Rev Shirley Murphy
The thoughts, reflections, faith stories and meanderings of an 
Anglican Priest

"You are just slaves. So go back to where you came from..." is what I was told by an elderly British lady when I was working in a travel...

1. They love God and you a lot. (Be mindful.) 2. They are painfully limited human beings. (Be realistic.) 3. They probably have a pretty...

2024 is over. 2025 is here. As we stand here at the beginning of a New Year it is a good time to reflect on the year that is ending and...

Many songs we sing at Christmas are reminders that Christmastime is supposed to be happy. Songs like "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the...

They have spent their content of simpering, holding their lips this and that way, winding the lines between their brows. Old folks allow...

Candy canes have become a staple in households, both Christian and non-Christian, for Christmas. Candy Canes were not always striped....

“For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, do not cease...

"He is able to save...all who come to God through him." Hebrews 7:25   Back in 1996, Craig Randall was 23 years old, and he drove a...

In his letter James asks the question,  “Are there any among you who are in trouble?” (5:13). Jesus said,  “In this world you will have...

Gypsy Smith was, perhaps, the best loved evangelist of all time. When he would give his life story, the crowds that came to hear usually...

When Gandhi was studying law at the University College of London, a white professor, whose last name was Peters, disliked him intensely...

The patron saint of Italy, Francis of Assisi was a poor little man who astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel...

Michaelmas, or the Feast of Michael and All Angels, is celebrated on the 29th of September every year. As it falls near the equinox, the...

'Serve one another humbly in love.' Galatians 5:13 NIV   Love is mostly something you do instead of something you feel. Paul writes,...

"I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth." - Psalms 34:1 We got this email from a friend and...

'Understand how wide, long, high, and deep his love is.' Ephesians 3:18 Paul writes: 'I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources...

'No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.' 1 Corinthians 10:24   Self-pity can be deadly. It tells the wife and mother...

At some time, we all face discouragement.  Discouragement leads us to despair, to become depressed, unhappy, to lose hope.  Let’s take a...

"So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the...

The Book of Ruth relates that Ruth and Orpah, two women of Moab, had married two sons of Elimelech and Naomi, Judeans who had settled in...