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Episode 494: Trek The Halls with Luke Flowers

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast) - Episode 494
Guest: Luke Flowers
About the Author
Luke Flowers has illustrated more than sixty children’s books. Most notably, the New York Times Best-seller “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” poems by Fred Rogers, the award-winning “Unicorn Day”, by Diana Murray, and Disney’s “The Muppet Christmas Carol” storybook. He is also both author and illustrator of “Jim Henson’s Labyrinth ABC Storybook” and the “Moby Shinobi” series with Scholastic. The “Moby Shinobi” book series has sold over a million copies since book #1 was published in 2016.
When Luke isn’t illustrating or writing in his creative cave he enjoys puppetry, playing banjo, basketball and outdoor adventures with his family. He lives with his wife and three children in Colorado Springs. Colorado. Learn more about his story, books and art at lukeflowers.com.
He has created work for a range of clients that include Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Little Golden Books, Disney Publishing, Fred Rogers Productions, The Jim Henson Company, Nickelodeon, Little Bee Books, Insight Editions, Imprint (Macmillan), Two Lions, Sourcebooks, Hallmark, Highlights, Albert Whitman Co., Hachette Book Group, Workman Publishing, The Smithsonian Institute, Discovery House Publishing, Cantata Learning and Capstone Publishing.
To enjoy more of Luke's work, please visit lukeflowerscreative.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Music For the Season: Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing)
The season of Advent is right around the corner. This episode is about a view of musical resources available to you involving the song.
 
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
 
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Episode 493 - Karl Barth on Christmas Day 1918 (Rebroadcast) - Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode #493: Karl Barth Christmas Day Sermon (Re-Broadcast)
"How should we know that there is heaven after death, when this side of death we expect nothing of heaven?"
- Karl Barth (from his Christmas Day Sermon 1918)

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode #492: Mark Schultz (Re-Broadcast)

Voices In My Head Podcast Episode #492: Mark Schultz (Re-Broadcast)
My guest today on Voices In My Head is Singer, Songwriter, Platinum Selling, Dove Award winning artist Mark Schultz. On October 26th, Mark released his first ever Christmas album which is available on CD exclusively in Lifeway Christian Stores. The album simply titled, Mark Schultz Christmas is also available on iTunes and all other major digital and streaming outlets internationally.
Following the release of Christmas, Mark Schultz has been tapped to perform live Dec. 1 on the 2018 Nashville Christmas Parade. Benefitting the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and featuring additional, world-renowned musical guests, the event will again be televised. Last year’s parade was seen on TV in over 100 markets.
For all the latest Mark Schultz, Christmas news, tour dates and more, go towww.markschultzmusic.com,  www.facebook.com/markschultz,www.twitter.com/mschultzmusic and www.instagram.com/mschultzmusic.
 
About Mark Schultz:With more than two million records sold, 10 No. 1 singles, a Dove Award, R.I.A.A. Platinum certification for Live: A Night of Stories & Songs (2005), national television appearances on "48 Hours," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," CNN, CBN and more, Schultz has also landed the top spot on Billboard’s Christian Adult Contemporary Songwriter list and authored the novella, Letters From War. While many artists talk about chasing their dreams, for Schultz it’s about following God’s call. That calling shines through on his first full-length studio album in six years, Follow, released Aug. 17 and featuring the title track and more new songs along with fan-favorites. Mark and his wife Kate live just outside Nashville, TN with their three children: Ryan, Gus and Maia Mae.
 
 
 
 

Episode 491 - John Marc Kohl - Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast

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Episode 491 - John Marc Kohl - Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast
 
Dallas-based singer/songwriter, worship leader and multi-instrumentalist John Marc Kohl, recently released his album Still. The album delivers deeply vulnerable, autobiographical themes grounded in the promises of God's unyielding faithfulness. 
Co-produced by Kohl and Will Hunt, with two tracks produced by Bryan Fowler (TobyMac, Newsboys), Kohl penned or co-penned the entire 12-song set, collaborating with such acclaimed songwriters as Fowler, Shane Barnard, Mike Donehey and The Worship Initiative's Aaron Williams, among others.
John stopped by my podcast to update us on his new music, life, and ministry.
John Marc Kohl, Welcome to Voices In My Head
WEB SITES
https://www.johnmarckohl.com/

Episode 490 - Walter Brueggemann (Rerelease)

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Episode 490 - Walter Brueggemann (Rerelease)
 
 
It was a joy to welcome Walter Brueggemann back to the Voices In My Head Podcast. Walter Brueggemann (born March 11, 1933 in Tilden, Nebraska) is an American Protestant Old Testament scholar and theologian. Brueggemann is widely considered one of the most influential Old Testament scholars of the last several decades. Today we discuss his new book in the Interpretations series, Money and Possessions. This episode was recorded in September of 2016.
 
