Reflections on reality from Ling, one of the participants in our Cultural Influencers Cross-Current group.

Being fruitful is a lifelong calling.

It’s easy to lose focus when feeling overwhelmed with new challenges.

The beginning of professional life is a time of challenge and a time of opportunity.

Transition explores the need to continually put our trust in the Lord, and how that trust will impact the way we live.

Faithfulness is never abstract, it starts with a heart commitment and evolves into a life-changing force.

There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with money, authority, reputation or experience. But none of them should be the foundation on which we build our life, our identity or our significance.

Let us realise what this means: “Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.” Unto us! Yes, we are worth it, even if we are not.

Why is the Bible’s most famous character (apart from Jesus) forgotten about within the Bible’s own narrative?

Deborah’s story as a female judge, a prophetess, a general and a poet stands out as one of success and victory.

Obeying God is not always cut and dry. It often requires courage and shrewdness. Esther is a great example of both, and through her, God saved her own people from impending genocide.

Sometimes faithful witness requires us to question the compromises society takes for granted and pay the price for it.

Regaining trust in the midst of disinformation is one of the main challenges journalists are facing everywhere.

At the intersection of professional excellence, cultural relevance, and their Christian faith, Cross-Current participants inhabit a liminal space of risk and opportunity.

Mathias Lauter shares a few thoughts from our last Media and Journalism Cross-Current group meeting.

We observe that integrity is a 'cross-over virtue', valued both in private and professional life. Our research shows this virtue is often an aspirational one in the lives of young Christians.

Daniel, an exile from Judah, rises to political prominence in the land of Babylon. From youth to old age, his extraordinary life story is one of faithfulness amid very complicated circumstances.

If we want to see what the Bible thinks success is, let’s begin here.

When I read Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount I feel hopeless and helpless. “Who can live like this?” - asks my sinful self.

What happens to our deferred dreams? Do we have a say in what we do with them? Abundance is not the absence of disappointments, rather the presence of Jesus Himself among them...

The only person in human history whose life was absolutely integrated was Jesus Christ.

There is always light. The good news is that we don’t need to be brave enough to be anything other than a reflection of the light of the King whose glory will fill the universe!

We may still believe honesty to be ‘the best policy’, but who’s honesty is it? Is it honesty expedient to our own desired outcomes? This article is part 1 of a mini-series on integrity.

How can we free ourselves from the clutches of self-wealth idolatry? Can we be ready to act responsively and responsibly towards those around us experiencing genuine hardship?

Stripping away our source of income, or some false sense of security, never takes us out of the plans God has for us.

We need to talk about unemployment. Not just here but in our communities and in our churches. We need to learn to lift the stigma from the subject and to learn how to help each other through it.

Unemployment is one of the hardest seasons in anyone’s life. Nowadays, with unemployment rates peaking all over the world, what difference can we bring as Christians?

I am not comfortable with broken things, but I am confronted by them every day. 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'

Actively loving your neighbour is not only a social thing, it is also deeply spiritual.

There is no way to become spiritually mature unless we commit our finances to the Lord. We need to be intentional and diligent about it.

As scientists, we cannot solve the question of why nature behaves the way it does on our own, but with our own contributions, bit by bit we get closer.

Crises force us to reconsider our ways. When we’re reminded of how little control we have over our circumstances we realise the most significant decision is choosing between anxiety and dependence.

Let’s be honest! Money is powerful. It is insidious: it grabs our attention, it seduces us, it claims our love and allegiance. Money needs to be tamed: we need to make money serve people.

We deal with money every day, one way or another. How we relate to money and possessions is a spiritual matter. It truly is a heart issue.

The nation and the people cannot save us. It is only in Jesus that we will be able to draw the resources to be ourselves at the service of the common good.

Trustlessness singularly marks the beginnings of the great biblical story, and there are lessons to be learned from it in relation to humankind.

Behind the rise of populism and polarisation in Western politics and societies, experts agree that its roots are to be found in a major crisis of trust.

What’s the true meaning of generosity? Ultimate generosity involves giving oneself, not merely giving something or sharing resources. The greatest gift of all is Immanuel.

It is not what a person does that determines if their work is sacred or secular, it is their attitude.

When our world lives for the weekend, how can we rethink work as something we do for our God - whatever we do?

Even when our work feels like the most boring and unrewarding thing, we can recognise it is still a gift from the Lord.

Human capacity for responsibility (and destruction) sets us apart from all other earthly life forms.

Made in the image of the Creator - it has to mean something, doesn't it?

As Warren Buffett the American investor once said: “Trust is like the air we breathe - when it’s present nobody really notices; when it’s absent everybody notices.”

Trust is like a muscle - the more we exercise it the stronger it gets!

The Bible sees work as something given to us by the Lord from the dawn of creation. A gift which allows us to show something of our identity, to live with meaning and purpose, and to earn a living.

At a time when there are more Christians alive in the world than ever before, why is there also more corruption?