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.
Simon Smart reviews Kazuo Ishiguro’s futuristic novel Klara and the Sun and what makes something human in the world of AI.
Max Jeganathan considers our current inflation crisis and how Jesus’ call to a greater treasure remains timelessly valuable and necessary.
Simon Smart delights in the beauty and tenderness of the 2022 film, A Quiet Girl.
Anna Grummitt reflects on the surprising joys of living with her in-laws for months – and the enduring value of in-person relationships.
Natasha Moore on how behind the festivities of Halloween, the night reminds us that there is both much to fear, and more to hope.
Justine Toh shares why she’s optimistic about the Albanese government’s proposed new parental leave scheme.
Simon Smart weighs in on the Andrew Thorburn saga, and the questions it raises about the kind of society we want to become.
Eliot Kern reflects on biting his fingernails, a honeymoon in Fiji, and where we can find true rest for our souls.
Simon Smart recounts his conversation with the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Chaplain in Scotland, John Swinton.
Natasha reads a psalm about monarchs and nations, and reflects on the life and death of Queen Elizabeth II.