 
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Episode 489: Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing)

Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 489: Advent Hymn (Watching, Waiting, Longing)
The season of Advent is right around the corner. This episode is about a view of musical resources available to you involving the song.
Official Music Video Link: https://youtu.be/R4CXQ2YesRA
Web Site: https://rickleejames.com/
PURCHASE ALBUM: https://rickleejames.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-prayers-and-invitations
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 
CCLI Song Select: https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/6152291/advent-hymn-watching-waiting-longing
 
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
 

Episode 488: You Do Not Have A Sin Nature by Ken Tanner

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Episode 488: You Do Not Have A Sin Nature by Ken Tanner
You do not have a sin nature" by Kenneth Tanner
You do not have a “sin nature,” you have a human nature that participates in sin, contrary to your good creation in the divine image.
Your participations in evil are not who you are but tragic negations of your created human goodness, a deep down formation in and by the love that is God, which all who share human nature have from the beginning. This is the divine image in humanity. This is the meaning of "God saw all that he had made—and it was very good!"
And there’s something else: we confess that God shares our common humanity in Jesus Christ. God is human. What it means to be human and what it means to be God is forever tied to one person. And this human is sinless.
The sinlessness of Jesus Christ is greater than the collective sin of humanity and his life story of perfect obedience is now the measure of every human.
Sin is a denial of our true nature. We are made in the image of love, not hate, in the image of humility, not pride, in the image of generosity not greed.
While it’s evident that the sin of our ancestor, Adam, has wide-reaching destructive consequences in everyone, everywhere, Christians are the ones who trust that the obedience of the human God is greater than Adam's transgression.
The effects of his good humanity will override every evil in us and in creation. This is a basic Christian trust.
And this changes the way we look at everyone. Jesus is the lens through which we view every human.
Sin does not belong to human nature. That human nature is not inherently evil, but rather participates in an original created goodness that is wounded by sin.
This seems plain but maybe that’s why we miss it. God cannot become what is inherently evil. When God becomes human he takes on human nature as he finds it, subject to the conditions of the fall, for what has not been assumed has not been redeemed, but our good creation remains however stained.
God becomes what God makes and what God makes is always good.
We are sinners, as we confess every week in the liturgy. Sin is a power that afflicts us. But it’s also important to understand that we are not our sins. They do not define the human person. The human God does.
 
Source:
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Finding God in the Exorcist with Ben DeBono - Episode 487 (Re-Release)

Episode 487 (Re-Release) Finding God in the Exorcist with guest Ben DeBono
On this episode of the podcast Ben DeBono of the Sci Fi Christian Podcastdrops by to talk about the classic horror film and novel, The Exorcist. It is our belief that the story is not as much a tale of the demonic as of the God who overcomes all evil. Listen in as we discuss one of the first faith based films to be made by Hollywood. Long before there was Facing the Giants, there was, The Exorcist. Join us as we search for God in the Exorcist. "Do not despise my command because you know me to be a sinner. It's God himself who commands you! The majestic Christ who commands! God the Father commands you! God the son commands you! God the holy spirit commands you! The mystery of the cross commands you! The blood of the martyrs commands you!"

Episode 486: Bowen Family Systems Theory - Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)

 
Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 486: Bowen Family Systems Theory
 
Family Systems Theory
The family systems theory is a theory introduced by Dr. Murray Bowen that suggests that individuals cannot be understood in isolation from one another, but rather as a part of their family, as the family is an emotional unit. Families are systems of interconnected and interdependent individuals, none of whom can be understood in isolation from the system.
The family system
According to Bowen, a family is a system in which each member had a role to play and rules to respect. Members of the system are expected to respond to each other in a certain way according to their role, which is determined by relationship agreements. Within the boundaries of the system, patterns develop as certain family member's behavior is caused by and causes other family member's behaviors in predictable ways. Maintaining the same pattern of behaviors within a system may lead to balance in the family system, but also to dysfunction. For example, if a husband is depressive and cannot pull himself together, the wife may need to take up more responsibilities to pick up the slack. The change in roles may maintain the stability in the relationship, but it may also push the family towards a different equilibrium. This new equilibrium may lead to dysfunction as the wife may not be able to maintain this overachieving role over a long period of time.
There are eight interlocking concepts in Dr. Bowen's theory:
Triangles: The smallest stable relationship system. Triangles usually have one side in conflict and two sides in harmony, contributing to the development of clinical problems.
Differentiation of self: The variance in individuals in their susceptibility to depend on others for acceptance and approval.
Nuclear family emotional system: The four relationship patterns that define where problems may develop in a family.    - Marital conflict    - Dysfunction in one spouse    - Impairment of one or more children    - Emotional distance
Family projection process: The transmission of emotional problems from a parent to a child.
Multigenerational transmission process: The transmission of small differences in the levels of differentiation between parents and their children. 
Emotional cutoff: The act of reducing or cutting off emotional contact with family as a way managing unresolved emotional issues.
Sibling position: The impact of sibling position on development and behavior.
Societal emotional process: The emotional system governs behavior on a societal level, promoting both progressive and regressive periods in a society.
More at: https://genopro.com/genogram/family-systems-theory/ 

