Rev Shirley Murphy
The thoughts, reflections, faith stories and meanderings of a 
Church in Wales Priest

The amazing story of Charles Blondin, a famous French tightrope walker, is a wonderful illustration of what true faith is. Do you know...

Elisabeth Elliot was one of the most influential Christian women of the twentieth century. Her books were considered staples in many...

William Cowper is known to many only as the author of the words of the hymn “Praise for the Fountain Opened,” based on Zechariah 13:1....

Brilliant people in all walks of life can inspire us, showing us the way to improve our own performance. It is natural that we want to...

In the 1860s, female missionaries found that one of the more strategic ways to communicate the gospel was to recruit local Chinese women...

If you don't know the inner strength of an Indian woman with a divine call, you haven't met Pandita Ramabai. Born in the second half of...

John Harper was born to a pair of solid Christian parents on May 29th, 1872. It was on the last Sunday of March 1886 when he was thirteen...

Hannah’s story is found in 1 Samuel chapters 1 and 2. Many of us have emotions associated with our life stories. Mainly because we are...

The book of Jeremiah is one of the longest books of the Old Testament. It is also one of the most thrilling. The author of this book is...

"He [Handel] would frequently declare the pleasure he felt in setting the Scriptures to music, and how contemplating the many sublime...

St. John, Apostle and Evangelist's feast day is celebrated on December 27 and he is the Patron Saint of Turkey. St. John the Apostle, the...

Today, as you know very well, is December 26th but what you may not know is today is St. Stephen’s Day. Today is named after the first...

"At last meditating day and night, by the mercy of God, I began to understand that the righteousness of God is that through which the...

SHE HAS BEEN CALLED A SAINT. A heretic. “A diamond among pebbles.” Who was this illiterate French peasant girl, who in fifteen months...

DURING his 1920 tour of Europe, the Indian convert to Christianity Sundar Singh (1889–1929?) was proclaimed a living “Apostle and a...

Joni Eareckson Tada has lived in a wheelchair for more than forty years due to a diving accident at age seventeen. She is the founder of...

Moses’ story is told in the Book of Exodus, but it starts in Genesis with the story of Abraham and his family with whom God makes a...

Judas’s name is the Greek version of the Hebrew “Judah” which roughly means “Praise” or “Let God Be Praised.” However, the origin of...

Millions of people voted in an online poll in 2015 to have the face of Harriet Tubman on the US$20 bill. But many like me did not know...

The Apostle Paul was one of the most influential leaders of the early Christian church. He played a crucial role in spreading the gospel...