How we see the future will influence how we see and act in the present. The church's obsession with heaven and hell has distorted its ability to imagine and declare a great future for God’s creation. A Universalist eschatological vision would shine a sense of wonder and hope over the world around us and radically change the way we live.

Our work matters to God and has intrinsic value. There is no sacred-spiritual divide - our work is an expression of our worship of God and is a sacred activity. We can be spiritually formed for work by developing spiritual disciplines that we can practice in the workplace.

David Clough suggests that for humans to be ‘in the image of God’ means for us to have the responsibility of imaging God to other creatures. We are called to show them what God is like in how we treat them. What does this look like in practice?

Our care for the vulnerable demonstrates our understanding of the imago Dei. The aged care sector needs people trained to think deeply about the value of human life and about how to demonstrate respect in everything they do. And sometimes the most respect we can offer someone is to break the rules well for them.

The Australian housing market has increasingly favoured the wealthy. Now house prices are falling, and we are swamped with worried faces and scare campaigns. Yet the number of homeless continues to grow. As Christians, how are we to make sense of this, and how should we respond?

An image that tells LGBTI people that ‘hell awaits them’ looks like God has already made up his mind about you, whatever you do. Yet it leaves out half the equation - that we are all under condemnation without grace. Israel Folau’s boldness wasn’t matched by his wisdom.

The prophetic task of Christian theology involves more than smoothing out the ‘rough edges’ of economics, ‘humanising’ work or enabling people to ‘succeed’ within the prevailing economic order. Any theology of work must reflect on the systemic justice issues that demean workers. What does this look like in practice?

The pragmatic pursuit of personal wealth and national security are central to Mr Morrison's politics, making us prone to being callous and fearful towards the poor and the alien. And yet, Mr Morrison has deep personal moral and religious convictions. This paradox raises very demanding questions about the relationship between faith and power.

Our communities, including our churches, have been hurt by racism. Within the Chinese church today, conflict between first-generation migrant believers and their offspring has resulted in a ‘Silent Exodus’ of second-generation believers. How we can truly move toward genuine love and reconciliation between the cultures in our churches and beyond?

The growing antagonism, apathy and irrelevancy toward the role of Christianity in the public square has made way for abstract doctrines of total diversity, chaos, nihilism and despair. A day-long conference in Melbourne on 30th of March will explore the Peterson phenomenon and its implications for society and church.