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.
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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.
May 5 - The Social Gospel: The Heart of Progressive Christianity
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 Christianity to this day.
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
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.
Larry Welborn, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Fordham University, explores the liberating dimensions of Jesus’ ministry: healing, exorcism, proclamation of God’s kingdom, action against the temple, and radical...
Larry Welborn, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Fordham University, explores the liberating dimensions of Jesus' ministry: healing, exorcism, proclamation of God's kingdom, action against the temple, and radical yes-saying to...
Our rector, Bishop Dean Wolfe, explores goals, visions and dreams for St. Bart’s in this new year.
Our Advent Forum series concludes with guided prayer, reflection, and small group time. St. Bart's clergy led us in exploring how our Advent Sunday readings offer a path to live the way of love as individuals, as families and friends, as a...
Our Advent Forum series continues with guided prayer, reflection, and small group time. St. Bart's clergy lead us in exploring how our Advent Sunday readings offer a path to live the way of love as individuals, as families and friends, as a...
Journeying the Way of LoveSt. Bart’s clergy offers a 4-week Advent series of guided prayer, reflection, and small group time. Together we explore how our Advent Sunday readings offer a path to live the way of love as individuals, as...
We were delighted to welcome as our special Forum guest the Reverend Buddy Stallings, Twelfth Rector of St. Bartholomew's Church, who retired in May, 2015. Buddy, in his inimitable way, shared his thoughts on post-retirement life, and life...
“The Church and the Ballot Box,” Part 3 of 3: What (Just) Happened?In this final session, we considered the results of the midterm elections in light of what we will have learned. Led by Dr. Patrick Hornbeck, St. Bart’s...
“The Church and the Ballot Box,” Part 2 of 3: An interactive discussion about the relationship between faith and our national politics in the current moment. Led by Dr. Patrick Hornbeck, St. Bart’s parishioner, popular and...
“The Church and the Ballot Box,” Part 1 of 3: Models and Rules of EngagementView slide presentation here In this first session, we searched church history to identify a series of ways in which the church has engaged with political...
