A personal experience of a friend’s bushwalking injury leads Simon Smart to reflect on what it’s like to live in this particular time and place.
A personal experience of a friend’s bushwalking injury leads Simon Smart to reflect on what it’s like to live in this particular time and place.
In light of the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, Simon Smart questions the cost to Australia’s national conscience when we look away.
Simon Smart on why we should stop saying “you can achieve anything you want if you just try hard”.
Simon Smart reflects on the findings of a recent report by the Anglican Church of Australia into domestic abuse within its ranks.
After the EURO 2020 final, Simon Smart ponders the “religious transformation” taking place in football (and elsewhere) in the UK.
Simon Smart reflects on his enduring love for the ocean, and the awe and wonder he feels when faced with the ravaging beauty of the sea.
Simon Smart reflects on the recent escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and whether peace and friendship across the divide is possible.
In light of Prince Philip’s funeral, Simon Smart ponders the enduring importance of ritual.
Simon Smart asks: How might the Easter story offer hope amidst our culture of public shaming?
While recognising the failures that exist in the Aged Care sector, Simon Smart reflects on his positive experience visiting a dementia ward.
Simon Smart reviews Francis Spufford’s latest novel Light Perpetual for ABC Religion & Ethics.
Forty years on from Trevor Chappell’s infamous underarm bowl, Simon Smart reflects on the importance of integrity and fairness.
Simon Smart reflects on the Christmas story as a powerful motivator for hospitality.
Simon Smart gets nostalgic for Christmas in the snow in Canada, and reflects on the enduring hope of the Christmas story.
Simon Smart offers his take on evangelical support for Donald Trump.
Simon Smart reflects on how the life of faith is often one of waiting and hoping in the midst of very real struggles.
Simon Smart reminisces about the Sydney Olympics, and how nostalgia for that time of community and celebration has greater weight in 2020.
Simon Smart reflects on the over-incarceration of Aboriginal children, and the value of offering grace when things go wrong.
Simon Smart ponders “unconscious bias” towards Indigenous Australians, and how lives can be profoundly impacted by seminal moments.
Simon Smart gives a tribute to Biblical scholar and theologian J.I. Packer, whom he studied under at Regent College in Vancouver.
Simon Smart reflects on the church forests of Ethiopia, and the possibility of human solidarity across continents, cultures, and time.
After a surfing weekend, Simon Smart ponders those moments where our breath is taken away by the sheer awe of life and existence.
Reflecting on the new series The Last Dance, Simon Smart writes on what Michael Jordan might have lost in his pursuit of success.
Simon Smart reflects on The Lord of the Rings, Saint Augustine, and the Christian notion of the need to lose your life in order to find it.
Simon Smart on how the Easter story still echoes in our society, despite churches being closed this Easter.
In light of a recent episode of ‘You Can’t Ask That’, Simon Smart reflects on how the Easter story offers freedom and rest for the weary.
Simon Smart contemplates the Abdallah family’s response to their children’s death, and Christianity’s resources of grace and forgiveness.
Simon Smart reflects on Terrence Malick’s film “A Hidden Life” and the confronting questions it poses for modern viewers.
Simon Smart on Christos Tsiolkas new novel ‘Damascus’ and its stunning portrayal of how radical the message of Jesus was in ancient world.
Simon Smart tells the little-known story of the role the Christian church played in the fall of the Berlin Wall.
