23rd Apr 2024 - 1 mins
Simon Smart writes in the wake of the stabbing attack on Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel about the radical act of meeting hate with love. ...
23rd Apr 2024 - 1 mins
Simon Smart writes in the wake of the stabbing attack on Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel about the radical act of meeting hate with love. ...
1st Mar 2024 - 1 mins
As the days grow gradually shorter and the first hint of cooler morning air appears, footy fans are turning their attention to the season ahead....
1st Mar 2024 - 1 mins
As the days grow gradually shorter and the first hint of cooler morning air appears, footy fans are turning their attention to the season ahead....
16th Feb 2024 - 1 mins
Simon Smart writes for The Canberra Times in support of the all-boys school model in the wake of negative media....
16th Feb 2024 - 1 mins
Simon Smart writes for The Canberra Times in support of the all-boys school model in the wake of negative media....
25th Dec 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart wrote for ABC News about what this Christmas is like for those living in Jerusalem while those outside it are dying....
25th Dec 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart wrote for ABC News about what this Christmas is like for those living in Jerusalem while those outside it are dying....
15th Sep 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart attends the Manly Sea Eagles Old Boys' Day, and reflects on mortality and how fleeting our lives are....
15th Sep 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart attends the Manly Sea Eagles Old Boys' Day, and reflects on mortality and how fleeting our lives are....
4th Jul 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart weighs in (with some imagined possibilities) on Jonny Bairstow's controversial stumping in the second Ashes test match. ...
4th Jul 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart weighs in (with some imagined possibilities) on Jonny Bairstow's controversial stumping in the second Ashes test match. ...
1st Jun 2023 - 1 mins
Jo Swinney shares about A Rocha's environmental protection work, and why Christians should care for the natural world. ...
1st Jun 2023 - 1 mins
Jo Swinney shares about A Rocha's environmental protection work, and why Christians should care for the natural world. ...
17th May 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on why he sees parallels between rapid advances in modern technologies (especially AI) and the ancient Tower of Babel story....
17th May 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on why he sees parallels between rapid advances in modern technologies (especially AI) and the ancient Tower of Babel story....
6th Apr 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart writes about how Easter invites us to contemplate our vulnerability and culpability as human beings....
6th Apr 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart writes about how Easter invites us to contemplate our vulnerability and culpability as human beings....
28th Mar 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on Dominic Perrottet's concession speech after the NSW election - and why we value losing with dignity and grace....
28th Mar 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on Dominic Perrottet's concession speech after the NSW election - and why we value losing with dignity and grace....
6th Mar 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart responds to Christian extremism in the wake of the Wieambilla tragedy.
6th Mar 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart responds to Christian extremism in the wake of the Wieambilla tragedy.
10th Feb 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on the recent earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, the problem of suffering, and the vision of hope found in the Bible....
10th Feb 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on the recent earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, the problem of suffering, and the vision of hope found in the Bible....
1st Feb 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart ponders what humanity gains - and loses - from advances in artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT....
1st Feb 2023 - 1 mins
Simon Smart ponders what humanity gains - and loses - from advances in artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT....
25th Dec 2022 - 1 mins
When you get to the Gospels, the events of the first Christmas entail the embodiment of a God who finds a way to engage humanity in the most......
25th Dec 2022 - 1 mins
When you get to the Gospels, the events of the first Christmas entail the embodiment of a God who finds a way to engage humanity in the most......
13th Dec 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reviews Kazuo Ishiguro’s futuristic novel Klara and the Sun and what makes something human in the world of AI....
13th Dec 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reviews Kazuo Ishiguro’s futuristic novel Klara and the Sun and what makes something human in the world of AI....
9th Nov 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart delights in the beauty and tenderness of the 2022 film, A Quiet Girl.
9th Nov 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart delights in the beauty and tenderness of the 2022 film, A Quiet Girl.
6th Oct 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart weighs in on the Andrew Thorburn saga, and the questions it raises about the kind of society we want to become....
6th Oct 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart weighs in on the Andrew Thorburn saga, and the questions it raises about the kind of society we want to become....
16th Sep 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart recounts his conversation with the late Queen Elizabeth II's Chaplain in Scotland, John Swinton. ...
16th Sep 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart recounts his conversation with the late Queen Elizabeth II's Chaplain in Scotland, John Swinton. ...
29th Jul 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on chess-playing robots, the promises and disappointments of technology, and human flourishing. ...
29th Jul 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on chess-playing robots, the promises and disappointments of technology, and human flourishing. ...
16th Jun 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on farewelling his daughter for six months, and how the love of a parent is an echo of the love God has for all of us....
16th Jun 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on farewelling his daughter for six months, and how the love of a parent is an echo of the love God has for all of us....
6th May 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on the importance of self-awareness, and asking ourselves: “What’s it like to be on the other side of me?”...
6th May 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on the importance of self-awareness, and asking ourselves: “What’s it like to be on the other side of me?”...
14th Apr 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on Cormac McCarthy's The Road, war crimes in Ukraine, and how the Easter story is particularly resonant this year....
14th Apr 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on Cormac McCarthy's The Road, war crimes in Ukraine, and how the Easter story is particularly resonant this year....
25th Mar 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on reading stories from the war in Ukraine, and both the darkness and the goodness of human nature. ...
25th Mar 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on reading stories from the war in Ukraine, and both the darkness and the goodness of human nature. ...
8th Mar 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on the collective shock after Shane Warne's death, and how the human reaction to loss inclines towards hopefulness....
8th Mar 2022 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on the collective shock after Shane Warne's death, and how the human reaction to loss inclines towards hopefulness....
4th Feb 2022 - 1 mins
Two years ago this week, this couple’s lives were irrevocably altered. Three of their six children, Antony, aged 13, Angelina 12, and Sienna,......
4th Feb 2022 - 1 mins
Two years ago this week, this couple’s lives were irrevocably altered. Three of their six children, Antony, aged 13, Angelina 12, and Sienna,......
3rd Feb 2022 - 1 mins
In the face of profound loss, how did two parents find it possible to forgive? Simon Smart reflects on his interview with the Abdallahs. ...
3rd Feb 2022 - 1 mins
In the face of profound loss, how did two parents find it possible to forgive? Simon Smart reflects on his interview with the Abdallahs. ...
14th Dec 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart joins the dots between the human desire to be physically together and the marvel of the incarnation. ...
14th Dec 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart joins the dots between the human desire to be physically together and the marvel of the incarnation. ...
23rd Nov 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart responds to the sexting scandal in Australia's Test cricket team - and what it says about team culture....
23rd Nov 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart responds to the sexting scandal in Australia's Test cricket team - and what it says about team culture....
5th Nov 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart celebrates the unexpected and miraculous good news of the safe return of Cleo Smith to her parents....
5th Nov 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart celebrates the unexpected and miraculous good news of the safe return of Cleo Smith to her parents....
22nd Oct 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on our society's loneliness epidemic, and how we might build relationships of depth and meaning....
22nd Oct 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on our society's loneliness epidemic, and how we might build relationships of depth and meaning....