The Rector’s Forum | Sundays (during our program year), 9:30 a.m.
Join us on Sunday mornings for this formation offering, held in the Parish Hall during Kairos, 9:15–10:15 a.m. The Rector’s Forum offers a dialogue-centered event between the guest speaker and a St. Paul’s, Ivy clergy member, with plenty of opportunities for questions and comments from those gathered. Come for our traditional Continental Breakfast and stay for the conversation.
spring 2026 Guest Schedule
- January 4: Let’s Talk About the Diaconate. What is a Deacon: Images of Diakonia, with Bill Birkhofer, St. Paul’s, Ivy Deacon Intern (watch this video)
- January 18: Let’s Talk About Moral Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Moral Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, with Bruce Holsinger, UVA Professor of English and author of the current national bestseller Culpability. (watch this video)
- January 25: Let’s Talk About Giving a Voice To Our Most Vulnerable Children. Ensuring That Children in Foster Care Have a Chance at a Better Life, with Kate Duvall, President and CEO Piedmont Court Appointed Special Advocates
- February 1: Let’s Talk About Mindfulness and Mental Health. Beyond the Noise: Flourishing Through Life’s Uncertainties, with Kelly Crace, Executive Director UVA Contemplative Sciences Center
- February 8: Let’s Talk About Protections Against Unlawful Detention. Habeas Corpus, a Fundamental Constitutional Right, Its Place in History and in Our Courts, with Paul Halliday, UVA Professor of History
- February 22: Let’s Talk About Finding Peace and Resolution. Hospice, Palliative Care, and the Hospice of the Piedmont’s End-of-Life Doula Program, with Beth Eck, Director of End-of- Life Doula Services at Hospice of the Piedmont
- March 1: Let’s Talk About Managing Caregiver Stress. The Emotional and Physical Toll of Caring for a Loved One, with Paula Sherwood, UVA Professor of Nursing and Nurse Scientist
- March 8: Let’s Talk About America’s Foreign Policy. Understanding Trump’s America First Foreign Policy Doctrine, with Phillip Potter, UVA Batten School Professor of Public Policy
- March 15: Let’s Talk About the Making of the Bible. The Origins of the Old Testament, with Martien Halvorson-Taylor, UVA Department of Religious Studies
- March 22: Let’s Talk About the Role of Christianity in Democracy. Does Democracy Need Religion to Function?, with Colin Bird, UVA Departments of Politics and Philosophy
- March 29: Let’s Talk About Anglican/Episcopal Worship. Rites I and II of the Book of Common Prayer, with the Rev. Justin McIntosh and the Rev. Amanda Kotval
- April 12: Let’s Talk About Articial Intelligence’s Unintended Consequences. AI’s Complexity and Limited Oversight: Managing Bias, Security, and Privacy Risks, with Mona Sloane, Assistant Professor of Data Science and Media Studies in the UVA School of Data Science
- April 19: Let’s Talk About Promoting a Sound Financial System. The Federal Reserve: What it Does, Why it Exists, and Why Its Independence Matters, with Francis Warnock, former Senior Economist in the International Finance Division of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and James C. Wheat, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at UVA’s Darden School of Business
- April 26: Let’s Talk About Reclaiming the Humanities. Are We Killing Curiosity?, with Matthew Gibson, Executive Director, Virginia Humanities
- May 3: Let’s Talk About the Work of the PEGLLLLab. The Intersection of Race, Policing and Public Governance — Community Engaged Teaching in a Time of Trauma, with Brian N. Williams, Professor of Public Policy in UVA’s Batten School; Founder and Director of UVA’s Public Engagement in Governance, Looking and Learning (PEGLLLLab) Lab
- May 10: Let’s Talk About Mind and Body Dualism. Is The Mind Physical — and Why Does It Matter?, with Brie Gertler, UVA Interim Executive Vice President and Provost; Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy
- May 17: Let’s Talk About the American Experiment. The Declaration of Independence at 250: Is There Life in the Old Girl Yet?, with Jane Kamensky, Monticello President and CEO
Did you miss a speaker, or want to share one of our Sunday morning conversations with a friend?
Click here to watch PAST Rector’s Forum recordings.
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