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.
Tim Costello reflects on his experience at Gallipoli, and remembers soldiers past and present while we hope for peace.
Simon Smart considers ‘hope’: the topic of CPX’s 2023 Richard Johnson Lecture, with guest lecturer Dr Leisa Aitken.
Max Jeganathan celebrates ex-politician Bill Hayden for his selflessness in office and beyond, and praises Hayden’s source of altruism.
Barney Zwartz, along with YES and NO voters, mourns after the Voice referendum, and looks ahead to what’s next
Natasha Moore goes back in time to Activist William Cooper, who passed on the baton of hope, to make sense of the Voice referendum result.
Justine Toh grapples with disunity in our nation in the lead up to the Voice Referendum. Can we unite despite our different views?
Natasha Moore follows the social media trend question to ask ‘Why do we think about the Roman Empire so much’?
In light of the UN Secretary-General’s recent comments, Tim Costello asks: has the institution of religion also become “unhinged”?
Max Jeganathan on how the recent meeting between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un highlights what real friendship is (and isn’t).
Simon Smart attends the Manly Sea Eagles Old Boys’ Day, and reflects on mortality and how fleeting our lives are.
In the midst of the cost of living crisis, Anna Grummitt ponders some challenging words from the Apostle Paul.
CPX Fellow Emma Wilkins shares some of her reflections on the phrase we’re hearing all the time at the moment: “cost of living”.
