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

In the movie “Rumor Has It”, the main character Sarah Huttinger has unsettling questions and doubts about who she is. She's searching...

One of my all time favourite hymns is “Count your Blessings.” The refrain in that hymns goes like this. Count your blessings, name them...

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. I love this quote as it tells us that...

You must have heard of people saying that the sky is the limit, and the world is the oyster. When we are going through a tough time and...

One of my favourite movies is Forrest Gump. In this movie there is a very well known phrase which many of us would have heard from many...

According to the Cambridge Dictionary the meaning of waiting is described as “to allow time to go by, especially while staying in one...

Our brain is a very strange thing. Ambiguity and uncertainty play a big role in this important organ, and it is this organ which gives us...

'Busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.' 1 Timothy 5:13 The Bible says gossip is nothing less than 'meddling in...

“The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests. But when...

'He will give you another Comforter, and he will never leave you.' John 14:16 Remember dinner without mobile devices? Friends and family...

“Are you envious because I am generous?” Matthew 20:15b This line comes from the parable of the landowner who hired workers at five...

“But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.” Matthew 19:30 This little line, tucked in at the end of today’s...

“The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”...

Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!” Luke 12:49 This passage...

“Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” After he placed his hands on...

“‘You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to. Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant, as...

Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of...

“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this...

Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.” Luke 12:32...

“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.” Matthew 16:24 There is a very important word in...