Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)

Jason Gray is my guest today on Voices In My Head. Jason's song, "More Like Falling In Love" was the #4 most played song in the nation last year. You might think that would go to a person's head but Jason is a humble servant of Christ and it was my pleasure to talk to him about making music, Lord of the Rings, spreading the gospel, and his new album: A Way To See In The Dark. I think you're really going to enjoy today's podcast.  On a side note for those in the Springfield Ohio area, Jason will be playing a Mother's Day concert at Southgate Baptist Church on May 13th. Come and see Jason Gray with Downhere, Aaron Schust.  It's going to be a great night. Voices In My Head is the official podcast for Christian singer, songwriter, and speaker Rick Lee James. Voices In My Head is a Podcast dedicated to covering things like comics, movies, books, music and various other things that get stuck in the head of pop culture, but with a Theological lens. Listen to it on Podbean.com, Stitcher, The Rick Lee James Mobile App, iTunes, Reverbnation.com, and Facebook. Rick Lee James Official Web Site is RickLeeJames.com. To leave a voice message comment for Voices In My Head call (937) 505-0162. Get Rick's music on iTunes and at CDBaby.com. Email can be sent to RLJames29@yahoo.com. You can also watch Rick Lee James music videos on YouTube. Don't forget to download the Rick Lee James Mobile App for Android and Apple devices. On it you can hear every episode of the podcast, listen to Rick Lee James music, follow concert tour dates, read his blog, watch videos, and more. Please leave a review on iTunes and let us know what you thought of today's episode. Like us at Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Facebook page to join the online community and answer the question of the week. You can also answer the question of the week at Rick Lee James Web Site

This week I am excited to bring you an interview with Phil Sillas. Phil is the A&R Director of Worship Leader Magazine’s SongDiscovery service. His role with Song DISCovery and experience as a songwriter give him a unique place among the songs and songwriters that are driving modern worship music today. Phil is one of the people running the Song DISCovery Creative conference in Nashville Tennessee on April 26th  and 27th which will feature internationally known worship leaders, songwriters, and pioneers in the media field.  Phil also shares about what it's like to listen to over 1000 songs every month and how those songs get narrowed down to the 12 on Song DISCovery's monthly release. You are going to love hearing what Phil has to say on Voices In My Head this week. Also on this episode, learn how to sponsor a show, answer the question of the week, and learn the Twilight Zone theme on the practically useless guitar lesson. Voices In My Head is the official podcast for Christian singer, songwriter, and speaker Rick Lee James. Voices In My Head is a Podcast dedicated to covering things like comics, movies, books, music and various other things that get stuck in the head of pop culture, but with a Theological lens. Listen to it on Podbean.com, Stitcher, The Rick Lee James Mobile App, iTunes, Reverbnation.com, and Facebook. Rick Lee James Official Web Site is www.RickLeeJames.com. To leave a voice message comment for Voices In My Head call (937) 505-0162. Get Rick's music on iTunes and at CDBaby.com. Email can be sent to RLJames29@yahoo.com. You can also watch Rick Lee James music videos on YouTube. Don't forget to download the Rick Lee James Mobile App for Android and Apple devices. On it you can hear every episode of the podcast, listen to Rick Lee James music, follow concert tour dates, read his blog, watch videos, and more. Please leave a review on iTunes and let us know what you thought of today's episode. Like us at Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Facebook page to join the online community and answer the question of the week. You can also answer the question of the week at www.RickLeeJames.com

[Sara Groves] My guest this week on Voices In My Head is acclaimed singer songwriter Sara Groves. I recorded this interview with Sara exactly one week after she was a guest at the White House as the worship leader for President Obama's Easter prayer breakfast. We talk about that experience, her new album titled Invisible Empires, her transition from a school teacher to singer, and her first tour as an artist with the brilliant Michael Card. There's lots more on this episode as well, including a Holy Saturday address from President Obama. Also on this episode: An invitation to be on my upcoming LIVE concert album, Question of the week, and listener feed back. Voices In My Head is the official podcast for Christian singer, songwriter, and speaker Rick Lee James. Voices In My Head is a Podcast dedicated to covering things like comics, movies, books, music and various other things that get stuck in the head of pop culture, but with a Theological lens. Listen to it on Podbean.com, Stitcher, The Rick Lee James Mobile App, iTunes, Reverbnation.com, and Facebook. Rick Lee James Official Web Site is www.RickLeeJames.com. To leave a voice message comment for Voices In My Head call (937) 505-0162. Get Rick's music on iTunes and at CDBaby.com. Email can be sent to RLJames29@yahoo.com. You can also watch Rick Lee James music videos on YouTube. Don't forget to download the Rick Lee James Mobile App for Android and Apple devices. On it you can hear every episode of the podcast, listen to Rick Lee James music, follow concert tour dates, read his blog, watch videos, and more. Please leave a review on iTunes and let us know what you thought of today's episode. Like us at Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Facebook page to join the online community and answer the question of the week. You can also answer the question of the week at www.RickLeeJames.com