Episode 485: Mikayla Munn and Linda Znachko -Former Inmate Helping Moms In Crisis & Saving Babies

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Episode 485: Mikayla Munn and Linda Znachko
Former Inmate Becomes an Advocate for Women in Crisis
Mikayla Munn and Linda Znachko Bring Life-Giving Message of Hope and Encouragement for Women Battling Trauma and Shame
Indianapolis, IN—What would cause a young woman—a good student and college athlete— with a bright future to do the unthinkable and allow her newborn son to die?
Mikayla Munn plead guilty in 2018 to neglect of a dependent resulting in bodily injury or death. After serving six years in an Indiana Women’s Prison, Munn is now free and speaks publicly about the painful sequence of events that led to Alexander Liam’s death. She shares a message of hope and redemption for any woman who finds herself in desperate circumstances.
An unreported sexual assault between her junior and senior year at college led to feelings of shame and depression. Back at college for her senior year, Munn’s depression deepened causing her to self-isolate, which progressed to anger toward family, friends, and teammates. She began drinking, sneaking alcohol into her room, and taking over-the-counter and prescription drugs to anesthetize her pain.
Diagnosed with Acute Stress Disorder while in the hospital, Munn sought counseling help to make sense of her life and the choices she made that led to that fateful night. Following her subsequent arrest, Munn was placed in a suicide cell with nothing but a copy of the transcripts from the night of her son’s death and witness statements Munn came face-to-face with her actions and the resulting consequences. Broken, she looked up and, in the light, saw the figure of a cross, and cried out to God.
During the next six years, she was a model prisoner, attended continuing education classes, worked in the kitchen and other areas, and sought every opportunity to find out more about the God she had reached out to. With the help of the chaplain and others she attended group Bible studies, and during Covid lockdowns poured over the Word of God seeking greater understanding and intimacy with Him.
Today, Munn continues to rebuild the broken pieces of her life with the help of her faith, family, and friends. She has joined forces with Linda Znachko of He Knows Your Name Ministries, to let others know how this loss of life can be avoided in the future. It was Znachko who, after the two-year criminal investigation had been completed, officiated and made all the arrangements for the funeral allowing Alexander’s broken-hearted family to put him to rest.
Munn wants women to know, encourages, and reminds them that:
• Asking for help does not make you weak. It’s okay to ‘not be okay’ all the time.
• We all bear scars and have skeletons in the closet, how we deal with them makes all the difference.
• Choosing to navigate difficult circumstances well will make you a better person.
• Shame is a thief that will destroy your self-esteem and self-respect if you let it.
• Be courageous, speak up and fight for yourself, and don’t suffer in silence.
She also plans to partner with the “Safe Haven Baby Boxes” organization, an option that was not available to her at the time. The Safe Haven Baby Box program provides a way for a mother in distress, who might take the life of her newborn child, to bring the infant to a firehouse or hospital and anonymously surrender the baby in a safe chamber, allowing medical personnel to provide immediate care.
“As we learned from Mikayla if mothers–at their height of panic and distress–know they have a safe, reliable way to place their infant into the hands of those who will care for the child, without facing prosecution for making this heartbreaking decision,” Znachko says, “I believe it will be possible to save the lives of thousands of babies every year, and also spare these mothers from lifelong pain and remorse.”
ABOUT LINDA ZNACHKO
In 2009, Linda Znachko unexpectedly had her life turned upside down after watching a television news report about the tragic death of a young infant abandoned in a trash dumpster. The heartbreaking report made Znachko resolve that she would do everything in her power to ensure no infant would ever again die without a name or a proper burial. As the founder of He Knows Your Name Ministries, Znachko now works with numerous mothers to make certain that every infant who dies under similar unfortunate circumstances is recognized as a precious and important life.
Znachko partners with the organization “Safe Haven Baby Boxes” founded by Monica Kelsey and has spent the last seven years raising awareness and educating others about the Safe Haven Law and the Safe Haven Baby Box (SHBB) program, whose logo bears the footprint of baby Amelia, found deceased and abandoned at an Indiana park. In the seven years since Amelia was found Indiana has not had another abandoned deceased baby found, thanks in part to the work of Znachko and the SHBB program.
The SHBB program has achieved an impressive success rate in Indiana and is now being studied by groups who share Znachko’s commitment to preventing avoidable tragic infant deaths in other states throughout the U.S. As a result of the success of the program, the National Safe Haven law has been enhanced with the Safe Haven Baby Box option in Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, and is being considered in other states.
Znachko is a popular speaker at conferences and retreats and has been interviewed on The Steve Harvey Show, WISH-TV, Fox 59, The Indy Star, LifeToday, In the Market with Janet Parshall, American Essence Magazine, and many others.
Web Links:
heknowsyourname.org
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