4th Aug 2022 - 28 mins
Two years on an Antarctic research station taught Alex Gaffikin about iso long before lockdown.
4th Aug 2022 - 28 mins
Two years on an Antarctic research station taught Alex Gaffikin about iso long before lockdown.
28th Jul 2022 - 28 mins
Darrell Bock talks about the things that pushed him, as a young man, to ask deep questions about life and meaning. And where he found answers....
28th Jul 2022 - 28 mins
Darrell Bock talks about the things that pushed him, as a young man, to ask deep questions about life and meaning. And where he found answers....
21st Jul 2022 - 32 mins
We’re languishing (still!) after two years of the pandemic. Can a burnout psychologist help?
21st Jul 2022 - 32 mins
We’re languishing (still!) after two years of the pandemic. Can a burnout psychologist help?
30th Jun 2022 - 30 mins
Philosopher John Milbank on left vs right, Harry Potter, and how none of us behave like we’re just atoms. ...
30th Jun 2022 - 30 mins
Philosopher John Milbank on left vs right, Harry Potter, and how none of us behave like we’re just atoms. ...
23rd Jun 2022 - 29 mins
Simon, Justine, and Natasha debrief on their fave reads/watches of 2022 thus far.
23rd Jun 2022 - 29 mins
Simon, Justine, and Natasha debrief on their fave reads/watches of 2022 thus far.
16th Jun 2022 - 34 mins
It’s been 50 years since the Watergate scandal. Our trust in institutions has never quite recovered.
16th Jun 2022 - 34 mins
It’s been 50 years since the Watergate scandal. Our trust in institutions has never quite recovered.
9th Jun 2022 - 28 mins
What our favourite companion animals can teach us about ourselves – and about God.
9th Jun 2022 - 28 mins
What our favourite companion animals can teach us about ourselves – and about God.
2nd Jun 2022 - 34 mins
For centuries, all kinds of people have testified that Dante and his epic poem changed their life.
2nd Jun 2022 - 34 mins
For centuries, all kinds of people have testified that Dante and his epic poem changed their life.
26th May 2022 - 33 mins
Sexuality, consent and pornography might not be the first topic of conversation we’d raise at a dinner party. But perhaps we should!...
26th May 2022 - 33 mins
Sexuality, consent and pornography might not be the first topic of conversation we’d raise at a dinner party. But perhaps we should!...
19th May 2022 - 28 mins
Steph Judd was a healthy teenager when, unexpectedly, things she could do easily suddenly became difficult, and then, impossible....
19th May 2022 - 28 mins
Steph Judd was a healthy teenager when, unexpectedly, things she could do easily suddenly became difficult, and then, impossible....
12th May 2022 - 47 mins
Tim Dixon illuminates the forces across the Western World that are driving us apart and the challenge this presents for how we live together......
12th May 2022 - 47 mins
Tim Dixon illuminates the forces across the Western World that are driving us apart and the challenge this presents for how we live together......
![](https://www.publicchristianity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/26fa5b1-150x150.jpg")
13th Aug 2021 - 86 secs
Tim Costello reflects on the lockdown blues, pandemic pressures, and the one thing that's renewing his hope in this difficult time....
13th Aug 2021 - 86 secs
Tim Costello reflects on the lockdown blues, pandemic pressures, and the one thing that's renewing his hope in this difficult time....
![](https://www.publicchristianity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/tim-costelo-150x150.jpg")
13th Jul 2021 - 86 secs
Tim Costello reflects on Ash Barty's historic Wimbledon win, the EURO final, and the important difference between patriotism and nationalism....
13th Jul 2021 - 86 secs
Tim Costello reflects on Ash Barty's historic Wimbledon win, the EURO final, and the important difference between patriotism and nationalism....
25th Jun 2021 - 86 secs
Tim Costello on the debate over Bruce Pascoe's 'Dark Emu', and the need to recognise the image of God in everyone....
25th Jun 2021 - 86 secs
Tim Costello on the debate over Bruce Pascoe's 'Dark Emu', and the need to recognise the image of God in everyone....
28th Apr 2021 - 86 secs
Tim Costello reflects on individual and systemic evils, and how in the Christian story Jesus comes to deal with them both....
28th Apr 2021 - 86 secs
Tim Costello reflects on individual and systemic evils, and how in the Christian story Jesus comes to deal with them both....
31st Mar 2021 - 86 secs
Tim Costello reflects on a famous story from Jesus' life, and what lessons it teaches men about moving from toxic to trustworthy masculinity....
31st Mar 2021 - 86 secs
Tim Costello reflects on a famous story from Jesus' life, and what lessons it teaches men about moving from toxic to trustworthy masculinity....
12th Mar 2021 - 86 secs
Tim Costello comments on the anxiety epidemic in Australia - and shares what he believes is a powerful antidote....
12th Mar 2021 - 86 secs
Tim Costello comments on the anxiety epidemic in Australia - and shares what he believes is a powerful antidote....
22nd Dec 2020 - 86 secs
Tim Costello reflects on the town of Bethlehem, the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the light that gives him hope in times of waiting. ...
22nd Dec 2020 - 86 secs
Tim Costello reflects on the town of Bethlehem, the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the light that gives him hope in times of waiting. ...
18th Dec 2020 - 86 secs
Richard Shumack explains why he loves the carol The Little Drummer Boy, despite the fact that most of its lyrics are 'rum pum pum pum'. ...
18th Dec 2020 - 86 secs
Richard Shumack explains why he loves the carol The Little Drummer Boy, despite the fact that most of its lyrics are 'rum pum pum pum'. ...
![](https://www.publicchristianity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/RShumack-150x150.jpg")
15th Dec 2020 - 86 secs
Justine Toh shares why she thinks a line from Yorktown (in the musical Hamilton) might as well be from a Christmas carol....
15th Dec 2020 - 86 secs
Justine Toh shares why she thinks a line from Yorktown (in the musical Hamilton) might as well be from a Christmas carol....
![](https://www.publicchristianity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/justine-150x150.jpg")
11th Dec 2020 - 86 secs
Simon Smart gets nostalgic for Christmas in the snow in Canada, and reflects on the enduring hope of the Christmas story....
11th Dec 2020 - 86 secs
Simon Smart gets nostalgic for Christmas in the snow in Canada, and reflects on the enduring hope of the Christmas story....
![](https://www.publicchristianity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/simon-150x150.jpg")
30th Mar 2022 - 86 secs
Oppression rightly outrages us. The question is: why?
30th Mar 2022 - 86 secs
Oppression rightly outrages us. The question is: why?
6th Mar 2022 - 86 secs
The Russian president’s Orthodox faith is central to his worldview but he has used it to justify invasion and violence in God’s name. With......
6th Mar 2022 - 86 secs
The Russian president’s Orthodox faith is central to his worldview but he has used it to justify invasion and violence in God’s name. With......
20th Feb 2022 - 86 secs
I called him Lennie for composer/conductor/pianist Lennie Bernstein because he was black and white like piano keys – a fellow dog-walker used......
20th Feb 2022 - 86 secs
I called him Lennie for composer/conductor/pianist Lennie Bernstein because he was black and white like piano keys – a fellow dog-walker used......
![](https://www.publicchristianity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Writers_Week_Barney_Zwartz_Adelaide_Festival_medium-150x150.jpg")
18th Feb 2022 - 86 secs
One of the best opinion pieces I’ve read this year was a friend’s Facebook post. It was 1,600 words long. He wrote about moral choices that......
18th Feb 2022 - 86 secs
One of the best opinion pieces I’ve read this year was a friend’s Facebook post. It was 1,600 words long. He wrote about moral choices that......
![](https://www.publicchristianity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_6755-150x150.jpg")
4th Feb 2022 - 86 secs
Two years ago this week, this couple’s lives were irrevocably altered. Three of their six children, Antony, aged 13, Angelina 12, and Sienna,......
4th Feb 2022 - 86 secs
Two years ago this week, this couple’s lives were irrevocably altered. Three of their six children, Antony, aged 13, Angelina 12, and Sienna,......
24th Jan 2022 - 86 secs
It’s such an apt description of the way so many of us live, where we devote time and energy to pursuits we know all along will fail to satisfy......
24th Jan 2022 - 86 secs
It’s such an apt description of the way so many of us live, where we devote time and energy to pursuits we know all along will fail to satisfy......
20th Jan 2022 - 86 secs
Justine Toh has some words of wisdom - and warning - for those who aren't happy with their HSC results, as well as for those who are....
20th Jan 2022 - 86 secs
Justine Toh has some words of wisdom - and warning - for those who aren't happy with their HSC results, as well as for those who are....
25th Dec 2021 - 86 secs
Everyday hauntings suggest that ordinary life is no less sacred than within the walls of a church.
25th Dec 2021 - 86 secs
Everyday hauntings suggest that ordinary life is no less sacred than within the walls of a church.
19th Dec 2021 - 86 secs
No room at the inn – five simple, poignant words that almost uniquely convey rejection and humiliation.
19th Dec 2021 - 86 secs
No room at the inn – five simple, poignant words that almost uniquely convey rejection and humiliation.
25th Nov 2021 - 86 secs
Mark Stephens writes for the Canberra Times that empathy could play a vital role in the conversation surrounding religious freedom. ...
25th Nov 2021 - 86 secs
Mark Stephens writes for the Canberra Times that empathy could play a vital role in the conversation surrounding religious freedom. ...
![](https://www.publicchristianity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mark-stephens-1-150x150.jpg")
22nd Nov 2021 - 86 secs
"The Bible is not a policy document, but its vision of all flourishing, including creation, is unequivocally clear.” Tim Costello on the environment......
22nd Nov 2021 - 86 secs
"The Bible is not a policy document, but its vision of all flourishing, including creation, is unequivocally clear.” Tim Costello on the environment......
7th Nov 2021 - 86 secs
Do you think the Bible backs political philosophies or parties? Barney Zwartz writes for The Age on the troubling trend in Australia towards......
7th Nov 2021 - 86 secs
Do you think the Bible backs political philosophies or parties? Barney Zwartz writes for The Age on the troubling trend in Australia towards......
24th May 2021 - 44 mins
In the 2020 Richard Johnson Lecture, historian Sarah Irving-Stonebreaker asks: does the notion of religious liberty still have currency today?...
24th May 2021 - 44 mins
In the 2020 Richard Johnson Lecture, historian Sarah Irving-Stonebreaker asks: does the notion of religious liberty still have currency today?...
24th May 2021 - 31 mins
In the 2020 Richard Johnson Lecture, historian Sarah Irving-Stonebraker asks: does the notion of religious liberty still have currency today?...
24th May 2021 - 31 mins
In the 2020 Richard Johnson Lecture, historian Sarah Irving-Stonebraker asks: does the notion of religious liberty still have currency today?...
12th May 2022 - 47 mins
Tim Dixon illuminates the forces across the Western World that are driving us apart and the challenge this presents for how we live together......
12th May 2022 - 47 mins
Tim Dixon illuminates the forces across the Western World that are driving us apart and the challenge this presents for how we live together......
26th May 2021 - 31 mins
In the 2020 Richard Johnson Lecture, historian Sarah Irving-Stonebraker asks: does the notion of religious liberty still have currency today?...
26th May 2021 - 31 mins
In the 2020 Richard Johnson Lecture, historian Sarah Irving-Stonebraker asks: does the notion of religious liberty still have currency today?...
26th May 2021 - 44 mins
In the 2020 Richard Johnson Lecture, historian Sarah Irving-Stonebreaker asks: does the notion of religious liberty still have currency today?...
26th May 2021 - 44 mins
In the 2020 Richard Johnson Lecture, historian Sarah Irving-Stonebreaker asks: does the notion of religious liberty still have currency today?...
20th Mar 2019 - 48 mins
In the 2019 Richard Johnson Lecture, Tim Dixon offers a vision for how we might reunite increasingly fragmented societies....
20th Mar 2019 - 48 mins
In the 2019 Richard Johnson Lecture, Tim Dixon offers a vision for how we might reunite increasingly fragmented societies....
![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c65fc632220659fa0937c038ab38a2c5?s=150&d=mm&r=g")
14th Mar 2018 - 30 mins
Nick Spencer responds to questions following the 2018 Richard Johnson Lecture.
14th Mar 2018 - 30 mins
Nick Spencer responds to questions following the 2018 Richard Johnson Lecture.
14th Mar 2018 - 37 mins
Nick Spencer delivers the 2018 Richard Johnson Lecture, on what makes the West the West.
14th Mar 2018 - 37 mins
Nick Spencer delivers the 2018 Richard Johnson Lecture, on what makes the West the West.
29th Aug 2016 - 20 mins
William Cavanaugh responds to questions following the 2016 Richard Johnson Lecture.
29th Aug 2016 - 20 mins
William Cavanaugh responds to questions following the 2016 Richard Johnson Lecture.
29th Aug 2016 - 47 mins
William Cavanaugh delivers the 2016 Richard Johnson Lecture, on the widely-held assumption that religion causes violence....
29th Aug 2016 - 47 mins
William Cavanaugh delivers the 2016 Richard Johnson Lecture, on the widely-held assumption that religion causes violence....
17th Jul 2015 - 32 mins
Peter Harrison delivers the 2015 Richard Johnson Lecture, on the reputed conflict between science and religion....
17th Jul 2015 - 32 mins
Peter Harrison delivers the 2015 Richard Johnson Lecture, on the reputed conflict between science and religion....
17th Jul 0205 - 24 mins
Peter Harrison responds to questions following the 2015 Richard Johnson Lecture.
17th Jul 0205 - 24 mins
Peter Harrison responds to questions following the 2015 Richard Johnson Lecture.