Brian Zahnd is a full-time pastor, an erstwhile author, and a would-be mountaineer. He is the lead pastor of Word of Life Church in Saint Joseph, Missouri. He is also the author of several books, most recently "Beauty Will Save the World", "Unconditional",  and "What To Do On The Worst Day Of Your Life". We discuss his book Unconditional at length as well has Brian's love for mountain climbing and Bob Dylan music.  Below is an description of his book: Unconditional? Unconditional?: The Call of Jesus to Radical Forgiveness By Brian Zahnd, Foreward By Miroslav Volf In a world where the ugliness of rage and retaliation are driving the story line, Unconditional? offers the beauty, reconciliation, and total restoration of forgiveness the way Jesus taught us to live it. More than just another biblical exposition, this book begins with the horror of the Holocaust as it explores what forgiveness means — and how far it should go — in the real world of murder, rape, child abuse, genocide, and other atrocities. With unusual honesty, compassion, and depth, Zahnd incorporates some of the most compelling and difficult thoughts on the subject from history’s writers, philosophers, and theologians — always returning to the example Jesus gave us with his life and his death. Voices In My Head is the official podcast for Christian singer, songwriter, and speaker Rick Lee James. Voices In My Head is a Podcast dedicated to covering things like comics, movies, books, music and various other things that get stuck in the head of pop culture, but with a Theological lens. Listen to it on Podbean.com, Stitcher, The Rick Lee James Mobile App, iTunes, Reverbnation.com, and Facebook. Rick Lee James Official Web Site is www.RickLeeJames.com. To leave a voice message comment for Voices In My Head call (937) 505-0162. Get Rick's music on iTunes and at CDBaby.com. Email can be sent to RLJames29@yahoo.com. You can also watch Rick Lee James music videos on YouTube. Don't forget to download the Rick Lee James Mobile App for Android and Apple devices. On it you can hear every episode of the podcast, listen to Rick Lee James music, follow concert tour dates, read his blog, watch videos, and more. Please leave a review on iTunes and let us know what you thought of today's episode. Like us at Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Facebook page to join the online community and answer the question of the week. You can also answer the question of the week at www.RickLeeJames.com

Episode #13: The Worship Team Episode My special guests this week are several members of the worship band from my home church at First Church of the Nazarene in Springfield Ohio.  We are taking a hard look at ourselves and asking questions that worship teams need to ask themselves on a regular basis. Featuring Andy Fiorita, Christie Phillips, Greg Womacks, and Todd Nance. Voices In My Head is the official podcast for Christian singer, songwriter, and speaker Rick Lee James. Voices In My Head is a Podcast dedicated to covering things like comics, movies, books, music and various other things that get stuck in the head of pop culture, but with a Theological lens. Listen to it on Podbean.com, Stitcher, The Rick Lee James Mobile App, iTunes, Reverbnation.com, and Facebook. Rick Lee James Official Web Site is www.RickLeeJames.com. To leave a voice message comment for Voices In My Head call (937) 505-0162. Get Rick's music on iTunes and at CDBaby.com. Email can be sent to RLJames29@yahoo.com. You can also watch Rick Lee James music videos on YouTube. Don't forget to download the Rick Lee James Mobile App for Android and Apple devices. On it you can hear every episode of the podcast, listen to Rick Lee James music, follow concert tour dates, read his blog, watch videos, and more. Please leave a review on iTunes and let us know what you thought of today's episode. Like us at Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Facebook page to join the online community and answer the question of the week. You can also answer the question of the week at www.RickLeeJames.com

