Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Episode 467

The Jesus Music with John J. Thompson

On this episode I’m joined by John J Thompson, former Associate Dean of Trevecca Nazarene University’s School of Music in Nashville, Tennessee. He’s a speaker, producer, author, artist, and the founder of the podcast “True Tunes.” He is an expert on all things Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). As a consultant and historian he was interviewed for the new documentary “The Jesus Music Film”, which is now steaming on Hulu.

“The Jesus Music” interviews some of Christian music’s most recognizable stars, including Amy Grant, TobyMac, Kirk Franklin, Michael W. Smith, Michael Tait, Lauren Daigle and more. The film retells a nostalgic history of “Jesus music” — which would later be called contemporary Christian music. 

“The Jesus Music” offers an insight to the lives and careers of some of Christian music’s most talented creators while legitimately criticizing churches for their lack of support and discussing the problem of racial segregation in Christian music. 

I invited John to have a visit on the podcast today to dive deeper into the conversation that Film initiates.

Web Links for John J Thompson:

Bio: https://truetunes.com/john-j-thompson-bio/

True Tunes: https://truetunes.com/

Books: https://amzn.to/3jzKp9L

The Jesus Music Film: https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/the-jesus-music

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Ukraine Relief

Below are some trusted organizations that you can partner with to meet needs of refugees from Ukraine and around the world.

• Fred Heumann's Article in Christianity Today: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/february-web-only/ukrainian-christians-church-worship-songs-war-and-peace.html

• Serve Ukraine Web Link: https://actintl.givingfuel.com/serveukraine

• Nazarene Compassion FB: https://www.facebook.com/nazcompassion

• Caritas does great work in Crisis: https://www.caritas.org/2022/02/carit...

• Mercy Corps is fantastic: https://www.mercycorps.org/blog/human...

• A local Ukrainian non profit that has been serving traumatized children for years: https://voices.org.ua/en/

• Alliance for a New Immigration Consensus

• Tell your Senators you support meaningful bipartisan immigration reform 

• Urge President Biden Not to Leave Behind Persecuted Afghans 

• Project Alpha 

• Afghan Advocacy Resources 

• Protecting Ukrainian Refugees 

• https://alinoorani.org/

Rick Lee James Official Web Site

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