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

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...

We know her for her sorrow. She longed for a son, but couldn’t have children. We know her for her faithfulness. She never gave up hope...

The Book of Job is one of the literary masterpieces of all time, and provides a profound discussion on the suffering of a just man. The...

We have all experienced anger at some point in our lives, and it can be a real problem. Though it starts as a harmless feeling, it can...

“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it” (Hebrews 13:2)....

In the early 16th century, Albrecht Dürer created the pen and ink drawing we know of as Praying Hands, or Betende Hände in German. The...

God exists everywhere and anywhere. He is eternal and omnipresent. And not only is he present everywhere, he is everywhere pursuing us....

One of the fascinating things about Christianity is how very different the great men and women of God are. George Müller (1805–1898) was...

In the midst of every personal or national tragedy, the cry of the human heart is very much, ‘Where is God?’ The problem of pain and...

Psalm 119 shows us that the Word of God should have top priority in our lives. It stands as the giant among the Psalms - it is the...

Movie-goers boarded boats floating on the shimmering waters of a Tel Aviv lake on Thursday for a test screening at Israel's first...

John Bunyan is known throughout the world as the author of The Pilgrim’s Progress, one of the greatest classics in the English language....

We know precious little about Julian – even her name is unclear. She gives away almost no personal information in her Revelations of...

Mary Jones was born in December 1784 at Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, a small hamlet in one of the deep valleys of North Wales. It was a...