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

1. Your thumb is nearest to you. So, begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you. They are the easiest to remember. To pray...

I've learned that you can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk. Age 6 I've learned that I like my teacher because she cries when...

· Smile at a stranger · Drop a coin where a child can find it · Learn something new and teach it to someone · Tell...

Have you ever been surrounded by darkness and longed for light? I hate driving in the dark and especially to places where I have never...

USA Today in its 3/10/03 edition had a large article on two Cowboy Churches in Texas. They printed the Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted...

We need to learn to praise the Lord as much for a closed door as we do an open door. The reason God closes doors is because He has not...

The term “New Year” has something magical about it. At the first of January a brand new year lies ahead of us and for me personally it is...

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire. If you did, what would there be to look forward to? Be thankful when you...

A 10 year old little girl was asked by another classmate, “what is it like to be a Christian?” The girl replied, “it’s like being a...

1. TODAY I WILL NOT STRIKE BACK: If someone is rude, if someone is impatient, if someone is unkind... I will not respond in a like...

One day, a man went to visit a church. He arrived early, parked his car, and got out. Another car pulled up near him, and the driver told...

You know, time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was a young...

Please watch this video from Julian's YOUTUBE CHANNEL called THE AWAKENING. How to overcome Loneliness? Please watch, like and share and...

The young man had lost his job and didn't know which way to turn. So, he went to see the old preacher. Pacing about the preacher's study,...

“Advent” is a rather odd word; you don’t often hear it in everyday conversation. Some may use it to mean “onset,” as in the advent of an...

Dear Mom, We're still in Bethlehem -- Mary and I and little Jesus. There were lots of things I couldn't tell you about last summer. You...

A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home church in Michigan... While serving at a small field hospital in...

It occurs to me that I have a lot in common with a pencil. That's right – a simple and humble little pencil. Not the fancy mechanical...

Perhaps the most quoted poem on war, In Flanders Fields was first published in December 1915 after it was penned by Canadian physician...