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

Sherlock Holmes, the great detective who had solved many mysteries, and Dr. Watson, his companion, went on a camping trip. After a good...

Music has a way of dividing us. Turn on music in a car full of people and you will get a car full of mixed reactions. But there are...

You know what it’s like when you are walking along and you miss a step, right? You stumble and twist. You can’t get your balance back....

Encourage one another. (1 Thessalonians 5:11) Does encouragement seem to you a good, but small, thing? To me, it is huge. I want to...

Please watch this video from Julian's new YOU TUBE CHANNEL called THE AWAKENING. Take a few moments to relax with some beautiful...

He’s dead. She has died. Those are the words we dread to hear. They are especially painful when someone close to us, someone who has...

It was a gift from my parents back in 1994. For weeks I had waited, and there it was a brand-new Bible, from Mum and Dad: A New Kings...

For a moment, imagine you have been invited to a wedding and you need to buy some new clothes for this special occasion. The best that...

Please watch this video from Julian's new YOU TUBE CHANNEL called THE AWAKENING. This video talks about, "Are you living the life that...

I would say that that the topic most often talked about in conversation is what’s wrong with our world. We talk about the death of...

“Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” – Mark 10:17-31. I wonder what drove the man to Jesus. I wonder what was going on...

A newspaper ran a little item entitled: "In Times of Stress, Just Call on Rover". It goes like this: "When it comes to times of stress,...

Can you imagine the joy and excitement of Mary and Martha and all their friends? Lazarus had been dead but now here he is walking,...

Please watch this video from Julian's new YOU TUBE CHANNEL called THE AWAKENING. This video talks about taking a look to see if your past...

“Let us go across to the other side.” Mark 4:35-41. In some ways that short phrase describes the spiritual life. Jesus is always taking...

There is a Hindu legend about a time when all humans were gods, but they abused that divinity. They so abused it that Brahma, the chief...

It’s a bit irreverent and certainly not scriptural but I have this mental picture of the disciples. It’s several years after Jesus’ death...

At our baptism, we are all asked the same question "Do you renounce the devil and all his works and all his ways?" Most likely, our...

It is divine to love those who hate. It is diabolical to hate and insult those who love. It is human to love those who love, to hate...

Some realities can become so familiar that we no longer see them. The painting fixed firmly on the living room wall eventually vanishes....