Beloved Journal

The Rev. Nathan Kirkpatrick, Principal Consultant at Saison Consulting stops by Beloved Journal for a conversation on calling, trajectory, risk, and trust. Join us for this informative conversation.

Podcast Notes: Episode 56

On Beloved Journal the Rev. Rob Lee sits down with the 98th Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend and Right Honorable Stephen Cottrell. They discuss everything from the pandemic to Cottrell's new book, Dear England.

Rev. Angela Williams (she/her) is a queer Presbyterian pastor and community organizer serving as the Senior Outreach and Faith Coordinator for Texas Freedom Network and their project Just Texas: Faith Voices for Justice. Angela creates and holds space for congregations to have courageous conversations about LGBTQ equality and reproductive freedom. She finds life in experiencing music, listening to podcasts, exploring creation, and engaging in theological discussions that go off the beaten path.

Links that Rev. Williams mentions during the podcast:
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The Rev. Dr. Luke Powery is Dean of Duke Chapel and a national leader in the field of preaching. He is also a professor at Duke Divinity School. He sits down with Beloved Journal to talk preaching in the age of COVID-19, the important issues of our time, and the necessity to be one's self in the pulpit. 

Dr. Peter A. Singer is the Special Advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organization, a group on the frontlines of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. He takes time to speak with Mandy and Rob about the Delta Variant and vaccine equality across the world.

Today we have the Rev. Dr. Karoline Lewis. She is the Marbury E. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She talks with host Rob Lee on the importance of preaching in the time which we find ourselves. Don’t miss this!

Elizabeth Hagan is a pastor and author. She has been a pastor for 15 years and graduated from Duke Divinity School. Never shying away from difficult conversations, she joins Mandy and Rob to talk about her new book, Brave Church.

Melanie Vaughn is a Christian Educator in North Carolina actively dying of cancer. She sat down with the Rev. Rob Lee to discuss death, life, and things in between. This podcast aired on her 58th birthday (June 29th 2021).

Jim Winkler is the President of the National Council of Churches. Founded in 1950, this organization seeks to foster understanding and build friendships across denominational lines. Jim has been president of the organization since 2014—before that having served as General Secretary of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society in Washington D.C. He is the son a Methodist preacher and has deep roots in the church as an active layperson.

The Rev. Jim Keat is Digital Minister at the Riverside Church located in New York City. He talks about his work and its importance even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic but especially in the midst of it.