Autism Awareness Month
St. Bart’s parishioner Christopher Smith and leaders of the nonprofit organization Creative Spirit discuss the contributions people who are neurodivergent can make to the workplace and society.
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, April 19, 2026: Meet the Choir
Members of St. Bartholomew's Choir discuss their careers as professional musicians and the joy of making music at St. Bart's.
Upcoming at The Forum
Sunday, April 19: Meet the Choir
Members of St. Bartholomew's Choir discuss their careers as professional musicians and the joy of making music at St. Bart's.
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
Featured
Frederick Douglass and the 4th of July - David Blight
07.05.20 | Articles | The Forum
David Blight, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition at Yale, reflects on Frederick Douglass’ landmark Fourth...
Gay Identity across Generations - Matthew Lopez
06.28.20 | Articles | The Forum
Playwright Matthew Lopez talks about his award-winning Broadway play The Inheritance and how the struggles of the AIDS crisis remain relevant today. Click the red filmstrip icon to view the Forum video
What Queer Theology Can Teach Us about Sex - Justin Crisp
06.21.20 | Articles | The Forum
As we celebrate another Pride month, The Reverend Justin Crisp draws on queer voices and classic Christian theology to offer a new vision of the nature of sex itself. Crisp is Associate Rector and Theologian-in-Residence at St. Mark's Episcopal...
Who is My Neighbor during a Pandemic? (Part I)
06.15.20 | Articles | The Forum
Who is my Neighbor during a Pandemic? A Medical PerspectivePart One: The Current Lockdown and How to Lift it SafelySt. Bart's doctors Jamie Ferrara, Jim Marion, and Peter Scardino discuss the current state of the COVID-19 crisis and what the next...
The Assumptions of Whiteness and the Challenge of Discipleship - Bryan Massingale
06.07.20 | Articles | The Forum
The Assumptions of Whiteness and the Challenge of DiscipleshipTo view the Forum video, click the red flimstrip iconAs protests continue across the country, Bryan Massingale, the James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics at Fordham...
Christian Ethics for a Digital Society - Kate Ott
05.24.20 | Articles | The Forum
Christian Ethics for a Digital Society We spend more time on our smartphones, computers, and tablets than ever before, yet we do not always consider our use of technology from an ethical perspective. Kate Ott, Associate Professor of Christian...
Living Well Together during Shelter-in-Place, Julie Ross
05.17.20 | Articles | The Forum
The Forum: Leading with Empathy: Living Together Well During Shelter-in-PlaceJulie Ross, Executive Director of Parenting Horizons, discusses how parents, children, and others who share the same space can navigate the constraints of the COVID-19...
Whose Choice Is It? Reflections on the Teaching and Learning of Medical Ethics.
05.10.20 | Articles | The Forum
As the COVID-19 crisis continues, The Reverend Curtis Hart, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Religion and Health, draws on his years of experience as Director of Pastoral Care at New York Presbyterian hospital and as a lecturer at Weill Cornell...
@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...