RevShirleyMurphy
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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RevShirleyMurphy
Mar 285 min read
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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RevShirleyMurphy
Mar 185 min read
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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RevShirleyMurphy
Mar 62 min read
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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RevShirleyMurphy
Feb 73 min read
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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RevShirleyMurphy
Jan 133 min read
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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RevShirleyMurphy
Jan 111 min read
Why go to Church on Sundays?- Author Unknown
A church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. 'I've gone...
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RevShirleyMurphy
Dec 27, 20234 min read
St Stephen's Day
It is clear that Stephen the saint was beloved of the Creator, who bestowed special blessings upon Stephen. He was full of power and...
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RevShirleyMurphy
Dec 21, 20237 min read
Christian Meaning of Christmas Decorations
Christmas is filled with symbols, many of which have lost their Christian symbolism in a secular world. Here you will find the Christian...
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RevShirleyMurphy
Dec 11, 20234 min read
Anxiety
'Casting all your care upon him.' 1 Peter 5:7 Anxiety is excessive concern. If left unchecked, it robs you of confidence, joy, peace,...
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RevShirleyMurphy
Dec 7, 20237 min read
December 7 – Feast of Saint Ambrose, Bishop & Doctor
To avoid dissensions we should be ever on our guard, more especially with those who drive us to argue with them, with those who vex and...
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RevShirleyMurphy
Dec 6, 20235 min read
December 6th - Feast Day of St Nicholas of Bari, Bishop of Myra
St. Nicholas (flourished 4th century, Myra, Lycia, Asia Minor [near modern Demre, Turkey]; Western feast day December 6; Eastern feast...
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RevShirleyMurphy
Dec 2, 20235 min read
Advent – Traditions around the world
During the darkest days of winter, Christians prepare for one of their religion’s most important holidays during the season of Advent....
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RevShirleyMurphy
Nov 29, 20233 min read
Prophecy fulfilled.
The passion of Jesus Christ stands alone as the most important event creation has ever known. The Bible tells us that long before the...
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RevShirleyMurphy
Nov 22, 20232 min read
Become! Become! Become! - John Roedel
The following is the "Hey God. Hey John." post that started going viral in the Spring of 2020. Nine months later we estimate that it has...
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RevShirleyMurphy
Nov 12, 20233 min read
Work on your character...
'The righteous man walks in his integrity.' Proverbs 20:7 Abraham Lincoln said, “Your core values are the deeply held beliefs that...
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RevShirleyMurphy
Nov 11, 20234 min read
Remembrance Day 2023
Memories have a habit of ambushing us when we least expect it, the sound of a song that reminds us of our first love, the smell of a...
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RevShirleyMurphy
Nov 10, 20232 min read
Care for the needy...
'He defended the cause of the poor and needy...so all went well.' Jeremiah 22:16 When he was a theology student, Jim Wallis and some of...
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RevShirleyMurphy
Nov 8, 20234 min read
Fear
According to the Dictionary, Fear is “an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger and accompanied by...
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RevShirleyMurphy
Oct 29, 20236 min read
Bible Sunday
Recently, our world has been so severely disrupted that it has left many of us confused and dislocated. At times, it feels like one has...
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