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

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. ~ Andre Gide What you deny to others will be...

Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned. (see Psalm 51) Mercy. That’s what it’s all about. As we began Lent this week on Wednesday, a...

“A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.” Luke 6:43 Conversely, it should be said that a good...

We celebrated the feast of St David today on 1st March. St David is the Patron Saint of Wales. Living in Wales and being married to a...

Peter began to say to Jesus, “We have given up everything and followed you.” Mark 10:28 Some are called to give up much and follow Christ....

This year will mark the 94th anniversary of Charles Kingsford Smith’s crossing of the Pacific Ocean in his three-engined monoplane named...

The reading from Mark 10:1-12 may be viewed as controversial by some. The first question that comes to mind is ‘What about the person...

“Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you, whoever does not...

“Everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if salt becomes insipid, with what will you restore its flavor? Keep salt in...

“And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail...

John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.”...

Do you like to be surprised? I guess it depends on what kind of surprise it is. Jesus once returned to his hometown Nazareth and went to...

Dear All, I am so sorry I have been unable to post any posts on my blog since Friday the 18th Feb 2022 as due to Storm Eunice the...

While the controversy over vaccines continues to rage on, it probably pales in comparison to the differences of opinion the Apostles...

Imagine that Saint James (James 1:19-27) lived among us today. Now, imagine that James is a fiery preacher of Christianity as it has...

The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. He sighed from the depth of...

“Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honours me with their lips, but their hearts are far from...

These days we are surrounded by ‘authorities’. They fill the pages of magazines. When we sit in front of the TV we are faced with an...

"What you give is what you get." I am sure that everyone of us have heard those words uttered again and again in our lives. They remain...

I’m sure most of you have either read or have heard of Lewis Carrol’s book Alice in Wonderland. Everything is back to front in the place...