Money with Meaning: How to Create Joy and Impact Through Philanthropy
Alex Johnston, Founding Partner of Building Impact Partners, reflects on how, by giving our money away, we can benefit both ourselves and the wider world.
Every Sunday at 10 am
Each week, guest speakers from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines join the Reverend Peter Thompson and other St. Bart's clergy for deep and insightful conversations about topics that matter to our lives as responsible citizens and people of faith. Speakers in recent years have included winners of the Tony Award, the Emmy Award, the MacArthur Fellowship, and the Pulitzer Prize, professors from prominent universities like Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia, and journalists from New York, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic.
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Gun Violence: Faithful Response and Prevention
The Right Reverend Mark M. Beckwith and the Reverend Hope A.J. Christensen, co-founders of Faith Leaders for Ending Gun Violence, discuss a faith-based approach to ending the epidemic of gun violence in the United States.
Upcoming Speakers at The Forum
November 2
Running and Faith
The Reverend Canon Andrew Mullins and the Reverend Peter Thompson talk about the connections they see between their experiences as runners and their lives as people of faith.
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
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@Worship Goes Viral: 2020 & The Proliferation of Online Prayer
05.03.20 | Articles | The Forum
Yale professor Teresa Berger, already a leading expert on virtual worship before COVID-19, talks with the Reverend Peter Thompson about how technology and circumstance are together changing the ways in which we gather and pray. Teresa's latest...
Being the Church in the Present Moment - Bishop Andrew Dietsche
04.26.20 | Articles | The Forum
A New Normal: Being the Church in the Present MomentThe Right Reverend Andrew M. L. Dietsche, Bishop of New York, shares his thoughts on how the Church is responding to the global pandemic of COVID-19 and how it will change forever as a...
The Resurrection and COVID-19 - Bishop Dean Wolfe
04.12.20 | Articles | The Forum
"Even at the Grave We Make Our Song: The Resurrection and COVID-19," with our rector Bishop Dean Wolfe. Click the filmstrip image to view the video.
Social Justice and COVID-19 - Susan Anderson-Smith
04.05.20 | Articles | The Forum
"Social Justice and COVID-19: Caring for All in a Time of Pandemic," with the Reverend Susan Anderson-Smith Click the filmstrip image to view the video.
Finding God's Hope in the Midst of Fear, Loss, and COVID-19 with Jan Holton
03.29.20 | Articles | The Forum
Finding God’s Hope in the Midst of Fear, Loss, and COVID-19, with Jan Holton, Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Theology and Care, Duke University. Click the filmstrip image to view the recorded Forum.
Anxiety & Isolation in the Age of COVID-19 - Mary Ragan
03.22.20 | Articles | The Forum
“Anxiety and Isolation in the Age of COVID-19: What can we do?” Mary Ragan, PhD, LCSW, Executive Director of the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute, discusses how to navigate daily life in this strange, new time in which we find...
Matters of Life and Death - Tiffany Stanley
03.08.20 | Articles | The Forum
Matters of Life and Death: Religion, Politics and the Contentious Moral Debates of Our TimeAt the intersection of religion and politics, few topics are as contentious as those that bookend a life—from abortion and stem cells to the death...
Christianity, the Color Line, and Contemporary America - Josef Sorett
03.01.20 | Articles | The Forum
Christianity, the Color Line, and Contemporary AmericaAmerican Christians are as cognizant as ever of the pervasiveness of racial injustice, yet racial divisions persist, both within and outside of the Church. How do race, religion and politics...
Faith and the Presidency - Randall Balmer
02.16.20 | Articles | The Forum
God in the White House: Faith and the PresidencyThough the Constitution attempts to draw some boundaries between religion and the government, religion clearly has influenced— and continues to influence—our elected officials, including...
Social Engagement as a Clergyperson - Dean Wolfe
02.09.20 | Articles | The Forum
The Priest as Politician: Social Engagement as a ClergypersonOver a nearly three decade long career, our Rector, Bishop Dean Wolfe, has spoken out on a number of different political issues. How has he thought about tricky political dilemmas and...