Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 509 - The Disabled God 
 
A slightly late Holy Week devotional reflection which leads us into the first week of Easter.
 
Blessings,
Rick Lee James

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 508 - Dr. Moses Taiwo 
Dr. Moses Taiwo is a Certified Educator with the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) and a Board-Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC).
He earned two doctorates: Religion-New Testament (Andrews University, 2002), and Management and Information Systems Technology (University of Phoenix, 2015), respectively.
At present, he serves as CPE Educator and Manager, Spiritual Care Services, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH. Moses is also the Chair of ACPE Research Committee.
Moses received ordination from the Seventh day Adventist Church and has maintained endorsement with Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries since 2003. He has served as a church pastor and a head elder in many parts of US since he came to the country in 1997.
Moses completed his first CPE unit at Saint Joseph Medical Center, South Bend, IN, in 2000, and his Residency Units both at Howard Community Hospital, Kokomo, IN, and Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC between 2003 and 2005. Moses did his supervisory training at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte.
He is originally from Nigeria and is now a US citizen with his wife and three adult children.
More about Dr. Moses Taiwo
https://ketteringhealthcpe.org/our-staff/

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 507 - Michael In The Middle (Crossover Podcast)
 
This week’s episode is a crossover show with Michael T. Johnson’s Michael In The Middle Podcast.
 
Michael In The Middle is an inter-generational, relational podcast for people interested in healthier human interaction. It features interviews and stories of and from people who are in the middle of doing something to make the worlds in which they operate a little better day by day.
 
Watch this episode and on the Michael In The Middle Podcast Page on YouTube at this link https://www.youtube.com/@michaelinthemiddle-thepodc4591/featured
 
 
 

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 506 - Shane Claiborne - Rethinking Life
 
 
Shane Claiborne is a prominent speaker, activist, and best-selling author.  Shane worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, and founded The Simple Way in Philadelphia.  He heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are committed to living "as if Jesus meant the things he said." Shane is a champion for grace which has led him to jail advocating for the homeless, and to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to stand against war. Now grace fuels his passion to end the death penalty and help stop gun violence.
Shane’s books include Jesus for President, Red Letter Revolution, Common Prayer, Follow Me to Freedom, Jesus, Bombs and Ice Cream, Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers, Executing Grace, his classic The Irresistible Revolution, Beating Guns, and his newest book, Rethinking Life (to be released February 2023). He has been featured in a number of films including "Another World Is Possible" and "Ordinary Radicals." His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Shane speaks over one hundred times a year, nationally and internationally. His work has appeared in Esquire, SPIN, Christianity Today, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal, and he has been on everything from Fox News and Al Jazeera to CNN and NPR. He’s given academic lectures at Harvard, Princeton, Liberty, Duke, and Notre Dame. 
 
 
Get the Book: https://thesimpleway.myshopify.com/products/rethinking-life-embracing-the-sacredness-of-every-person?_pos=1&_sid=c8edd8ea0&_ss=r
 
Visit Shane’s Web Site: http://www.shaneclaiborne.com/
 

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 505 - Ian Zumback - ABELINE
Ian Zumback has released one of the most amazing EPs I have ever had the chance to hear. I’ve had an advanced copy for a while now and I have to tell you that Ian just keeps getting better with each release. There is as much richness in his lyrics as there is in his powerful voice. I can’t get the title track out of my head, and to be honest, I don’t want to. Please check out ABELINE, the latest release from  by Ian Zumback.
 
Bravo to the whole team at Old Bear Records, from the producers, engineers, and studio musicians to the co-writers and family members for finding the “life in the struggle” and cranking it out in audio form.
This EP is anything but Ordinary. Bless the Lord!
-Rick Lee James
Get the music: https://sc.lnk.to/y4N9Wd 

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 504 - Tim Menzies - He Reminds Me
 
 
He Reminds Me, the highly anticipated third Christian recording from GRAMMY®-nominated singer/songwriter and guitar virtuoso Tim Menzies, released March 3 (New Day Christian Distributors). Showcasing a dozen selections all penned or co-penned by Menzies, He Reminds Me was produced by Ben Isaacs and features collaborations with some of bluegrass and Gospel music's leading names like Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, Jason Crabb, Rebecca Lynn Howard, and more. 
Tim has dropped by the podcast for a visit today and I am so excited to have this conversation with one of Nashville’s most prolific songwriters and a brother in Christ. 
Web Site:
https://www.timmenzies.com

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)Episode 503
Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality
Guest Greg Johnson
 
