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

What if I preached like John the Baptist? What if I was as blunt and direct as he is? What if one Sunday I began my sermon like this? “So...

Where is there light in your life and the world today? And where is there darkness in your life and the world today? I wouldn’t be...

An interview with me by Kitty Parsons of Pembrokeshire online about my journey from India to Wales. This is Part 3 of the interview....

The word "hope" in ordinary English vocabulary is generally distinguished from certainty. We would say, "I don't know what's going to...

After a tumultuous year, there is comfort to be found when we pause to read, pray, and reflect over the course of the Advent season in...

Today I am going to tell you the secret to life. You probably already know what I am going to tell you, though you may not have thought...

“And he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.” So what do you make of Matthew 25:...

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind,” and “You shall love your...

…Be ye holy; for I am holy. 1 Peter 1:16 I think everyone disagrees on what makes a good cup of coffee. With today’s hot coffee trend,...

An interview with me by Kitty Parsons of Pembrokeshire online about my journey from India to Wales. This is Part 2 of the interview....

I shook my head in disbelief. This couldn't be the right place. After all, I couldn't possibly be welcome here. I had been given an...

"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32). There may be no...

This is an interview done by Roy Jenkins of BBC Radio Wales on their program ALL THINGS CONSIDERED on the subject of Patience this...

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling...

Good morning, As you got up I watched and hoped you would talk to me. Just a few words, such as thanking me for something good in your...

As I recall my own life of prayer, prayers I have heard, and conversations I have had about prayer I can’t help but wonder if the coke...

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...

As the sun brightens with every new dawn, our view of what the day will bring can dim. We often cannot see what the coming hours hold for...

We’re called to live our lives in a way that manifests real courage. C.S. Lewis wrote, “Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the...

An interview with me by Kitty Parsons of Pembrokeshire online about my journey from India to Wales. This is Part 1 of the interview....