Beloved Journal sits down with Bill Shapiro, former editor-in-chief of LIFE Magazine and Life.com. He's also an author and deep thinker. We really enjoyed this conversation and we hope you do as well.

Beloved Journal sits down with Jason Kandor, former Missouri Secretary of State and activist who works for enabling voters to exercise their constitutional right to vote. Rev. Lee and Jason speak about the importance of voting and offer detailed approaches for community engagement. 

Susan Bro, the mother of the late Heather Heyer stops by Beloved Journal to speak to the Rev. Rob Lee about shared experiences since the Charlottesville protests in 2017. At those riots and protests her daughter, Heather Heyer was killed by a white supremacist. Since then she has started the Heather Heyer Foundation that motivates young people for social change and activism.

Bishop William H. Willimon is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke University Divinity School. The former Bishop of United Methodists in North Alabama speaks to Rob on the importance of remembering that by confronting the realities of our time, God is also working with us to confront those realities. 

Dr. Adam Domby is a Civil War Historian and Associate Professor at the College of Charleston. He is the author of the new, The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory (University of Virginia Press, 2020). He sits down with Rob to talk about Confederate memory and the Lost Cause.

Host Rob Lee talks with producer Stephanie Lee about COVID-19, 3 years of marriage, and how Beloved Journal came to be.

Activist Andre Henry addresses the need for having "hope and hard pills" in this timely episode of Beloved Journal.

Jack Jenkins is the National Reporter for the Religion News Service and author of the very newly released book, American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country. This podcast centers around the intersection of politics, community and religion.

The Rev. Dr. Samuel Wells served as Dean of Duke Chapel in Durham, North Carolina and currently serves St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. Today he sits down with Rob to talk about why community is important and what matters most.

Former Congressman, Senate Candidate, and Presidential Candidate Beto O'Rourke sits down with the Rev. Rob Lee to talk about building national community.