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

Please watch this video from Julian's new YOU TUBE CHANNEL called THE AWAKENING. Do you have 'faith' in faith healers? Have you ever...

As we rolled five-year-old Mary into the MRI room, I tried to imagine what she must be feeling. She had suffered a stroke that left half...

Several centuries ago in a mountain village in Europe, a wealthy nobleman wondered what legacy he could leave to his townspeople. He made...

Some years ago when I was working in London one of my Palestinian friends spoke at a conference which I attended. It was an eye opener...

A tiny drop of water washed away the land and buildings fell, floating away with other people's dreams. Roadways planned and formed by...

For all the negative things we say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for it. You say: "It's impossible" God says: All things are...

The young man had lost his job and didn't know which way to turn. So he went to see the old preacher. Pacing about the preacher's study,...

I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing...

God, grant me the Serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the Courage to change the one I can, and the Wisdom to know it's me !!! ...

If today's media got a hold of these Biblical stories . . . On Red Sea crossing: WETLANDS TRAMPLED IN LABOR STRIKE Pursuing...

People have problems with God commanding Abraham to sacrifice his only son and the willingness of Abraham to carry it out. Scholars have...

With the Olympics in Athens on the horizon in 2004, Ian Thorpe was training for his swimming events. I had read that he has a training...

There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in the beautiful stores. They both liked antiques and pottery and especially...

His name is Bill. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans and no shoes. This was literally is wardrobe for his entire...

At first, I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong; so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell...

There are some things that happen that leave a permanent mark on our lives. We are never the same again. Some of these life-changing...

You Will Never Be Sorry . . . . . . for thinking before acting. . . . for hearing before judging. . . . for forgiving your enemies. . . ....

A newly arrived soul in Heaven was met by St. Peter. The saint toured the soul around Heaven. Both of them walked side by side inside a...

Please watch this video from Julian's new YOU TUBE CHANNEL called THE AWAKENING. Are we alone in the universe? Are we being watched? Is...

A rich man went to his vicar and said, "I want you and your wife to take a three month trip to the Holy Land at my expense. When you come...