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.
Members of St. Bart’s celebrate the remarkable diversity of our beloved community as the pledge campaign concludes.
Members of St. Bart’s celebrate the remarkable diversity of our beloved community as the pledge campaign concludes.
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
Professionals from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center speak with the Reverend Molly O’Neil Frank, BCC, about the importance of palliative care in a culture that routinely shirks from the reality of death.
Retired clergy who worship at St. Bart's talk about their past in active parish ministry and what it's like to now sit in the congregation.
The Reverend Meredith Ward explores how ideas about God, creation, spirituality, and scripture are represented in American art.
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.
Marty Wheeler Burnett, D.Min., Associate Professor of Church Music at Virginia Theological Seminary, looks back at the process of assembling the current hymnal for The Episcopal Church.
Dr. Charlotte Healy, St. Bart’s parishioner and co-curator of the exhibition Willem de Kooning Drawing (currently on view at the Art Institute of Chicago), gives an overview of the exhibition and explores de Kooning’s provocative...
As she prepares to leave for San Francisco, The Reverend Canon Stephanie Spellers shares some of the lessons she has learned over her eight years at St. Bart's.
Dr. Catherine Meeks, Founder of Turquoise & Lavender, outlines a collaborative approach to combating systemic racism.
The Reverend Peter Thompson discusses the impact of the American Revolution on the development of the Episcopal Church.
Join in conversation with the Reverend Kelsey Davis — Episcopal priest, former professional soccer player, coach, and Co-Founder of Christian Athlete Circles, the first LGBTQ+ affirming organization for collegiate athletes nationwide...
The Very Reverend Marcus George Halley, D.Min. College Chaplain and Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life, explores the intersection of two significant June observances — Juneteenth and Pride Month — through the lens of the Gospel.
