Tim Costello is a well known pastor of the Baptist Church, and a senior fellow at the Centre for Public Christianity. He is a strong advocate for gambling reform, and for care of the poor and homeless in our communities. Looking beyond the headline issues and tag-wrestling politics, Tim Costello shares some sober reflections on social cohesion.
Centre for Public Christianity
Everything that matters: Marilynne Robinson’s book on Genesis teaches us how to talk about God
Australians love a long weekend, and our longest long weekend is this week’s. I don’t hear anybody complaining about having Friday and Monday off, but Easter itself — apart from a few chocolate egg hunts — goes little marked now in Australia. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday: these are like way markers on what used to be a main road but has been much quieter since they built that bypass.
2021 Richard Johnson Lecture / Out of Sight: Attentiveness in a Dismissive Age
Hosted by the Centre for Public Christianity, Scott Stephens, editor of ABC Religion & Ethics will be speaking about the attentive gaze in a time where contempt is second nature on Thursday 28 October 2021. This will be a live-streamed event.