at the General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene.

On this episode we focus in on the ancient fourfold pattern of worship: 1.) Gathering 2.) Word 3.) Table 4.) Sending   This ancient pattern of worship can help restore a lack of balance to our modern worship services by helping us move away from a personality driven service, to a Trinity centered service that's involved the entire congregation in communion with God.   For you, the listeners of Voi...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode #211 with guest Stu G The 5-star-acclaimed, multi-artist Beatitudes album made its debut on Yahoo! Music and released to digital and physical retailers worldwide from Stugiology Music with management, marketing and distribution through The Fuel Music. The album, which showcases 18 new tracks (plus 2 bonus tracks) from multiple GRAMMY and Dove Award-winning artists...

It's Pentecost Sunday! Worship leaders, lead today like you expect something to happen. It’s Pentecost, it’s Jubilee. If your church is dull today, that’s not the Holy Spirit’s fault. The gospel is never dull and of all days, it won’t be dull today. It’s the birthday of the church!  Terrorists won’t keep us from our worship, in fact, our worship reveals them as the phonies they are. The Holy Spiri...

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode #209: Are Hymnbooks The MySpace of the Church?

At the 2017 National Worship Leader Conference in Virginia I sat down with three members of the band, Brothers McClurg, to talk about worship, artistry, ministry, and recording. Listen in as we dine on Eastern Cuisine and share a great conversation.   -RLJ