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.
In light of the war in Ukraine, Barney Zwartz reflects on Vladimir Putin, and what the Bible has to say about tyrants and their end.
Simon Smart on the collective shock after Shane Warne’s death, and how the human reaction to loss inclines towards hopefulness.
Natasha Moore on the use of biblical language to describe the current floods – and the abundance of flood language in the Bible.
Jayden Battey on why he and his wife chose to move into community housing with 28 men at the start of the pandemic.
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?
In the face of profound loss, how did two parents find it possible to forgive? Simon Smart reflects on his interview with the Abdallahs.
Natasha Moore shares her one new year’s resolution for 2022: to be less completionist.
Tim Costello finds comfort this Christmas in God’s call for us to fear not in the midst of anxieties both real and imagined.
After another year of COVID, Jayden Battey acknowledges the sense of loss many are feeling this Christmas.
Simon Smart joins the dots between the human desire to be physically together and the marvel of the incarnation.
After leaving lockdown, Justine Toh considers our deep – and enduring – yearnings for another world.
Barney Zwartz notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has led many to reconsider their lives, values, and relationships.
