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.
Natasha Moore reflects on how the pandemic has caused us all to hold our future plans more lightly – in light of Mary’s experience.
Justine Toh muses on the benefits of the big and little stories we live by to shape us and define our realities.
Simon Smart responds to the sexting scandal in Australia’s Test cricket team – and what it says about team culture.
Justine Toh considers the infinite challenge of nursing, and why so many are leaving the profession.
Cricket tragic Barney Zwartz exults in both the result and the spirit of the 2021 T20 World Cup Final.
Natasha Moore offers some reflections on the appeal of assisted dying – and why Christians are often so wary of it.
Simon Smart celebrates the unexpected and miraculous good news of the safe return of Cleo Smith to her parents.
Natasha Moore considers superpowers, COP26, one man who’s making a huge difference … and the Creator he puts his trust in.
As Melbourne emerges at last into freedom from lockdown, Barney Zwartz finds himself in need of an adjustment period.
With kids returning to school in NSW this week, Mark Stephens reflects on what it is that makes that such a big deal.
Justine Toh talks male friendship, her experience of lifelong besties, and how deep connections may just have something divine about them.
Jayden Battey says the wildly popular Netflix series Squid Game reflects our own choices back to us.
