25th Mar 2022 - 1 mins
I’ve been avoiding reading stories about Ukraine. It just feels like there’s too much bad news going around to be absorbed in any healthy......
25th Mar 2022 - 1 mins
I’ve been avoiding reading stories about Ukraine. It just feels like there’s too much bad news going around to be absorbed in any healthy......
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8th Mar 2022 - 1 mins
We all felt like we knew him. The death of Shane Warne felt so personal it was as if, for a few days, the nation was in a state of collective......
8th Mar 2022 - 1 mins
We all felt like we knew him. The death of Shane Warne felt so personal it was as if, for a few days, the nation was in a state of collective......
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
I recently interviewed Danny and Leila Abdallah for our Life & Faith podcast and I can’t stop thinking about them. They came in to talk about......
3rd Feb 2022 - 1 mins
I recently interviewed Danny and Leila Abdallah for our Life & Faith podcast and I can’t stop thinking about them. They came in to talk about......
22nd Oct 2021 - 1 mins
We are more connected than ever, and never have we felt more lonely. Why is that? Simon Smart explores sources of loneliness and potential avenues......
22nd Oct 2021 - 1 mins
We are more connected than ever, and never have we felt more lonely. Why is that? Simon Smart explores sources of loneliness and potential avenues......
14th Sep 2021 - 1 mins
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....
14th Sep 2021 - 1 mins
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....
23rd Aug 2021 - 1 mins
In light of the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, Simon Smart questions the cost to Australia's national conscience when we look away....
23rd Aug 2021 - 1 mins
In light of the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, Simon Smart questions the cost to Australia's national conscience when we look away....
10th Aug 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on why we should stop saying "you can achieve anything you want if you just try hard”.
10th Aug 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on why we should stop saying "you can achieve anything you want if you just try hard”.
27th Jul 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on the findings of a recent report by the Anglican Church of Australia into domestic abuse within its ranks....
27th Jul 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on the findings of a recent report by the Anglican Church of Australia into domestic abuse within its ranks....
21st Jul 2021 - 1 mins
After the EURO 2020 final, Simon Smart ponders the "religious transformation" taking place in football (and elsewhere) in the UK....
21st Jul 2021 - 1 mins
After the EURO 2020 final, Simon Smart ponders the "religious transformation" taking place in football (and elsewhere) in the UK....
15th Jun 2021 - 1 mins
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. ...
15th Jun 2021 - 1 mins
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. ...
15th May 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on the recent escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and whether peace and friendship across the divide is possible....
15th May 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on the recent escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and whether peace and friendship across the divide is possible....
20th Apr 2021 - 1 mins
In light of Prince Philip’s funeral, Simon Smart ponders the enduring importance of ritual.
20th Apr 2021 - 1 mins
In light of Prince Philip’s funeral, Simon Smart ponders the enduring importance of ritual.
2nd Apr 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart asks: How might the Easter story offer hope amidst our culture of public shaming?
2nd Apr 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart asks: How might the Easter story offer hope amidst our culture of public shaming?
2nd Mar 2021 - 1 mins
While recognising the failures that exist in the Aged Care sector, Simon Smart reflects on his positive experience visiting a dementia ward....
2nd Mar 2021 - 1 mins
While recognising the failures that exist in the Aged Care sector, Simon Smart reflects on his positive experience visiting a dementia ward....
2nd Mar 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reviews Francis Spufford's latest novel Light Perpetual for ABC Religion & Ethics.
2nd Mar 2021 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reviews Francis Spufford's latest novel Light Perpetual for ABC Religion & Ethics.
2nd Feb 2021 - 1 mins
Forty years on from Trevor Chappell's infamous underarm bowl, Simon Smart reflects on the importance of integrity and fairness....
2nd Feb 2021 - 1 mins
Forty years on from Trevor Chappell's infamous underarm bowl, Simon Smart reflects on the importance of integrity and fairness....
25th Dec 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on the Christmas story as a powerful motivator for hospitality.
25th Dec 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on the Christmas story as a powerful motivator for hospitality.
11th Dec 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart gets nostalgic for Christmas in the snow in Canada, and reflects on the enduring hope of the Christmas story....
11th Dec 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart gets nostalgic for Christmas in the snow in Canada, and reflects on the enduring hope of the Christmas story....
3rd Nov 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart offers his take on evangelical support for Donald Trump.
3rd Nov 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart offers his take on evangelical support for Donald Trump.
30th Oct 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on how the life of faith is often one of waiting and hoping in the midst of very real struggles....
30th Oct 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on how the life of faith is often one of waiting and hoping in the midst of very real struggles....
11th Sep 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reminisces about the Sydney Olympics, and how nostalgia for that time of community and celebration has greater weight in 2020....
11th Sep 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reminisces about the Sydney Olympics, and how nostalgia for that time of community and celebration has greater weight in 2020....
27th Aug 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on the over-incarceration of Aboriginal children, and the value of offering grace when things go wrong....
27th Aug 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on the over-incarceration of Aboriginal children, and the value of offering grace when things go wrong....
11th Aug 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart ponders "unconscious bias" towards Indigenous Australians, and how lives can be profoundly impacted by seminal moments....
11th Aug 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart ponders "unconscious bias" towards Indigenous Australians, and how lives can be profoundly impacted by seminal moments....
21st Jul 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart gives a tribute to Biblical scholar and theologian J.I. Packer, whom he studied under at Regent College in Vancouver....
21st Jul 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart gives a tribute to Biblical scholar and theologian J.I. Packer, whom he studied under at Regent College in Vancouver....
3rd Jul 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on the church forests of Ethiopia, and the possibility of human solidarity across continents, cultures, and time....
3rd Jul 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart reflects on the church forests of Ethiopia, and the possibility of human solidarity across continents, cultures, and time....
23rd Jun 2020 - 1 mins
After a surfing weekend, Simon Smart ponders those moments where our breath is taken away by the sheer awe of life and existence....
23rd Jun 2020 - 1 mins
After a surfing weekend, Simon Smart ponders those moments where our breath is taken away by the sheer awe of life and existence....
27th May 2020 - 1 mins
Reflecting on the new series The Last Dance, Simon Smart writes on what Michael Jordan might have lost in his pursuit of success....
27th May 2020 - 1 mins
Reflecting on the new series The Last Dance, Simon Smart writes on what Michael Jordan might have lost in his pursuit of success....
1st May 2020 - 1 mins
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....
1st May 2020 - 1 mins
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....
11th Apr 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on how the Easter story still echoes in our society, despite churches being closed this Easter. ...
11th Apr 2020 - 1 mins
Simon Smart on how the Easter story still echoes in our society, despite churches being closed this Easter. ...
