Rediscovering Christianity

This is the blog of Mark Crozier Murphy, rediscovering Christianity as an adult. I live in Aotearoa New Zealand with my wife and kids. I work as a psychotherapist. 

This blog is made with the support and expertise of my son, Arlo, without whom I would still be yelling at this screen.

I was baptized at St Anne’s, Mazagaon, in Mumbai, India, but the parish I most remember in my earliest years was All Saints (Anglican) Church, Malabar Hill. Our parents gave us an ecumenical (Roman Catholic and Anglican) upbringing in both India and (mainly) New Zealand, being members and attenders of both Roman Catholic and Anglican parishes. As an adult, I spent many formative years as a parishioner of  St Luke’s in the City, Christchurch.

In writing this section, I am shocked to finally realize that the major New Zealand churches that have been formative for me - Our Lady Star of the Sea, Sumner (where I was confirmed), the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, All Saints Anglican Church, Sumner, and St Luke’s Anglican Church (where I was married and had both by children baptized) - were all destroyed in the 2010 Canterbury Earthquakes. 

I am now a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and find a home in both Quaker and Anglican traditions. 

All quotes from the Bible, unless otherwise stated, are taken from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), Catholic Edition. 

I hope you enjoy reading, looking, and listening in, and that it supports your own discoveries.