Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)

This week I take some time to talk about Mister Rogers, something I am involved with related to his life and work through the Twitter handle @MisterRogersSay, plus I get into a couple of other news items.
By the way, my new album is funding on Indiegogo until April 27th. Pre-order the new album today at the link below and get two songs immediately.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rick-lee-james-new-album-thunder#/

My guest on this episode of Voices In My Head is Christa Wells. Christa is an award-winning American singer and songwriter who writes deep-reaching, alternative-pop music. In 2006, Christa was named GMA Songwriter of the Year for her song “Held,” recorded by Natalie Grant. She has released five albums as an indie artist (Rogers/Wells Project, Frame the Clouds, How Emptiness Sings, Feed Your Soul, Covers) and will release her newest project, “Velveteen” will release on April 6th, 2018. 
The first two singles, Down Down Low + Velveteen, have already been released and the new EP can be pre-ordered at http://www.christawellsmusic.com/

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode #259:
In this episode I am back from the recording studio in New York, I share some exciting things that my friends at Crowd Music are doign to shake things up in the music business,  Andrew Peterson offers an apology for his beautiful music video, and I close the Podcast with a bit of a somber prayer for our violent nation.
 
 

As I head into the recording studio on March 12th, I'm reflecting more on what making another album means at this point in my life. There's a passage in the book, "Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth: Spiritual Conversations Insipred byt the Life & Lyrics of Rich Mullins" that I find is speaking to me in a big way as I prepare to head to New York. As much as anything, this episode is a prayer request humbly submitted to the listeners of Voices In My Head. I hope you will join me.
 
On March 12th, as I enter the recording studio, album pre-orders will begin at this link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rick-lee-james-new-album-thunder/coming_soon#/ Join me for regular updates from the studio and in the post-production process. Sign-up here to be a part of making this record.
 
Blessings,
Rick Lee James
 
Be the first to know when we launch onMarch 12th from the studio by signing up here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rick-lee-james-new-album-thunder/coming_soon#/
 
 
  

https://youtu.be/eZ04wQcbqIsWe Now Have A New Funding Goal For The New Album and Two Easy New Ways To Contribute
Our New Funding Goal Is $6000
Two Easy Ways Help Make The Album:1.) By Text Message (Text ‘Thunder’ to 555888)
2.) Indiegogo Pre-Sales will start on March 12th, 2018
 
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rick-lee-james-new-album-thunder/coming_soon#/

An Islam Conversation with Samina and Sana Ahmed
This week on Voices In My Head I am joined by Samina and Sana Ahmed, a mother and daughter who are part of the Muslim community here in Springfield Ohio. It was so great to sit down with them and ask them questions about their faith. They are truly generous people who are always willing to answer any questions that people might have about their faith and on this podcast they do just that. Samina and Sana want you to be as informed as possible about Islam and have offered a free copy of the English version of the Quran to anyone who would like to know more. You can contact them by email at Sana.ahmed2010@gmail.com

My dear friends who listen to Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast), I want to get better connected with you and have a way for you to interact directly with me and with our guests each week. For this reason I’ve created a slack account just for my listeners where we can all interact. For the next 30 days you can use this link to join our slack group. I hope you will come and be a part of our conversations. The next podcast will be recorded this Friday and I would love to get somedialogue going before we record that I can use on the show. Please join me. https://join.slack.com/t/voicesinmyheadpodcast/shared_invite/enQtMzIwNTk5NTY1MDYwLWQxODRkYzBlODM0YTU3MmM1ZmE2Y2NiNjMxYTJmZjJiNGYxMTgyNzhlMDY4MjMzMzdjNDZjMGE0ODM4MmNlMWM

This week I'm sharing a few Lenten devotional thoughts from our good friend Dr. Walter Brueggemann. A Way Other Than Our Own, by Dr. Walter Brueggemann, is an excellent devotional companion for the season of Lent and can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/Way-other-than-Our-Own-ebook/dp/B01NAYOKA6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519397261&sr=8-1&keywords=a+way+other+than+our+own
 
As always, thank you for listening to Voices In My Head. Make sure to check out out my music, interviews, & videos on https://www.ccmmagazine.com/?s=Rick+Lee+James.
Also
for updates, freebies, podcast news, and more, join my email list at this link. http://rickleejames.wufoo.com/forms/join-rick-lee-james-mailing-list/
Lastly,
 
I'm making a new album in March and we still need to raise around $6000 to cover the studio costs in New York. There are two very easy ways that you can help. 
1.) By Text Message (Text ‘Thunder’ to 555888)2.) Visit Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/rickleejames) and pre-order the album.
 
Stay up do date with all things related to the album at www.RickLeeJames.com/THUNDER

Dove Award-nominated recording artist, songwriter and award-winning author Andrew Peterson returns to Voices In My Head (The Official Podcast of Rick Lee James). Andrew recently announced the long-awaited album Resurrection Letters, Vol. I, which will release March 30 and which was preceded by Feb. 9th launch of Resurrection Letters: Prologue. Both recordings will release globally from Centricity Music, and Prologue will became available on Friday, Feb. 9 from digital retailers everywhere and through 
https://AndrewPeterson.lnk.to/Prologue.
Releasing in time for Easter, Resurrection Letters, Vol. I features songs like “Is He Worthy,” “I’ve seen Too Much” and “His Heart Beats,” the latter track being heard on Peterson’s Behold the Lamb of God tour last year. The song is about that glorious moment in the tomb when Jesus, who was dead, came back to life.
“My dream for Resurrection Letters, Vol. I is that it would be the kind of record people turned up to eleven on Easter Sunday, when Christians all over the world celebrate something that happened—it really happened—two millennia ago,” says Peterson.
Also,
 
We are in the final hours of our crowdfunding campaign to make a new album through Indiegogo. It’s not too late to help us make “Thunder” a reality. Thunder will feature original music by Rick Lee James, re-imagined Hymns, and lost music from Rich Mullins.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/thunder-a-new-album-by-rick-lee-james-music#/

Jeremy Casella is a nationally touring singer/songwriter & recording artist. He has released a number or albums in his storied career and has toured alongside such musical acts as Caedmon's Call, Andrew Peterson and Phil Keaggy. 
He's crowdfunding a new project on Kickstarter called Spirit and he's here with us today to give us all the important details abou this very cool record.
. Here are a couple of important links:
•To Fund Jeremy Casella’s album on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/916601386/spirit-a-new-studio-album-by-jeremy-casella 
 
Rick Lee James also is in the last days of his crowdfunding for a new album. You can support Rick at this link:
•To Fund Rick Lee James Album: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/thunder-a-new-album-by-rick-lee-james-music/x/17048881#/