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

Contentment is not simply about settling for what we have, but trusting in what God has said. Both anxiety and greed rise in our hearts...

Some days ago my aunt sent me this list of spiritual one-liners. I want to share that list with you. I have no idea where my aunt got...

"Oh, what a happy soul I am, / although I cannot see! / I am resolved that in this world / Contented I will be." Frances Jane Crosby was...

Many of the greatest fears in life come not from what we can see, but from what we can’t — from the next unpredictable natural disaster,...

Resilience is the quality of being able to adapt to stressful life changes and “bouncing back” from hardship. Resilience is a response to...

This year the Harvest has been the strangest year of most of our lives. As churches and communities across the UK prepare to celebrate...

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! Chances are, you started humming along as you read those Amazing Grace...

"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...