Once a week, a member of the CPX team "thinks out loud" in public - offering not conclusions, but launching-off points for conversation about what's going on in the news right now, or in our cultural "moment".
As with everything CPX does, the goal is to reframe things - to edge our way together towards a more expansive public imagination when it comes to Christian faith and the contribution it has to make to our shared life.
Here's a collection of these columns. They are usually posted each Tuesday on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Justine Toh ponders: What is pleasure? Is it just about desire? Or are there deeper pleasures to be found in the normal gifts of life?
After the EURO 2020 final, Simon Smart ponders the “religious transformation” taking place in football (and elsewhere) in the UK.
Anna Grummitt reflects on David Attenborough’s new film, and the way humans respond to disasters.
Richard Shumack writes about memes, tweets, and what truth-speaking wisdom we might find in the book of Proverbs.
Barney Zwartz reflects on new research that shows the rise in screen-time among Australians.
Mark Stephens on Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, and the challenge of translating religious language for the public.
Tim Costello explains why he’s grieved by the increasing political polarisation – both in Australia and in the U.S.
Justine Toh on the wealth of metaphors the animal world offers for our meritocratic culture.
In light of a gender reveal party that started a huge wildfire in California, Natasha Moore reflects on unintended consequences.
Simon Smart reminisces about the Sydney Olympics, and how nostalgia for that time of community and celebration has greater weight in 2020.
Anna Grummitt reflects on the symbolism of the surprising survival of a colony of glow worms after the summer’s bushfires.
Richard Shumack on why he’s glad that after a long break, objective morality is back.
Mark Stephens on the award-winning documentary “Boys State”, and the importance of being willing to lose with and for your principles.
Barney Zwartz reflects on how the current pandemic has magnified his obsession with the news, and how this addiction comes at a cost.
