Ask Us Anything: The Clergy of St. Bart’s
The Clergy of St. Bart’s answer your questions about . . . absolutely anything.
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, September 22, at 10 am
Marked: Not Your Typical Bible Story
Nearly two decades after its initial publication, parishioner Steve Ross discusses his graphic novel Marked, a subversive, award winning and genre-defying comic based on the Gospel according to Mark.
Upcoming Sundays
Sunday, September 29
We Choose You: How Black Voters Decide Which Candidates to Support
Julian Wamble, Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, discusses the role that the Black electorate plays in American elections.
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
Featured
I Was Glad: St. Bart’s Pilgrims in the Holy Land
08.13.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Right Reverend Dean E. Wolfe and other members of St. Bart’s who traveled to the Holy Land in May reflect on their experience.
Hildreth Meière
08.06.23 | Articles | The Forum
Architectural historian Kathleen Skolnik, who teaches at Roosevelt University in Chicago, pays homage to the prominent twentieth century muralist Hildreth Meière and discusses the works she created for Rockefeller Center, Temple Emanu-el...
Praying Twice: Choral Singing, Children, and the Church
07.30.23 | Articles | The Forum
Alexander Pattavina, Director of St. Bartholomew's Choristers, and friends discuss the impact that singing can have on a young person's life.
Embodied Theology
07.23.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Jarel Robinson-Brown, Curate of St. Botolph-without-Aldgate in London, talks about why our body and God's body matter to our spiritual life and journey into wholeness.
It's All About Love
07.16.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Canon Stephanie Spellers and the Reverend Zack Nyein reflect on the Episcopal Church's four day “festival for the Jesus movement” held recently in Baltimore.
A Progressive Vision of Religious Freedom
07.09.23 | Articles | The Forum
Liz Reiner Platt, Director of the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Columbia Law School, discusses current legal trends in religious liberty law, especially from a progressive perspective. Though “religious freedom” most commonly...
O Say Can You Hear? Evolving Understandings of The Star Spangled Banner
07.02.23 | Articles | The Forum
University of Michigan musicologist Mark Clague, author of the book O Say Can You Hear? A Cultural Biography of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” discusses Americans’ changing relationship with their national anthem.
LGBTQ+ Pride and the Church
06.25.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Right Reverend Deon Johnson, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, reflects on his experience as the first openly gay Black bishop in The Episcopal Church and the ways in which the Church is still working towards the full inclusion of...
June 18: Wonderfully Made: LGBTQ+R(eligion)
06.18.23 | Articles | The Forum
Film Director Yuval David and Executive Producer Mark McDermott discuss their new documentary, Wonderfully Made, which explores the challenges of LGBTQ+ Roman Catholics. The film is accompanied by an art project, which aims to expand the viewers...
Faith and the Lives of Young People
06.11.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Robbie Pennoyer, Head of Lower Manhattan’s Grace Church School, reflects on the state of our young people and the role that faith can play in their lives.