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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 YorkThe New Yorker, and The Atlantic.

Sunday, January 12, at 10 am

Braver Angels: Polarization and the Future of the American Republic

David Blankenhorn, Co-Founder of Braver Angels, speaks about his organization’s efforts to tackle the hold that political polarization has on American life.




Upcoming 

January 19: Gandhi, King, and Nonviolence

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 nonviolence. 

January 26
Parishioner Clay Williams on the emerging challenges posed by artificial intelligence

February 2  
Yale Divinity School and Institute of Sacred Music Professor Melanie Ross on the connection between liturgy and everyday life

February 9
Author and academic Isaac Sharp on the changing landscape of American evangelicalism

February 16
Nathaniel Gumbs, Director of Chapel Music at Yale University, on Black organ music

Sunday, January 12

Braver Angels: Polarization and the Future of the American Republic

David Blankenhorn, Co-Founder of Braver Angels, speaks about his organization’s efforts to tackle the hold that political polarization has on American life.

Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.

Series Intro: St. Bart's & the Arts
07.11.16 | Articles | The Forum

Summer Series: St. Bart & the Arts Series Introduction: “The Theology of Art,” with Bob Dannals. Wendell Berry, one of the most perceptive commentators of contemporary culture and spirituality, wrote, “We think it ordinary...

Instructed Eucharist - Matthew Moretz
06.27.16 | Articles | The Forum

Matthew Moretz presented an instructed Eucharist -- a walk-through of the service of Holy Eucharist where the different parts of our classic service are explained, revealing their rich history, purpose, and hidden meanings.

Education for Ministry
06.06.16 | Articles | The Forum

Liza Page Nelson, Vestry member and mentor in the Education for Ministry (EfM) program, introduced us to this four-year distance learning certificate program in theological education based upon small-group study and practice. For more information...

Economics for Social Justice Explained
05.15.16 | Articles | The Forum

“Economics for Social Justice Explained,” with Rick McGahey, Senior Vice President at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, and Teresa Ghilarducci, Professor of Economics at the New School, for their presentation

Mary Kate Wold - Church Pension Group
05.01.16 | Articles | The Forum

In the first part of our Easter Forum series “Easter People: Faith at Work,” Mary Kate Wold, President and CEO of the Church Pension Fund, she shares the results of her “listening events” throughout the Episcopal Church...

Abrahamic Faiths Forum: Interfaith Dialogues
04.24.16 | Articles | The Forum

The Abrahamic Faiths Forum Series: An Exploration of Abraham and the Shared and Distinctive Traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam For the last part of this series, Imam Faiyaz Jaffer joined us for an introduction to his local community...

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