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

Fear is a human response that is part of every person. One day at a busy airport, the passengers on a commercial airliner are seated,...

Tomb by Ann Lewin The place of remembering: whereas the work of grief is done, memory recovers its perspective. Letting the dead one go,...

For a moment, I want you to think of things that at the time were very important to you but have long since gone or perhaps have been...

Isn’t it great to get something new? Perhaps it’s something that you had saved for. You could hardly wait for it to be delivered. Maybe...

“Do you want to be something, or do you want to do something?” That’s the question a friend of mine was asked by his spiritual director...

A middle-aged woman joined a pastor's class. She said that she had a religious up-bringing back in her youth but wanted to "get in touch...

There is a story about a congregation that was plagued with conflict. The two sides could never agree on anything. It so happened that...

On 11th Sep 2001 we woke up to the news that thousands of people had lost their lives in a terrorist attack on New York and Washington....

As you well know, we are getting closer to my birthday. Every year there is a celebration in my honour, and I think that this year the...

I showered and shaved, I adjusted my tie. I got there and sat in a pew just in time. Bowing my head in prayer, as I closed my eyes, I saw...

Dear Lord, Every single evening As I'm lying here in bed This tiny little prayer Keeps running through my head. God bless all my family...

Please watch this video from Julian's new YOU TUBE CHANNEL called THE AWAKENING. Are you afraid of Dying? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

I Am Thankful for... The messes to clean after a party because it means friends have surrounded me. The taxes I pay because it means that...

Freda Bright says, "Only in opera do people die of love." It's true. You really can't love somebody to death. I've known people to die...

1. Keep skid chains on your tongue; always say less than you think. Cultivate a low, persuasive voice. How you say it, counts, more than...

"Ye, though I walk through the valley of shadow of death, I will fear no evil." The journey each of us walks is not always a meadow full...

Joe recently started going to a church and his excitement about this new experience was evident. One of his friends, who was often...

Please watch this video from Julian's new YOU TUBE CHANNEL called THE AWAKENING. Do you judge a book by it's cover? Please watch, like...

A school boy wanted £50 badly to buy his mum something special for her birthday and prayed to God for a whole week, but nothing happened....

Maybe you’ve listened into chatter between kids and heard something like this (I can remember being involved in something like this when...