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

"Every race of people since time began who have attempted to describe their world by words, or by paintings, or by carvings... have...

How do we choose what path to take? We have more opportunities than any generation before us. Technology, material wealth, and a global...

Jarena Lee (1783-1864) was the first authorised female preacher in the African Methodist church and the first African American woman to...

Dedicated in passionate pursuit of God’s calling on her life, Amy Carmichael has been an inspiration to many missionaries over the past...

Onward, Christian Soldiers” was written in 1865 with no intention of ever being published, especially in adult hymn books. Rev. Sabine...

This is an article in the local newspaper about the United Harvest Drive in service which I led yesterday (4th October 2020) afternoon....

When the Apostle Paul lists sins, he especially identifies out-of-control desires that express themselves in sensuality and anger, with...

If you want your prayer life to be shaped by the word of God — as I hope you do! — you cannot do better than to make the Psalms a central...

Whether we acknowledge it or not, we do have a lot of free time in each day that we could be using to feed our souls. Often, we spend our...

You were made for friendship with God. God does not just want us to know about him; he wants us to know him — and to experience his...

It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a giant orange and was starting to dip into the blue ocean....

The Old Testament gives us many men and women of faith from whom we can learn valuable lessons from. One such man, Nehemiah, was a...

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because . . . it is the quality which guarantees all others. —Winston Churchill...

This is a Psalm of David that he composed when his son Absalom started a "coup" to overthrow his father and take over the kingdom. Like...

And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory. 1...

The romantic gesture of leaving padlocks on bridges has swept the world, putting the famous structures at risk. Love locks have gained in...

It seems that no one is a big fan of rules. I get that. I am someone who is always prone in breaking rules right from when I was a child....

Joel is one of the Minor Prophets. That does not mean he is a “lesser” prophet. It simply means that the twelve Minor Prophets (Hosea,...

Saint Francis of Assisi abandoned a life of luxury for a life devoted to Christianity after reportedly hearing the voice of God, who...

A man's daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed...