Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman will present "The Most Important Conversation American Isn't Having" at the seventh annual Dr. and Mrs. Max Littner Memorial Lecture Series for Bereavement, co-sponsored by St. Luke's University Health Network.

The lecture is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. April 19 at the Central Moravian Church, 73 W. Church St., Bethlehem.Tickets are $10 and are available at

www.slhn.org/littnerlectureseries or by calling 1-866-785-8537.Goodman is the founder of The Conversation Project, a nonprofit 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.The lecture will help people learn what they need to know to start the conversation.