This week Rick welcome's singer/songwriter Eric Vinson to tell us more about his music, playing famous venues, and getting music on TV. Learn more about the uber talented Eric Vinson at http://ericvinsonmusic.com. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="576" caption="Eric Vinson playing at the Bluebird Cafe"][/caption] Voices In My Head is the official podcast for Christian singer, songwriter, and speaker Rick Lee James. Voices In My Head is a Podcast dedicated to covering things like comics, movies, books, music and various other things that get stuck in the head of pop culture, but with a Theological lens. Listen to it on Podbean.com, Stitcher, The Rick Lee James Mobile App, iTunes, Reverbnation.com, and Facebook. Rick Lee James Official Web Site is www.RickLeeJames.com. To leave a voice message comment for Voices In My Head call (937) 505-0162. Get Rick's music on iTunes and at CDBaby.com. Email can be sent to RLJames29@yahoo.com. You can also watch Rick Lee James music videos on YouTube. Don't forget to download the Rick Lee James Mobile App for Android and Apple devices. On it you can hear every episode of the podcast, listen to Rick Lee James music, follow concert tour dates, read his blog, watch videos, and more. Please leave a review on iTunes and let us know what you thought of today's episode. Like us at Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Facebook page to join the online community and answer the question of the week. You can also answer the question of the week at www.RickLeeJames.com

Fred Heumann is an ordained minister who also has served 7 very different churches as part-time, full-time or volunteer worship leader, and has taught and planned Hispanic worship seminars both in the US and in Latin America. He’s an internationally-respected worship leader, speaker and teacher with four decades of diverse experience—from the Australian outback to European cathedrals, from leading small group worship to producing major international events in over 50 nations. Fred has worked alongside the music industry for many years and has been a trusted music consultant for major publishing companies like Worship Together, Integrity Music, Word Music, and Thankyou Music/Kingsway Worship just to name a few. He helped develop the MORE SONGS FOR PRAISE AND WORSHIP worship planner series, the materials for wordmusicnow.com at Word, and was a content curator for the new LifeWay Hymnal / lifewayworship.com, assisting them in choosing today's worship songs for the digital online and print hymnals. He also played a significant role in introducing the current wave of British worship music in the U. S., bringing the first WorshipTogether conference to the US alongside Kingsway/Thankyou Music in 1997. Voices In My Head is the official podcast for Christian singer, songwriter, and speaker Rick Lee James. Voices In My Head is a Podcast dedicated to covering things like comics, movies, books, music and various other things that get stuck in the head of pop culture, but with a Theological lens. Listen to it on Podbean.com, Stitcher, The Rick Lee James Mobile App, iTunes, Reverbnation.com, and Facebook. Rick Lee James Official Web Site is www.RickLeeJames.com. To leave a voice message comment for Voices In My Head call (937) 505-0162. Get Rick's music on iTunes and at CDBaby.com. Email can be sent to RLJames29@yahoo.com. You can also watch Rick Lee James music videos on YouTube. Don't forget to download the Rick Lee James Mobile App for Android and Apple devices. On it you can hear every episode of the podcast, listen to Rick Lee James music, follow concert tour dates, read his blog, watch videos, and more. Please leave a review on iTunes and let us know what you thought of today's episode. Like us at Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Facebook page to join the online community and answer the question of the week. You can also answer the question of the week at www.RickLeeJames.com [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbSEj_htbo]