Get the Book: https://amzn.to/3SeFHyp
Charting the path forward for our churches and ministries in providing care—not a cure— for our non-straight sisters and brothers who are living lives of costly obedience to Jesus.
At the start of the gay rights movement in 1969, evangelicalism's leading voices cast a vision for gay people who turn to Jesus. It was C.S. Lewis, Billy Graham, Francis Schaeffer and John Stott who were among the most respected leaders within theologically orthodox Protestantism. We see with them a positive pastoral approach toward gay people, an approach that viewed homosexuality as a fallen condition experienced by some Christians who needed care more than cure.
With the birth and rise of the ex-gay movement, the focus shifted from care to cure. As a result, there are an estimated 700,000 people alive today who underwent conversion therapy in the United States alone. Many of these patients were treated by faith-based, testimony-driven parachurch ministries centered on the ex-gay script. Despite the best of intentions, the movement ended with very troubling results. Yet the ex-gay movement died not because it had the wrong sex ethic. It died because it was founded on a practice that diminished the beauty of the gospel.
Yet even after the closure of the ex-gay umbrella organization Exodus International in 2013, the ex-gay script continues to walk about as the undead among us, pressuring people like me to say, "I used to be gay, but I'm not gay anymore. Now I'm just same-sex attracted."
For orthodox Christians, the way forward is to take a close look at our history. It is time again to focus with our Neo-Evangelical fathers on caring over attempting to cure.
With warmth and humor, as well as original research, Still Time to Care provides:
Guidance for the gay person who hears the gospel and finds themselves smitten by the life-giving call of Jesus.
Guidance for the church to repent of its homophobia and instead offer gospel-motivated love and compassion.
 
About the Author
Greg Johnson is lead pastor of historic Memorial Presbyterian Church (PCA) in St. Louis, where he has served on the pastoral staff since 2003. He holds a PhD in historical theology with a concentration in American religion from Saint Louis University and an MDiv from Covenant Theological Seminary. He is the author of The World according to God: A Biblical View of Culture, Work, Science, Sex and Everything Else, and Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality
Get The Book
 
 
 
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Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing)
This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing it this year.
 
Official Music Video:
Web Site:
https://rickleejames.com
 
PURCHASE ALBUM: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.com
SongSelect: https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/6152291/advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing
Downloadable Charts and More available from LIFEWAYWORSHIP.COM: https://worship.lifeway.com/findAndBuy/songPage/AdventHymn(Watching%2CWaiting%2CLonging)?versionId=93901&rowNum=0&searchString=Advent%20Hymn%20(watching,%20Waiting,%20Longing)#song-Parts
Loop Community: https://loopcommunity.com/en-us/songs/advent-hymn-(watching%2C-waiting%2C-longing)-by-rick-lee-james-3892 
Endorsements:
“A perfect and needed addition to any Christmas playlist this year. Rick Lee James bringing home the Advent Message.”
-CCM Magazine https://www.ccmmagazine.com/music-video/rick-lee-james-advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing/
“I love Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing), which gives newness to the phrases of Isaiah. Watching, waiting, and longing is what we do now, and these songs help us do that in confidence. I anticipate that this album will be received as a great gift by many who will find their faith nourished and awakened by it.”
–Walter Brueggemann (Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary)
"I've watched Rick grow as an artist and songwriter for many years. Congratulations brother on an excellent independent release."
-Paul Baloche (Dove Award Winning Songwriter)
"Rick Lee James is a poet and singer. You will not only enjoy listening, you'll be drawn into the source –Jesus."
-Mike Harland
RICK LEE JAMES INFO
Web Sites:
https://www.rickleejames.com
Get The Single:
https://rickleejames.hearnow.com/halls
 
 
 
More from Rick Lee James
Shine A Light In The Darkness
Get The Single: https://rickleejames.hearnow.com/shine-a-light-in-the-darkness
Music Video:
Rick Lee James Playlist on Spotify:
 
https://t.co/S7nCRl0xqa

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 502 - It Doesn’t Start with a Punch - Dee Dee Said
 
From the Author
“February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and I'm hoping to raise awareness, share the warning signs, and how to help by discussing my journey and how God led me on the road to healing.
As the author of, It Doesn’t Start with a Punch: My Journey through an Abusive Teen Dating Relationship, I share my personal experience to help others understand how easily adolescents can become involved in an abusive relationship, how abuse can start subtly, how to help someone get help and how God healed my deep, emotional wounds.
Teen dating abuse is an important topic we need to bring into the light as awareness can stop the cycle."
Studies show that 1 in 3 young women in the United States will be in an abusive relationship (verbal, emotional, physical, and/or sexual) at some point between the ages of 16 and 24.
Emotional and verbal abuse can be just as damaging as physical and sexual abuse. All forms of abuse have short-term and long-term effects.
Most adults (81% of parents in one study) don’t believe or don’t know if teen dating violence is an issue.
I wrote the book to help parents, teachers and school counselors, abuse victims, and anyone who cares for teens learn:
The protective factors that shield youth from becoming involved with or staying with an abuser
Signs of an unhealthy romantic relationship
Reasons teenagers may stay in one, from peer pressure and shame to the misguided belief that their abusers are going to change
How to help a tween or teenager get out of an unhealthy or abusive relationship”
 
Web Site: www.buildstrongfoundations.com
Get the Book: https://www.buildstrongfoundations.com/book
 
10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp
Instructions
Visit
https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com
At checkout use code: 10off
Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing)
This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing it this year.
 
