Money with Meaning: How to Create Joy and Impact Through Philanthropy
Alex Johnston, Founding Partner of Building Impact Partners, reflects on how, by giving our money away, we can benefit both ourselves and the wider world.
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, October 26, 2025
Gun Violence: Faithful Response and Prevention
The Right Reverend Mark M. Beckwith and the Reverend Hope A.J. Christensen, co-founders of Faith Leaders for Ending Gun Violence, discuss a faith-based approach to ending the epidemic of gun violence in the United States.
Upcoming Speakers at The Forum
November 2
Running and Faith
The Reverend Canon Andrew Mullins and the Reverend Peter Thompson talk about the connections they see between their experiences as runners and their lives as people of faith.
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
Featured
New York Focus: A Closer Look at our City and State
10.09.22 | Articles | The Forum
Akash Mehta, Editor-in-Chief of journalism start-up New York Focus, reflects on the fight for criminal justice reform, the implementation of a new climate law, and other issues facing our city and our state.
The Unjust Steward: Wealth, Poverty, and the Church Today
10.02.22 | Articles | The Forum
How did Jesus and the earliest Christians approach issues of economic justice? Miguel Escobar, Executive Director of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, provides an overview based on his new book.
Changing Church in a Changing World: Facts about Our Clergy
09.25.22 | Articles | The Forum
At this key moment in the life of The Episcopal Church, St. Bart’s parishioner Mary Kate Wold, CEO & President of the Church Pension Group, shares basic facts about our denomination and the clergy who serve it.
Ministry in the Midst of Mourning: The Clergy of St. James’s Piccadilly, London
09.18.22 | Articles | The Forum
The clergy of St. James’s Piccadilly, London reflect on their experiences of ministering to an urban metropolis.
Twenty-One Years Later: The Long-Term Health Effects of the 9/11 Attacks
09.11.22 | Articles | The Forum
Dr. James Cone, the Medical Director of the World Trade Center Health Registry, shares insights from his work investigating the connections between 9/11 and physical and mental health.
Labor Day Reflections: A Report from the Front Line
09.04.22 | Articles | The Forum
Yomaira Franqui of Local 338 discusses the efforts she is leading to organize and advocate for the rights of farmworkers in New York and New Jersey.
The Anglican Church and the War in Ukraine
08.28.22 | Articles | The Forum
Leaders from the Anglican Church in Ukraine and the Anglican Church in Poland join The Reverend Peter Thompson and The Reverend Zack Nyein virtually to discuss the ways in which they are responding to the ongoing war.
Episcopal Charities Sunday
08.21.22 | Articles | The Forum
Patrick Bergquist, Chief Program Officer of Episcopal Charities and former staff member of St. Bart’s, returns to talk with The Reverend Zack Nyein about the ways in which the Episcopal Diocese of New York is currently supporting those in...
Wellville: The Long-Term Quest to Achieve Sustainable Equity and Wellbeing
08.14.22 | Articles | The Forum
Wellville: The Long-Term Quest to Achieve Sustainable Equity and Wellbeing Philanthropist and investor Esther Dyson, reflects on her work as founder/volunteer for Wellville, a 10-year, non-profit project that is helping five small US...
Prophetic Imagination in a New York State of Mind
08.07.22 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverned Natosha Reid Rice joins in conversation about how we can foster prophetic imagination amidst a city that never sleeps. An ordained minister and lawyer who currently serves as Minister for Public Life at All Saints' Atlanta; and...