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

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....

Ruth looked at the envelope again. There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address. She read the letter one more time... Dear...

"Why was my burden so heavy?" I slammed the bedroom door and leaned against it. Is there no rest from this life? I wondered. I stumbled...

"Patience is a virtue." We're all familiar with that cliche, and many of us know that patience is listed by Paul in Galatians 5:22-23 as...

Wishing to encourage her young son's progress on the piano, a mother took the small boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated,...

“If I just had more faith….” I think most of us have struggled with that at some point in our lives. If I just had more faith I wouldn’t...

Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of the...

Encourage one another and build one another up. (1 Thessalonians 5:11) The word “hope” generally expresses two different ideas. The more...

In speaking of prayer I often distinguish between a “life of prayer” and a “prayer life.” It seems much of our life today is...

There hasn’t been one day in over two hundred years without some kind of war on earth. Political, tribal, religious, territorial, civil,...

It’s in the tightening of your chest, the bile in your throat, and the knot in your stomach. It flashes in lightning fast, infecting...

“Try and look for the good in others” is a statement many people will have heard from childhood, yet in society there is a distinct lack...

The text for Beatitudes for a Global Pandemic was written by Jayne Manfredi, based on Matthew Chapter 5 Sources...