Director of the Centre for Public Christianity in Sydney, Australia. Host Life & Faith podcast.
Joined December 2011
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Barney Zwartz reflects on the role and legacy of Pope Francis @cpx_tweet
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Writing for @TheAge, Simon Smart invites us this Easter—eighty years after Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s execution by the Nazis—to learn from a man who spoke of living “life to the full” from within the walls of Flossenbürg concentration camp.
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Easter 80 years ago Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged. What does his life (and death) have to teach us today? Wrote this for the Age and Herald smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-an…
Trump’s behaviour reveals what he thinks about the US’s role in the world smh.com.au/world/north-ameri…
Wrote this for the Guardian. We are a death-haunted culture. @cpx_tweet theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Jimmy Carter: A challenged presidency, a life of moral courage smh.com.au/world/north-ameri…
It was so good to speak with investigative journalist Nick McKenzie for Life & Faith podcast. Lots here on the war crimes investigation and “The defamation case of the century”. @cpx_tweet
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“The subject matter for someone as personally invested as Winton could pose a risk that he become preachy — a cardinal sin for a novelist. But here we are in safe hands.”
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Wrote this on Tim Winton’s latest novel, Juice. Had a big impact on me!
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Nick Cave and Faith born out of tragedy @cpx_tweet smh.com.au/culture/music/doe…
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With the release of my The End of Men? book and Father’s Day approaching I’ve been contemplating what a gift it has been to have had a great Dad (who is still around at 88). 1/9
Tim Costello offers a worthy challenge to the PM here
CPX Senior Fellow, @TimCostello writes this stirring call in The Sydney Morning Herald for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to lead Australia in banning gambling ads on free-to-air television.
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CPX Director @simonjonsmart joined @RevBillCrews on @2GB873 about The End of Men?, his newest book on masculinity.
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Inspiring conversation. Incredible work changing people’s lives
This week on Life & Faith, reconstructive surgeon Tertius Venter tells @SimonJonSmart how his life changed forever when he saw how much he could impact the lives of desperate people.
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Really loved this conversation. Confronting. Inspiring
This week on Life & Faith, reconstructive surgeon Tertius Venter tells @SimonJonSmart how his life changed forever when he saw how much he could impact the lives of desperate people.
Listen here: buff.ly/3ApBzXN
Really excited to announce this event for CPX. Get your tickets early
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We have some news. The iconic Australian novelist, @timmwinto is this years Richard Johnson Lecture speaker. The Richard Johnson Lecture is for everyone of every belief background and this year we are holding it in Sydney on October 21st. 🎟publicchristianity.org/rjl20…
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"Donald Trump should meet my kids. His reluctance to acknowledge that someone can have parents of different ethnicities plays to a sad but common modern cultural illiteracy around mixed-race families."
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Max Jeganathan @cpx_tweet @smh on his response to Donald Trump as the Dad of mixed race kids
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Why are boys struggling so much? This week on Life & Faith, Justine Toh interviews @simonjonsmart about his new book The End of Men?. Simon reflects on the challenges and offers thoughts on how to create cultures where boys can flourish.
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