Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman will present “The Most Important Conversation American Isn’t Having” as the seventh annual Dr. and Mrs. Max Littner Memorial Lecture Series for Bereavement, co-sponsored by St. Luke’s University Health Network, 7:30 p.m. April 19, Central Moravian Church, 73 W. Church St., Bethlehem.

Goodman is founder of The Conversation Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people talk about their wishes for end-of-life care. The goal of the project is to make conversations about end-of-life care easier, and to make sure that individuals’ wishes are expressed and respected. Guests at the lecture will gather the tools needed to start the conversation.

The Dr. and Mrs. Max Littner Memorial Lecture Series for Bereavement was created to raise consciousness for the big issues of life: living meaningfully and well, and sparking necessary conversations with loved ones about issues that are truly matters of life and death.

The annual lecture features prominent guests who discuss the importance of mind and body in healing and care, and ways you can cultivate hope, take action and be more responsible for your medical decisions.

Tickets: slhn.org/littnerlectureseries; 1-866-STLUKES (785-8537).