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.
Dr. Daisy Khan, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality & Equality (WISE), discusses how Muslim women’s lives can be improved by connecting them to beliefs that affirm human dignity and gender equality at the core of the Islamic faith. Please post your questions in the comments section on Facebook or YouTube, or email the Reverend Meredith Ward at
The Forum is on hiatus for Labor Day weekend. In its place, join the clergy for an in person conversation about summer vacations and the fall season ahead.
The Reverend Buddy Stallings reflects on the decade since he retired as Rector of St. Bart’s and the state of the world today.
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
In an age of information overload and political polarization, how do we discern what truly serves the common good? CUNY Law professor and St. Bart’s parishioner Ally Coll explores the promises and pitfalls of both evidence-based and...
Psychotherapist Trish Tidwell reflects on the process of change and offers strategies for navigating through it successfully.
Celebrate eight years of transformative ministry and wish Dean and Ellen well as they embark on retirement in Dallas! Dean will speak at The Forum and preside and preach at all four services. A joyous party in honor of Dean and Ellen will be held...
Nathaniel Gumbs, Director of Chapel Music at Yale University, reviews organ music by Black composers, including some pieces he will play at the 11 am service.
Isaac Sharp, Visiting Assistant Professor at Union Theological Seminary and author of The Other Evangelicals, offers insight into contemporary evangelicalism and its effect on the larger religious landscape.
The evangelical understanding of “worship music” has shifted dramatically over the last 50 years. Melanie Ross, Associate Professor of Liturgical Studies at Yale Divinity School, highlights several key historical and theological...
Technical Difficulties: Sound for this video begins at the 20:30 mark. We apologize for the inconvenience. Computer scientist and St. Bart’s parishioner Clay Williams offers insights into how Artificial Intelligence (AI) works and the...
Karuna Mantena, Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, discusses Mahatma Gandhi's influence on the thinking of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the connection they both perceived between social change and...
The Reverend Zack Nyein offers an overview of the often overlooked Season After the Epiphany, including scriptural and liturgical themes and special feasts in the period of time between Christmastide and Lent.
Rob Radtke, The Reverend Peter Thompson, and other members of the St. Bart’s Camino de Santiago pilgrimage group reflect on their experiences in Spain.
Heather Christian, whose production “Terce: A Practical Breviary” won widespread acclaim earlier this year, speaks about the divine feminine and its influence on her work.
