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

What about your death gives meaning to your life today? In what ways is death inviting you to live more fully, to connect more deeply...

Have you ever been out trekking that at times was difficult with steep climbs that left you exhausted? In other places, the trail was...

Let me start with a piece of trivia. About 600 years ago England’s graveyards were filling up so it was decided to reuse the graves. As...

Today’s liturgy places Jesus’ passion front and centre. It’s a long reading. It’s hard to listen to; the betrayal, the pain, the death....

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to...

If a label is to be given to the people of the early years of 21st century, I think a good one would be "The Impatient Generation". We...

Is God silent? That’s a very real question. It’s certainly real for the Christian lying on a hospital bed of pain and not finding any...

There are a whole series of answers to the question, "How many Christians does it take to change a light build?" Roman Catholics: None....

I decided that today I would talk about the story about Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 22:1-14). We often call it the sacrifice of Isaac. The...

In Luke 13:6-9 it is reported to Jesus that there were some Galileans who were worshipping at the temple, when Pilate set in troops and...

Jack took a long look at his speedometer before slowing down: 73 in a 55 zone. The flashing red in his rear-view mirror insisted he pull...

In Phoenix, Arizona, a 26-year-old mother stared down at her 6-year-old son, who was dying of terminal leukaemia. Although her heart was...

Q: What is the shortest chapter in the Bible? A: Psalms 117 Q: What is the longest chapter in the Bible? A: Psalms 119 Q: Which chapter...

Effective immediately, please be aware that there are changes YOU need to make in YOUR life. These changes need to be completed in order...

The older I get and the more of life I experience, the more tentative life becomes. There are no guarantees. The certainty of naiveté and...

Each year on the fourth Sunday of Lent, countries around the world celebrate Mothering Sunday. This typically involves lavishing Mums...

If not for God's Word, the human race may have been forced to learn their virtues from God's other creations. For instance, we may have...

John Harper was born to a pair of solid Christian parents on May 29th, 1872. It was on the last Sunday of March 1886 when he was thirteen...

We don’t know the exact time and date of when ladders were invented, but it is believed the first ones date back several thousand years....

In the Bible, rain is a symbol of God’s blessing or His displeasure. Rain can bring refreshment, enable crop growth, and help produce a...