Rediscovering Christianity

Orthodoxy is speaking about our faith in ways that keep open the pilgrimage towards the mystery. *

The people had the scriptures in their possession but they had not turned to the spirit that would let them see where they came from, the spirit of God itself, which is the key to open them. **

The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? ***

Instead of pushing your body around with only your muscles and your mind, you learn to be guided from within… ****

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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, belong to a local Anglican church, and practice contemplation, yoga, and Quaker spirituality.

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

I aim to post new content every week or so - enough to keep things rolling, but not so often that I don’t have another life.

To get a sense of the vision for the blog, please see my first post here

Unless otherwise stated, all writing, drawings, and photographs are my own.

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.

* Tim Radcliffe, What is the Point of Being a Christian? (2005).

** George Fox, Journal (1657), in Rex Ambler (ed.), Truth of the Heart (2001).

*** Jesus, in the Gospel of John, 3: 7-10.

**** Erich Schiffmann, Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness (1996) p.49.