Ethics at the End of Life
Liz Blackler, MBE, LCSW, Program Manager for the Ethics Committee at Memorial Sloan Kettering, looks at the ethical issues that can arise at the end of a human life.
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.
Series: Sundays October 13, 20, 27
What Healing Looks Like: Conversations on Suffering, Death, and Medical Care
Sunday, October 20, at 10 am
Doctor Will You Pray for Me?
Robert Klitzman, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Masters of Bioethics Program at Columbia University Medical Center, discusses the role that spirituality can play in medical care.
Upcoming Sundays
Sunday, October 13, 20, 27
What Healing Looks Like: Conversations on Suffering, Death, and Medical Care
October 27: The Making of a Hospital Chaplain
Rabbi Mychal Springer, ACPE, BCC, Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education at NY-Presbyterian Hospital, explains how hospital chaplains are educated and trained.
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
Featured
Welcome Patrick Cheng
09.27.15 | Articles | The Forum
Today's Forum was a chance for the parish to meet St. Bart’s newest Assisting Priest, the Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, J.D., Ph.D. Patrick is Chief Compliance Officer for the Church Pension Group; Affliated Associate Professor of Theology...
Forum with the Rector Search Committee
09.13.15 | Articles | The Forum
Our Search Committee and the Rev. Canon Deborah Tammeru updated us on St. Bart’s Rector Search. Click the red "Notes" icon (four bullet pointed horizontal lines, above) for a copy of the search handouts. To stay up to date on the search...
St. Bartholomew in Living Stone
09.06.15 | Articles | The Forum
“St. Bartholomew in Living Stone.” Matthew Moretz gave a visual presentation on the appearances of our eponymous “St. Bart” in the architecture of our building. Listen in and explore the beauty and meaning of these more...
Homecoming and Belonging in Scripture and Literature - Bob Dannals
08.23.15 | Articles | The Forum
Our Interim Rector Bob Dannals offered thoughts on “Homecoming and Belonging in Scripture and Literature.” Forum handout attached (click the icon that pictures four horizontal lines).
Summer Gardening in Anglican Theology - Lynn Sanders
08.16.15 | Articles | The Forum
Talking about God makes some of us nervous. Yet our Anglican traditions insist that how we think and talk about God makes a critical difference in what we believe. Join Lynn Sanders for a bit of summer gardening in Anglican theology. We’ll...
The Real "Wolf Hall" - Patrick Hornbeck
08.09.15 | Articles | The Forum
THE REAL WOLF HALL: Seen “Wolf Hall” on Broadway and/or the recent PBS series? Read Hilary Mantel’s novels? The story of life and times of Thomas Cromwell in Tudor England has garnered much attention . . . but is it true? St...
Children & Youth in Today's Culture - Patrick Bergquist
08.02.15 | Articles | The Forum
Patrick Bergquist, St. Bart’s new Interim Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries, hosted a thought-provoking discussion on the changing spiritual dynamics of children and youth in today’s culture. He also offered a sneak...