Official Music Video:
Web Site:
https://rickleejames.com
 
PURCHASE ALBUM: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.com
SongSelect: https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/6152291/advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing
Downloadable Charts and More available from LIFEWAYWORSHIP.COM: https://worship.lifeway.com/findAndBuy/songPage/AdventHymn(Watching%2CWaiting%2CLonging)?versionId=93901&rowNum=0&searchString=Advent%20Hymn%20(watching,%20Waiting,%20Longing)#song-Parts
Loop Community: https://loopcommunity.com/en-us/songs/advent-hymn-(watching%2C-waiting%2C-longing)-by-rick-lee-james-3892 
Endorsements:
“A perfect and needed addition to any Christmas playlist this year. Rick Lee James bringing home the Advent Message.”
-CCM Magazine https://www.ccmmagazine.com/music-video/rick-lee-james-advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing/
“I love Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing), which gives newness to the phrases of Isaiah. Watching, waiting, and longing is what we do now, and these songs help us do that in confidence. I anticipate that this album will be received as a great gift by many who will find their faith nourished and awakened by it.”
–Walter Brueggemann (Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary)
"I've watched Rick grow as an artist and songwriter for many years. Congratulations brother on an excellent independent release."
-Paul Baloche (Dove Award Winning Songwriter)
"Rick Lee James is a poet and singer. You will not only enjoy listening, you'll be drawn into the source –Jesus."
-Mike Harland
RICK LEE JAMES INFO
Web Sites:
https://www.rickleejames.com
Get The Single:
https://rickleejames.hearnow.com/halls
 
 
 
More from Rick Lee James
Shine A Light In The Darkness
Get The Single: https://rickleejames.hearnow.com/shine-a-light-in-the-darkness
Music Video:
Rick Lee James Playlist on Spotify:
 
https://t.co/S7nCRl0xqa

Lifestyle Blogger and TV Personality Issues Clarion Call for Christian Women Seeking Balance Between Career and Family
 
Orlando, Fla.– Work, home, and family. Can Christian Women really do it all? Leadership lifestyle blogger and media personality, Caitlyn Scaggs has good news for readers: You don’t have to lose yourself when faced with the pressure to choose between what appears to be mutually exclusive options.
Instead, she champions a new approach―how to find balance between seemingly opposing forces and live out what you were created to do. In her book,
Worth It And Wonderful: Inspiration for Christian Women To Live Bravely and Boldly.
 Scaggs addresses the real pressures, both internal and external, that Christian women face when it comes to making choices between family or personal aspirations.
Filled with practical steps and insights, Scaggs provides women with a blueprint on how to thrive no matter where their path takes them. With her unique and powerful guiding voice, she helps women fully embrace who God calls them to be
including:
 
      How to overcome the challenges of balancing work, life, and family
      The importance of living strategically and spontaneously
      How mental, physical, and soul self-care honors God
      Why happiness is a temporary state of being and the key to finding lasting joy regardless of the life season
 
“It’s up to you to own and embrace the wonderful complexities of who God made you to be. Remember, you are a masterpiece,” writes Scaggs. “Fall in love with the idea of seeing your life as a beautiful mosaic, lovingly and intentionally crafted. It honors the masterpiece composed of disparate experiences, pain, tears, laughter, and victory all brought together to make something meaningful.”
 
Filled with motivational callouts, practical takeaways, and actionable steps Worth it and Wonderful invites readers to apply the insight shared to their own lives. “Remember, nothing of significance is easy or comes quickly,” declares Scaggs. “This type of work can challenge deep-rooted beliefs—some of which you may realize are lies that took root a long time ago, but as your identity and purpose become rooted in who God says you are, I’m trusting that all areas of your life will start to transform with vibrancy.
 
Web Site: https://boldlypursue.com/
Get the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Worth-Wonderful-Inspiration-Christian-Bravely/dp/1640656022/
10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp
Instructions
Visit
https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com 
At checkout use code: 10off
Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing)
This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing it this year.
 
