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, April 26, 2026: Dispatch from London
The Reverend Dr. Ayla Lepine, Associate Rector of St. James’s Piccadilly, shares exciting news from our linked parish in London and reflects on the new Archbishop of Canterbury and other recent developments in the Church of England.
Upcoming at The Forum
Sunday, April 26: Dispatch from London
The Reverend Dr. Ayla Lepine, Associate Rector of St. James’s Piccadilly, shares exciting news from our linked parish in London and reflects on the new Archbishop of Canterbury and other recent developments in the Church of England.
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
Grouped by: Center For Religious Inquiry

Fordham University professor Larry Welborn, who has taught popular classes at St. Bart’s for several years, introduces his new class on the role that women played in the first few centuries of the Jesus movement, brought to light by a...
As the celebration of the Lunar New Year comes to a close with the Lantern Festival, Ying Yen, Executive Director of the New York Chinese Cultural Center, provides background on the multi-week observance and its place within Chinese culture.
Michael Kurth, parishioner and now seminarian at Yale Divinity School, spoke to us about the spiritual craft of Iconography, especially that of the Russian Church. Learn the meaning and symbolism of this ancient and holy tradition of worship and art.