My Guest this week is highly acclaimed singer/songwriter, Andrew Peterson. Andrew called the Podcast from the recording studio where he is recording a brand new album. This new project is the follow-up to his best-selling album, Counting Stars, which debuted at #1 on iTunes and #6 on the Billboard chart. Besides receiving stellar reviews for the project, the single Dancing In The Minefields reached Top 20 on the AC charts and the accompanying video garnered over 750,000 views online. Andrew just finished the Songs & Stories Tour with Steven Curtis Chapman , which also features Josh Wilson. The fall leg of the tour was such a success with sold-out dates and enthusiastic audiences that Chapman booked the spring 2012 dates that launched February 2nd in Tulsa (Broken Arrow), OK and concluded March 11th in Ocala, FL. We talk about what a Hutchmoot is, hanging out with Paul Simon, and getting picked on my Michael Card for playing a Ganjo. Voices In My Head is the official podcast for Christian singer, songwriter, and speaker Rick Lee James.  Voices In My Head is a Podcast dedicated to covering things like comics, movies, books, music and various other things that get stuck in the head of pop culture, but with a Theological lens. Listen to it on Podbean.com, Stitcher, The Rick Lee James Mobile App, iTunes, Reverbnation.com, and Facebook.   Rick Lee James Official Web Site is www.RickLeeJames.com.  To leave a voice message comment  for Voices In My Head call (937) 505-0162.   Get Rick's music on iTunes and at CDBaby.com.  Email can be sent to RLJames29@yahoo.com. You can also watch Rick Lee James music videos on YouTube. Don't forget to download the Rick Lee James Mobile App for Android and Apple devices.  On it you can hear every episode of the podcast, listen to Rick Lee James music, follow concert tour dates, read his blog, watch videos, and more. Please leave a review on iTunes and let us know what you thought of today's episode. Like us at Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Facebook page to join the online community and answer the question of the week. You can also answer the question of the week at www.RickLeeJames.com

Today's guest is Dr. Brannon Hancock of www.BrannonHancock.com. We talk about life, Brannon's record label days, his musical influences, what led him to study in Scotland, his new book, and life as a music pastor.  We even play a couple of songs together live and unrehearsed on the show. He's an insightful guy with many good things to say. Voices In My Head is the official podcast for Christian singer, songwriter, and speaker Rick Lee James.  Voices In My Head is a Podcast dedicated to covering things like comics, movies, books, music and various other things that get stuck in the head of pop culture, but with a Theological lens. Listen to it on Podbean.com, Stitcher, The Rick Lee James Mobile App, iTunes, Reverbnation.com, and Facebook.   Rick Lee James Official Web Site is www.RickLeeJames.com.  To leave a voice message comment  for Voices In My Head call (937) 505-0162.   Get Rick's music on iTunes and at CDBaby.com.  Email can be sent to RLJames29@yahoo.com. You can also watch Rick Lee James music videos on YouTube. Don't forget to download the Rick Lee James Mobile App for Android and Apple devices.  On it you can hear every episode of the podcast, listen to Rick Lee James music, follow concert tour dates, read his blog, watch videos, and more. Please leave a review on iTunes and let us know what you thought of today's episode. Like us at Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Facebook page to join the online community and answer the question of the week. You can also answer the question of the week at www.RickLeeJames.com

On Episode #8 Rick welcomes Christian musician and author Michael Card. In a career that has spanned 30 years, Michael has recorded over 31 albums and authored or co-authored over 21 books, hosted a radio program, and written for a wide range of magazines. While he has penned such favorites as “El Shaddai”, “Love Crucified Arose”, and “Emmanuel,” He never imagined selling more than 4 million albums or writing over 19 #1 hits. The popularity of his work seemed a stark contrast to his goal in life, to simply and quietly teach the Bible. Michael is releasing a new book and companion CD on the Gospel of Mark.  We talk about it on today's episode of "Voices In My Head". You can find out more about Michael Card at www.MichaelCard.com and by visiting the Biblical Imagination with Michael Card Facebook page. Voices In My Head is the official podcast for Christian singer, songwriter, and speaker Rick Lee James.  Voices In My Head is a Podcast dedicated to covering things like comics, movies, books, music and various other things that get stuck in the head of pop culture, but with a Theological lens. Listen to it on Podbean.com, Stitcher, The Rick Lee James Mobile App, iTunes, Reverbnation.com, and Facebook.   Rick Lee James Official Web Site is www.RickLeeJames.com.  To leave a voice message comment  for Voices In My Head call (937) 505-0162.   Get Rick's music on iTunes and at CDBaby.com.  Email can be sent to RLJames29@yahoo.com. You can also watch Rick Lee James music videos on YouTube. Don't forget to download the Rick Lee James Mobile App for Android and Apple devices.  On it you can hear every episode of the podcast, listen to Rick Lee James music, follow concert tour dates, read his blog, watch videos, and more. Please leave a review on iTunes and let us know what you thought of today's episode. Like us at Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) Facebook page to join the online community and answer the question of the week. You can also answer the question of the week at www.RickLeeJames.com