THINKING OUT LOUD

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.

Latest

Swing voters

By Natasha Moore | 22/08/2023

Natasha Moore reflects on the tribalism she’s seeing in the current debate in Australia around the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Green ants and ham

By Barney Zwartz | 15/08/2023

Barney Zwartz shares his personal experience of the many and varied forms of hospitality practiced by different cultures around the world.

Glorious inefficiency

By Emma Wilkins | 11/08/2023

In a week full of space news, Emma Wilkins responds to the argument that the vastness of the universe is proof that there is no God.

AI Jesus

By Justine Toh | 08/08/2023

Justine Toh reflects on her experience of conversing online with the newest Twitch chatbot: “AI Jesus”.

Come on Barbie, let’s go party

By Justine Toh | 02/08/2023

Justine Toh watches the Barbie film, and reflects on its exploration of our society’s collective angst over gender.

“Whatever it takes”

By Tim Costello | 27/07/2023

Tim Costello muses on the Ashes, Essendon Football Club, and whether there’s something truer about sport than the desire to win at all costs.

Insomnia

By Natasha Moore | 18/07/2023

In a bout of insomnia, Natasha Moore reflects on what the biblical Psalms reveal about the mystery of sleep.

Is working from home “morally wrong”?

By Anna Grummitt | 11/07/2023

Anna Grummitt shares a personal story to counter recent claims that working from home is selfish and even immoral.

Stumped

By Simon Smart | 04/07/2023

Simon Smart weighs in (with some imagined possibilities) on Jonny Bairstow’s controversial stumping in the second Ashes test match.

The 357 secrets to happiness

By Barney Zwartz | 28/06/2023

Barney Zwartz on what having 357 tabs open on the computer might reveal about the basic human desire for security.

A sense of belonging

By Max Jeganathan | 20/06/2023

On World Refugee Day, Max Jeganathan watches the Ashes, and reflects on the universal desire to feel a sense of belonging.

Baptists and Missionaries

By Tim Costello | 06/06/2023

Tim Costello returns to his old school, discovers the reason it was founded, and reflects on the legacy of its namesake: William Carey.