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, August 16, 2026
Hope is a Song in a Weary Throat

The Right Reverend Lusa Nsenga‑Ngoy, The Bishop of Willesden in the Church of England’s Diocese of London, reflects on how hope can serve as antidote to despair in an increasingly fractured and polarized world.

Upcoming at The Forum

Sunday, August 23: Faith of the Nation: Religious Imagery in American Art

The Reverend Meredith Ward explores how ideas about God, creation, spirituality, and scripture are represented in American art.

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