Forums
Forums bring us all together to talk about the big issues and tough challenges we face – but also to celebrate our community and find new directions together. Our fall schedule of programs that will offer a wide span of current critical topics and opportunities for meaningful discussion.
St. Columba's ... embodies a very old Christian tradition that marries faith, reason, and civic engagement.
-EJ Dionne, Washington Post Columnist
Forums at St. Columba’s More than mere conversations: faith in action -- a living exhibit of faith fully engaged in the world
Topics
- Faith and Art
- Faith and Social Justice
- Faith and Science
- Christianity for Dummies
- Bible, Spirituality, and Theology
- Faith and Interreligious Dialogue
This week's forum:
Nov 28, 2021
Ask me anything: Priest Edition
Where: Nave and Live Streamed on Youtube
Do your kids ask you questions about church that stump you? Is there a question about the Bible that has always bothered you? Ever wondered why priests wear what they wear? Wondering something else that seems small and insignificant. NOW IS YOUR TIME! Join Joshua this Sunday (or watch afterwards online) for ASK ME ANYTHING: PRIEST EDITION
Looking Ahead:
Dec 5, 2021
Ray Suarez on America’s Future, and a Racial Reckoning for the Church
Where: Nave and Live Streamed on Youtube
As the US approaches mid-century, there will be a significant demographic shift: For the first time ever, the country will have a majority not descended from European immigrants. As Charlottesville, the continuing tumult around immigration, and the hot summer of 2020 and the January attack on the Capitol shows us, our country is still wrestling with what that all means in ways big and small. The Episcopal Church is 90% white. What does mid-century America have in store for us?
Dec 12, 2021
Forum with the Rev. Mark Andrew Jefferson, Ph.D.
Where: Nave and Live Streamed on Youtube
The Rev. Mark Andrew Jefferson, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Homiletics (Preaching) and the Associate Director of the Deep Calls to Deep Preaching Program. Dr. Jefferson’s preaching, scholarship, and engagement with popular culture outline his commitment to be a public theologian. The critical engagement of the American social imagination and African American socio-political enfranchisement and empowerment are areas of concentration for Dr. Jefferson’s life and work. Dr. Jefferson is an emerging scholar interested in the ways that consciousness and imagination inform the practice of preaching. His dissertation titled “Beyond the Talented Tenth: W.E.B. Du Bois, the Hip-Hop Emcee, and the Reimagination of African American Homiletics” explores Du Bois’ advocacy of the “Talented Tenth” social imagination and its influence in the formation of black preachers and preaching.
Dec 19, 2021
Talking to Parents about Talking to Kids about Faith, Part II
Where: Nave and Live Streamed on Youtube
2020-2021 Speakers:
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  A Post-Election conversation with Sylvia Burwell and David Ignatius View Forum |
 Preaching Black Lives (Matter) with the Rev. Dr. Gayle Fisher-Stewart View Forum |
 Miracles, Mind and a Return to Eden with Swami Chidbrahmananda View Forum |
 Four Steps to Becoming a Racially-Reconciled Church with Bishop Eugene Sutton View Forum |
 Protecting the World's Oceans with Andy Sharpless View Forum |
2020/2021 Forums:
What next? Spiritual lessons from the last year with Jay Sidebotham
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Three week Series: The Wisdom of Humility: Learning to Be Creatures by Looking to the Soil.
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Facing the Social and Economic Realities of the COVID Pandemic with Tom Monahan
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Four Steps to Becoming a Racially-Reconciled Church with Bishop Eugene Sutton
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Protecting the World's Oceans with Andy Sharpless
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The 2020 Presidential Election and the Future of American Politics with John Sides
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Miracles, Mind and a Return to Eden with Swami Chidbrahmananda
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Ways to Pray with the Rev. Ledlie Laughlin
Faith Lab Resource Prayer Resource Guide
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The Gospel of Mark: Current Issues in the Church and the World
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Church and State: Reflections on a Post Insurrection Church
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The New Roberts Court with Amy Howe
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The Economic Consequences of the Pandemic: How Can the Government Help Those Most in Need?
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Race Matters (And Sometimes Doesn't) with Ray Suarez
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Annual Meeting Forum
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A Post-Election conversation with Sylvia Burwell and David Ignatius
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Let's Talk About Race: How Will St. Columba's Become Antiracist?
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Surviving and Thriving in a Pandemic: A Conversation with Mental Health Professionals
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Rector's Forum
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A Conversation with E.J. Dionne and Ray Suarez on Politics and Faith
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Faith and Parenting in a Pandemic
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Preaching Black Lives (Matter) with the Rev. Dr. Gayle Fisher-Stewart
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