Cara L. T. Murphy Author

Such beauty.
Thank you, God.
I love my new friends.

Words cannot describe their beauty—this community of Slavic women in Missouri that welcomed me into their hearts along with the inquisitive One. The Unseen Feast was made available to all, and feast we did.
This woman of words has none to wrap around a moment such as this.

Author and Professor Holds Signing for Book Exploring Christ’s Questions - The Liberty Champion Question reluctance: the fear of leaning into questions. Or, rather, being more comfortable with answers. That is what Cara L.T. Murphy, a professor in the Rawlings School of Divinity and author of the book “The Inquisitive Christ” admitted she dealt with before writing the book. On Oct. 28, Mur...

In new book, School of Divinity professor explores the inquisitive side of Jesus » Liberty News Since childhood, Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity Assistant Professor Cara L.T. Murphy (’04, ’07) has had a love for the Bible and a desire to write about it. “What led me to Liberty in the first place...

069: The Inquisitive Christ – Part 2 of 2 [podcast] - Become Good Soil It’s my joy to invite you into part two of the Become Good Soil podcast series on The Inquisitive Christ with our winsome, American-born, Irish-bred lady of the questions, Cara Murphy.

He is still alive today.

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Thank you, Kahlib Fisher and Amazon Customer, for the lovely reviews of

Happy 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY to
He is exquisite, and he lavishes gift upon gift.
I am my Beloved’s, and my Beloved is mine.

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Happy Saint Patrick's Day to all the Irish and Irish-hearted.

A Wilderness Story Author Cara L. T. Murphy shares with Gospel Community Church her story of God's unorthodox manna in the wilderness. www.caraltmurphy.com/the-inquisitive-christ/

Congratulations to the four winners of signed hardcovers of
And they’re off!
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It’s Saint Patrick’s week. We remind ourselves that Christ’s presence encircles. We are NEVER alone.
“Until the day break and the shadows flee away”

So needed. The care of a soul, treasured by her Father. Fishing for me is an investment in and invitation to solitude and silence.
Now all I need is FISH.
Luke 5:7???

My friend sent this to me. It reminded us of Chapter 9 in , the metaphor of healing in sheep-shearing, and Jesus’ question: DO YOU WANT TO BE WELL?
“Imprisoned with abundance. Disabled by warmth. Sick with wool...We all, like sheep, are sick with wool. We’re simply drowning in what ails us” (p. 180-81).
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/02/24/barack-sheep-haircut-australia-lon-orig-tp.cnn

Baarack, the sheep with over 30kg of wool, gets a haircut - CNN Video A sheep that was wandering around the Australian bushland for years has received a much-needed trim after he was rescued by an animal sanctuary.

This breakdown by Dallas Willard is both helpful and challenging.

A lesson from the dirt today.
God wants to be the pebble in my shoe. He wants—with every step I take, every placing of my foot—to be remembered, felt, known. His is both a sharp kindness and kind sharpness.

Jesus stayed with us today. If we asked him to look away, he still stayed. If we forgot all about him, he stayed. If we were confused or bored or frustrated with the kids, he stayed. If we went to anything else for life, he stayed.
Basically, he stayed all day.
He’s a Stayer.

In the silence of the heart You speak.

You Speak - Audrey Assad Title: You SpeakTrack: 11Artist: Audrey AssadAlbum: Fortunate FallYear: 2013

Emmanuel waits to be wanted.
I choose to be with Jesus today—All. Day. Long.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Od0-Z6jfsEg

Low lie the bounding heart, the teeming brain
‘Til, sent from God, they mount to God again.
—Henry Montague Butler

God, I want to give You every minute of this year.
I shall try to keep You in mind every moment of my waking hours…
I shall try to let You be the speaker and direct every word.
I shall try to let You direct my acts.
I shall try to learn Your language.
—Frank Laubach

This question is brilliant, disruptive, and ever so kind. He’s asking—and He waits.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/154603837X/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=

“He is reluctant to offer answers before exploring questions.”
said of Frederick Buechner, in Munroe’s book Reading Buechner
Could also be said of Another.

“You cannot drift into a life of constant companionship with Jesus any more than you can drift into marriage.”
—Dallas Willard
I must make the decision to do this.
Daily. Moment by moment. I pledge myself to Jesus.
I am utterly resolved.

This Flower, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor
The darkness everywhere.
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death He saves us
And lightens every load
—“Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”

I am so thankful for this kind Amazon review. Praying over each and every reader—that we might receive his questions ever deeper into our hearts, and that the questions themselves would be the road to his heart.
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This hangs in our Feasting Room, reminding each Murphy that we are the delight of the good and loving Godhead. Inexplicable, fathomless chesed is the banner over us.

Sabbath JOY

Look what St Nicholas left this Celtic pilgrim in her boot last night!
He gets me.

A question Jesus is offering me today (Mark 2:8). Perhaps it is for you, too.
“What,” he asks, “are you thinking in your hearts?”
Choosing to linger in this moment with the Inquisitive Christ.
https://caraltmurphy.com/the-inquisitive-christ/

The girls and I learning how to make pie crusts. Not for the faint of heart.