Mama: A Queer Black Woman’s Story of a Family Lost and Found
07.27.25 | Articles | The Forum
Author Nikkya Hargrove discusses her memoir about her unconventional journey to motherhood.
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Fake News: The Most Famous Quotes the Saints Never Said
07.20.25 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Peter Thompson fact checks quotations purported to derive from famous Christian figures, including St. Francis of Assisi, St. Teresa of Avila, Martin Luther, and John Wesley.
Make a Joyful Noise: The Power of Music in Difficult Times
07.13.25 | Articles | The Forum
Ethnomusicologist and St. Bart's parishioner Margaret Farrell reflects on how music can lift spirits in difficult times.
Queering Storytelling: Practices Towards Transformation
06.29.25 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Dr. Mihee Kim-Kort, co-pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Annapolis, Maryland and author of Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness will Transform Your Faith, reflects on how practices of reading and listening might open us up...
Born Again Queer: Evangelical Gay Activism and the Making of Antigay Christianity
06.22.25 | Articles | The Forum
William Stell, Faculty Fellow at New York University and author of the upcoming book Born Again Queer, uncovers the hidden history of gay evangelicals and the opposition they faced within the evangelical movement.
Black, Queer, and Untold
06.15.25 | Articles | The Forum
Acclaimed designer and artist Jon Key, author of Black, Queer & Untold, brings to light the lives and legacies of Black and Queer creatives from the 1800s to the present.
A Personal Story of Palestine
06.08.25 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Canon Leyla King, a Palestinian American priest and the author of the forthcoming memoir Daughters of Palestine, provides a way in to the conversation about the current realities in the Holy Land through the lens of her...
The Renewal of the Church for the Healing of the World: Why the Story of Church Decline is Wrong
06.01.25 | Articles | The Forum
The Right Reverend Matthew F. Heyd, Bishop of New York, offers his thoughts on the renewal that is already happening within the Church.
Church Tomorrow?: What Nones and Dones Teach Us About the Future of Faith
05.25.25 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Canon Stephanie Spellers, Assisting Priest, draws on the experiences of those at the Church’s periphery in her effort to chart a future for faith itself.
Citizenship in Troubled Times
05.18.25 | Articles | The Forum
David Blankenhorn, co-founder of Braver Angels, discusses the problem of political polarization