The Divine Feminine
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.
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, December 29, at 10 am
Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New: Conversation with Clergy
The Forum will not meet on Sunday, December 29. Instead, please join Peter, Zack, and Meredith for an informal conversation about the year that is past and the year that is coming. An in-person only conversation will be held at 10 am in the Great Hall, and then a Zoom conversation will be held at 1 pm. Registration for the Zoom conversation is available here: https://stbartsnyc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/152/responses/new.
Upcoming Sundays
Sunday, January 5: The Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage
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.
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
Featured
Building Respect for Religious Difference
09.17.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Mark Fowler, Chief Executive Officer of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding will share tools to negotiate issues involving religion effectively and with respect in workplaces and schools.
Women Leaders in Early Christianity
09.10.23 | The Forum | Center for Religious Inquiry
Fordham University professor Larry Welborn, who has taught popular classes at St. Bart’s for several years, introduces his new class on the role that women played in the first few centuries of the Jesus movement, brought to light by a...
The Seraj Library Project: Empowering Palestinian Communities, One Library at a Time
08.27.23 | Articles | The Forum
John Cassel, Treasurer and Board Vice Chair, reviews the remarkable story of the Seraj Library Project’s efforts to bring libraries and library programs to Palestinian communities in the Occupied Territories. The Seraj Libraries provide...
Feeding the Hungry, Welcoming the Stranger: The Work of Episcopal Charities
08.20.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Kevin Van Hook II, the Executive Director of Episcopal Charities of New York, discusses the ways in which our Diocese is caring for migrants and others in need.
I Was Glad: St. Bart’s Pilgrims in the Holy Land
08.13.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Right Reverend Dean E. Wolfe and other members of St. Bart’s who traveled to the Holy Land in May reflect on their experience.
Hildreth Meière
08.06.23 | Articles | The Forum
Architectural historian Kathleen Skolnik, who teaches at Roosevelt University in Chicago, pays homage to the prominent twentieth century muralist Hildreth Meière and discusses the works she created for Rockefeller Center, Temple Emanu-el...
Praying Twice: Choral Singing, Children, and the Church
07.30.23 | Articles | The Forum
Alexander Pattavina, Director of St. Bartholomew's Choristers, and friends discuss the impact that singing can have on a young person's life.
Embodied Theology
07.23.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Jarel Robinson-Brown, Curate of St. Botolph-without-Aldgate in London, talks about why our body and God's body matter to our spiritual life and journey into wholeness.
It's All About Love
07.16.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Canon Stephanie Spellers and the Reverend Zack Nyein reflect on the Episcopal Church's four day “festival for the Jesus movement” held recently in Baltimore.
A Progressive Vision of Religious Freedom
07.09.23 | Articles | The Forum
Liz Reiner Platt, Director of the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Columbia Law School, discusses current legal trends in religious liberty law, especially from a progressive perspective. Though “religious freedom” most commonly...