RevShirleyMurphy
All Lives Matter - A Personal Reflection on Racism
"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...
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Oct 48 min
Who Was St. Francis of Assisi?
The patron saint of Italy, Francis of Assisi was a poor little man who astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel...
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Sep 303 min
Michaelmas the Feast of Michael and All Angels
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...
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Sep 132 min
How Love is expressed
'Serve one another humbly in love.' Galatians 5:13 NIV Love is mostly something you do instead of something you feel. Paul writes,...
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Aug 301 min
It’s all about attitude!
"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...
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Aug 271 min
God's amazing love for you
'Understand how wide, long, high, and deep his love is.' Ephesians 3:18 Paul writes: 'I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources...
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Aug 241 min
Beware of Self-pity
'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...
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Aug 217 min
Fear, fatigue, frustration and failure
At some time, we all face discouragement. Discouragement leads us to despair, to become depressed, unhappy, to lose hope. Let’s take a...
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Aug 191 min
Are you listening?
"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...
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Aug 164 min
Ruth - Much more than meets the Eye
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...
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Aug 157 min
Banyan Tree and Eternal Life
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass . . . and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind . . . and it was so.”...
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Aug 142 min
Heaven's Grocery Store - Author Unknown
As I was walking down life’s highway, many years ago I came upon a sign that read, “Heavens Grocery Store..” When I got a little closer,...
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Aug 133 min
"Melancholy", the emptiness that incapacitates us through grief
So I saw this sculpture art somewhere online, and then I regret not seeing it in real on my many travels to Europe. This sculpture is by...
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Apr 231 min
Muzzle your mouth!
'If you can control your tongue, you are mature.' James 3:2 The Bible say a lot about the dangers of the tongue. James devotes an entire...
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Apr 182 min
I am just going to take my ball and go home!
How many times have you heard the phrase, “I am just going to take my ball and go home!” We quickly think about a children’s playground...
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Mar 285 min
Enough, let us be going
Tonight we are remembering three significant actions of Jesus in the last day of his life, actions that are both firsts and lasts, the...
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Mar 185 min
Feast of St Patrick – 17th March
Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, lit. 'the Day of the Festival of Patrick'), is a religious...
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Mar 62 min
Overcoming Temptation
“Temptation...is common to man.” 1 Corinthians 10:13 Maybe you have heard it said that opportunity only knocks once, but temptation...
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Feb 73 min
Forgiveness or Bitterness?
'How often should I forgive a brother?' Matthew 18:21 The Bible says, 'Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother...
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Jan 133 min
Hannah - Exemplar of Faith
The beginning of the calendar year is always a great time for reflection – so many of us stop and think about the year past and start...
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