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

An article which I wrote for the Pembrokeshire Online welcoming the New year and reflecting on the past year. Enjoy reading it....

I never make New Year's Resolutions, anymore," my friend told me, "I never keep them, anyway." I can remember all too many resolutions...

When the celebrations and fuss of Christmas have subsided, many people gear up for the New Year, which is often another social time with...

Every year part of our preparation for Christmas is the greening of the church. We set up and decorate the Christmas trees. We hang...

They left their home, the new cradle still swinging from the rafters. Night after night the aroma of fresh-cut wood had filled the room...

No love that in a family dwells, No carolling in frosty air, Nor all the steeple–shaking bells Can with this single Truth compare – That...

Please watch this video from Julian's new YOU TUBE CHANNEL called THE AWAKENING. Relax and enjoy some soothing music with beautiful film....

Peace and goodwill in Christ! You are no doubt being overwhelmed with cards, appeals, and the typical hustle and bustle of Christmas, so...

As Christmas is celebrated by Christians around the world today it will be done in many languages and with a wide variety of customs and...

On the night Jesus was born, Mary and Joseph were arriving at the end of a long and tiring journey, around 80 miles on foot from Nazareth...

Let us adore baby Jesus in the manger. A baby easily wins the heart and love of anyone with human feelings, but how much more does this...

Christmas markets, Christmas dinners with friends, secret Santa, mince pies, mulled wine, carol services, and time with family and...

Can you imagine Christmas without music? At this time of the year, we do more singing than at any other. Christmas carols are sung at...

During the Advent season we traditionally sing the Song of Mary and join with her in praising God for the special thing that he has done...

As we try to imagine what it was like that first Christmas, we build an image in our mind of a stable or a cave where animals are kept,...

Christmas is a time of surprises. We love to see the look of excitement and surprise on the faces of children as they open their...

Eleazar became the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born...

Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the Kingdom of God before you. When John came to you...

A dad was telling the story about the Christmas he and his wife agreed to let their baby son be the baby Jesus in the retelling of...

Darkness has the ability to change people’s behaviour. There are many examples but one of the more interesting was conducted at a...