Official Music Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4CXQ2YesRA 
 
Web Site:
https://rickleejames.com/ 
PURCHASE ALBUM: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.com
SongSelect: https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/6152291/advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing
Downloadable Charts and More available from LIFEWAYWORSHIP.COM: https://worship.lifeway.com/findAndBuy/songPage/AdventHymn(Watching%2CWaiting%2CLonging)?versionId=93901&rowNum=0&searchString=Advent%20Hymn%20(watching,%20Waiting,%20Longing)#song-Parts
Loop Community: https://loopcommunity.com/en-us/songs/advent-hymn-(watching%2C-waiting%2C-longing)-by-rick-lee-james-3892 
Endorsements:
“A perfect and needed addition to any Christmas playlist this year. Rick Lee James bringing home the Advent Message.”
-CCM Magazine https://www.ccmmagazine.com/music-video/rick-lee-james-advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing/
“I love Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing), which gives newness to the phrases of Isaiah. Watching, waiting, and longing is what we do now, and these songs help us do that in confidence. I anticipate that this album will be received as a great gift by many who will find their faith nourished and awakened by it.”
–Walter Brueggemann (Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary)
"I've watched Rick grow as an artist and songwriter for many years. Congratulations brother on an excellent independent release."
-Paul Baloche (Dove Award Winning Songwriter)
"Rick Lee James is a poet and singer. You will not only enjoy listening, you'll be drawn into the source –Jesus."
-Mike Harland
RICK LEE JAMES INFO
Web Sites:
https://www.rickleejames.com
Get The Single:
https://rickleejames.hearnow.com/halls
 
 
 
 
More from Rick Lee James
Shine A Light In The Darkness
Get The Single: https://rickleejames.hearnow.com/shine-a-light-in-the-darkness
Music Video:
 
Rick Lee James Playlist on Spotify:
 
https://t.co/S7nCRl0xqa

Episode 500 - Paul Baloche Returns!
 
It’s episode 500 and Paul Baloche has stopped by to help us celebrate.
Paul Baloche Bio
Having served as the Worship Pastor at Community Christian Fellowship in Lindale, Texas for more than 25 years, Paul Baloche is an ordained minister with an MDiv from the Methodist Episcopal Church.In addition to writing, recording, and touring, he founded LeadWorship.com to serve, equip, and train local church worship teams across the globe. He teaches modern worship Master Classes nationally and has created a variety of online instructional videos and free resources designed specifically to help worship leaders and musicians. Paul is a contributing writer for both Worship Leader and Worship Musician magazines, a featured blogger on ChurchLeaders.com, and has written the books The Same Love: A Devotion (David C. Cook) and God Songs – How to Write and Select Songs for Worship. He has three grown children and currently resides with his wife, Rita, who is also an amazing singer, songwriter, and worship leader.
Web Site: https://leadworship.com/
Resources from Paul: https://leadworship.com/shop/
 
10% Off Everything Rick Lee James on Band camp
Instructions
Visit
https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com
At checkout use code: 10off
Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing)
This song appeared on over 80 Spotify playlists this Advent Season. I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing it this year.
 
Official Music Video Link:
Web Site:
https://rickleejames.com/
PURCHASE ALBUM: www.RickLeeJames.Bandcamp.com
SongSelect: https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/6152291/advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing
Downloadable Charts and More available from LIFEWAYWORSHIP.COM: https://worship.lifeway.com/findAndBuy/songPage/AdventHymn(Watching%2CWaiting%2CLonging)?versionId=93901&rowNum=0&searchString=Advent%20Hymn%20(watching,%20Waiting,%20Longing)#song-Parts
Loop Community: https://loopcommunity.com/en-us/songs/advent-hymn-(watching%2C-waiting%2C-longing)-by-rick-lee-james-3892 
Endorsements:
“A perfect and needed addition to any Christmas playlist this year. Rick Lee James bringing home the Advent Message.”
-CCM Magazine https://www.ccmmagazine.com/music-video/rick-lee-james-advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing/
“I love Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing), which gives newness to the phrases of Isaiah. Watching, waiting, and longing is what we do now, and these songs help us do that in confidence. I anticipate that this album will be received as a great gift by many who will find their faith nourished and awakened by it.”
–Walter Brueggemann (Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary)
"I've watched Rick grow as an artist and songwriter for many years. Congratulations brother on an excellent independent release."
-Paul Baloche (Dove Award Winning Songwriter)
"Rick Lee James is a poet and singer. You will not only enjoy listening, you'll be drawn into the source –Jesus."
-Mike Harland
RICK LEE JAMES INFO
Web Sites:
https://www.rickleejames.com
Get The Single:
https://rickleejames.hearnow.com/halls
 
 
 
More from Rick Lee James
Shine A Light In The Darkness
Get The Single: https://rickleejames.hearnow.com/shine-a-light-in-the-darkness
Music Video:
Rick Lee James Playlist on Spotify:
 
https://t.co/S7nCRl0xqa