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
When is War Just?
05.26.24 | Articles | The Forum
As wars rage on in Ukraine, in the Middle East, and throughout the world, Walter Dorn, Professor of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College and the Royal Military College in Toronto, offers some Memorial Day reflections on the ethics of war.
Hearing the Spirit's Call
05.19.24 | Articles | The Forum
Four members of the St. Bart's community exploring a possible call to ordained ministry (Kate DiTullio, Nathan Peace, Bailey Regan, and Teagan Sage) reflect on how they hear the Spirit's call.
Mothers, Justice and Health
05.12.24 | Articles | The Forum
Monique Rainford, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine and author of Pregnant While Black, commemorates Mother’s Day by reflecting on how we as a society can better protect...
The Social Gospel: The Heart of Progressive Christianity
05.05.24 | Articles | The Forum
Christopher Evans, Professor of History of Christianity and Methodist Studies at Boston University, discusses the late 19th and early 20th century movement of American Christianity commonly called the Social Gospel and how it continues to animate...
The Right Reverend Allen K. Shin
04.28.24 | Articles | The Forum
On the occasion of our annual bishop’s visitation, the Right Reverend Allen Shin reflects on the mission of the Church as it faces the challenges and opportunities of the present moment.
God’s Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible
04.21.24 | Articles | The Forum
Candida Moss, the Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham (UK), discusses her new book about the role of enslaved people in the making of Christianity and its scriptures.
Higher Education, the Episcopal Church, and the Anglican Communion
04.14.24 | Articles | The Forum
With the Reverend Richard Burnett, General Secretary, Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion
Britten's War Requiem
04.07.24 | Articles | The Forum
Yale choral conducting professors Jeffrey Douma and Felicia Barber provide an overview of Benjamin Britten’s highly acclaimed War Requiem, written as a response to World War II. The Yale Camerata, Yale Glee Club, and Yale...
What’s Your Story? Self-Reflection and Psychotherapy
03.17.24 | Articles | The Forum
Dr. Patricia Tidwell, psychotherapist and St. Bart's parishioner, explores the ways in which psychotherapy can aid in the process of self-reflection.
Confession in the Episcopal Church
03.10.24 | Articles | The Forum
Many Episcopalians are surprised to learn that their Church offers personal confession. The Rt. Rev. Andrew St. John, Bishop-in-Residence at St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, provides an overview of the rite as it is used within our own tradition.