Simon Smart reflects on Terrence Malick’s film “A Hidden Life” and the confronting questions it poses for modern viewers.
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.
For the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing, Simon Smart writes on humanity’s hunger for transcendence.
Simon Smart reflects on the Israel Folau controversy and the complex questions it raises about what true tolerance looks like in a liberal democracy.
Simon Smart on how the Easter story speaks into our increasingly polarised public discourse.
Simon Smart on how one photo that stood out from the Notre Dame Fire perfectly captures the Easter message.
Simon Smart writes about the place of religion at the democratic table, and whether Christianity can make Scott Morrison a better PM.
Simon Smart on this year’s Met Gala, and the church’s reputation for opulence – and charity.
Simon Smart reflects on the journey and vision of Martin Luther King Jr, fifty years on from his death.
Simon Smart on disenchantment with Christmas – and with Christianity.
Simon Smart on how to beat FOMO.
Simon Smart weighs the tenets of the self-esteem movement against the starkness of the Easter story.
Simon Smart reflects on the life – and faith – of one of Australia’s most beloved writers.
Simon Smart reflects on darkness, faith and suffering at a usually upbeat time of year.
A Christian physicist and an atheist filmmaker look for answers together in a new documentary.
Simon Smart challenges Australians’ complacency about what’s done to asylum seekers in our name.
Simon Smart traces the roots of the “inalienable dignity” of the human person to the Easter story.
Simon Smart reflects on how we cope – or fail to cope – with death.
Simon Smart asks suffering believers around the world what Christmas means to them.
Many people believe more is going on in life than what we can see and touch and measure.
What does the baby in the drain have to do with the baby in the manger?
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How the hope of Easter points to future restoration and death and evil being conquered.
This month it is 20 years since Rwanda famously imploded, amidst a 100-day bloodbath of astonishing cruelty and brutality that […]
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