Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)

Episode 594:
Dr. Will Willimon - The Church We Carry
Voices in my Head (the Rick Lee James Podcast)
My guest today on Voices in My Head is one of the most recognized and influential voices in contemporary preaching and church leadership, Dr. William H. Willimon. A retired bishop in The United Methodist Church, Willimon has served as Dean of the Chapel at Duke University, authored more than 70 books, and inspired generations of pastors with his wit, candor, and deep theological insight.
 
His newest book, The Church We Carry: Loss, Leadership, and the Future of Our Church, is part memoir, part prophetic critique, and part call to action in the wake of the United Methodist Church’s massive wave of disaffiliations. In it, he revisits his own home congregation, Buncombe Street United Methodist Church, exploring the forces—cultural, theological, and personal—that led to its departure from the denomination. Along the way, he reflects on what it means to tell the truth about our past, to navigate conflict with integrity, and to imagine a faithful future for the church we bear forward.The Church We Carry https://a.co/d/1Q4j7ls can be purchased on Amazon.
 
 
 
 

Episode 593: -
“Whose Image, Whose Authority?”
- Voices in my Head (the Rick Lee James Podcast)
 
Matthew 22: 17 - 21, Acts:5 27 - 29, Romans 13: 1 - 7
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Episode 592: - The Foolish Cross - Voices in my Head (the Rick Lee James Podcast)
 
A Chapel Sermon for Springfield Regional Medical Center pre-recorded 8-13-25
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Episode 591: - Even the Cows - Voices in my Head (the Rick Lee James Podcast)
 
A Chaplain Sermon live from Springfield Regional Medical Center. Recorded 7-31-25
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Bonus Episode: Truth, Justice, and the Way: Superman and Spirituality Podcast 
Welcome to Truth, Justice, and the Way: Superman and Spirituality, the podcast where mythology meets theology, and capes meet contemplation.
In this show, we will explore what the Man of Steel can teach us about who we are, what we believe, and how we live. Through a spiritual lens, especially in the Ignatian tradition and through my own experience as a spiritual care provider in hospitals, we look at some of the deeper truths behind Superman’s story—truths about calling, identity, compassion, adoption, and even the mystery of presence.
This podcast is partly about fandom, but more about formation.
Today, in our very first episode, we are looking at the 2025 Superman film by James Gunn and asking what the myth of Superman can reveal to us about our own deepest longings for purpose, belonging, and transformation?”
 
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Episode 590: - The Hem of His Garment - Voices in my Head (the Rick Lee James Podcast)
 
A Chaplain Sermon live from Springfield Regional Medical Center. Recorded 7-16-25
 

Episode 589: - The Clownish Church - Voices in my Head (the Rick Lee James Podcast)
A Chaplain Sermon live from Springfield Regional Medical Center. Recorded 7-3-25
 

Episode 588: - Greatest Thing I’ve Ever Heard - Voices in my Head (the Rick Lee James Podcast)
A Chaplain Story
 

Episode 587: RIP Walter Brueggemann - Voices in my Head (the Rick Lee James Podcast) - Rebroadcast
 
Farewell to a friend. 
 

Episode 586: Oh Pooh! - Voices in my Head (the Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 586 of the Rick Lee James Podcast, titled “Oh Pooh! - Voices in my Head,” delves into the topic of mental health.