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, October 12, 2025
Understanding Dementia: What You Need to Know and Where to Go
Dante Tipiani, Senior Navigator and Community Builder at CaringKind, provides information on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and offers an overview of available programs and services.
Upcoming Speakers at The Forum
October 19 Money with Meaning: Money with Meaning: How to Create Joy and Impact Through Philanthropy
Alex Johnston, Founding Partner of Building Impact Partners, reflects on how, by giving our money away, we can benefit both ourselves and the wider world.
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
As we begin a new church program year, St. Bart’s Rector, Bishop Dean Wolfe, offered thoughts on what he sees ahead, as well as highlights from the 2018 General Convention that may have the biggest impact on our second hundred years in this...
Today we welcomed as our guest speaker Robert Azzi, a Lebanese-American and a Muslim from New Hampshire. At a time when America seems more divided than ever, Mr. Azzi acts to to encourage tolerance, understanding and interfaith dialogue by...
How are time, money, and the practice of happiness related? What may our faith contribute to the discussion? Join the Reverend Lynn Sanders in an interactive exploration of these questions. Our answers may surprise us!
Join our new Associate Rector, Susan Anderson-Smith, for a time of introductions and conversation. Come and meet your newest priest, and learn more about her life, her vocation, and her ministry among us.
Matthew Moretz explored the variety of beautiful imagery in the Chapel, in stone, glass, painting, and fresco. Listen in as he discusses these works of art in close-up detail, and explores how they speak to us, as we reflect on the rich meaning...
Our Brains, Our Beliefs, and Our Well-beingToday we welcomed Dr. Mary Ragan and Dr. Ed Griffin of the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute. In their presentation and conversation, they integrated the wisdom of neuro-biology, spirituality, and...
Eve, Adam, and the Garden: The Creation Stories through a Feminist LensToday we welcomed teacher and retreat leader Helen Goodkin, whose presentation featured images from the history of art to demonstrate how our culture has understood these...
“The Treasures of St. Bart’s” Today, Matthew Moretz completed his narration of the spectacular sequence of sixteen capitals carved by the Piccirilli Brothers in our church -- each with their own dramatic sequence featuring vital...
“Listening to Our Young People: Nurturing a Socially Conscious Household.” Today we welcomed Lucy Bernardin, St. Bart’s Minister for Children, Youth, and Family Formation, who explore dsome of the best practices for supporting...