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

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...

“I think that suffering makes belief in God impossible,” an atheist thundered at the group of people, some Christians and some...

Can you remember a time in your life when everything seemed very certain and sure? You may need to go back a while. I recall as a child...

The pastor of a church is in a precarious position; he can't please everyone! It has been said: If he is young, he lacks experience; if...

One Sunday morning an old cowboy entered a church just before services were to begin. Although the old man and his clothes were...

In the middle of the fourth century lived a young man by the name of Augustine. His mother, Monica was a devout Christian; his father a...

The richest soil in our yard sits over an old garbage pile. While digging up parts of the garden there, I have discovered old plastic...

Did you know...? That Joan of Arc was only seventeen when she was riding at the head of the army that liberated France from the English?...

Howard County Sheriff Jerry Marr got a disturbing call one Saturday afternoon a few months ago. His 6-year-old grandson, Mikey, had been...

We all know what a pirate’s favourite letter of the alphabet is. What is it? Rrrr? And what were those three important subjects we had at...

Please watch this video from Julian's new YOU TUBE CHANNEL called THE AWAKENING. Men's Mental Health... If this video reaches out to just...

"God manages perfectly, day and night, year in and year out, the movements of the stars, the wheeling of the planets, the staggering...

If you own just one Bible, you are abundantly blessed. 1/3 of the world does not have access to even one. If you woke up this morning...

I'm sure many of you have seen the musical production My Fair Lady either on stage or the movie. The story line is simple. Professor...