"Welcome to this fresh world of story." Eugene Peterson, author of The Message
"Warning: Murray Pura is dangerous to your complacency." JI Packer, author of Knowing God
The stories in this collection have been selected from different sources ? my book, Mister Good Morning (Regent College Publishing, Vancouver, Canada, 1999); CRUX magazines published by Regent College in the early 21st century; new stories that are seeing the first light of day with this volume. These are journey stories, stories for the pilgrim heart and those on a quest for greater spiritual reality and depth. Nothing comes easy for the heroes and heroines of these tales but the most important things never do. My story is among those here. Maybe yours is too. I invite you to open the book and become a part of this ongoing odyssey.
"Pura opens our eyes to see, not God in our stories, but our stories in God's story." Eugene Peterson (1932-2018)
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Murray Pura's novel The Sunflower Season won Best Contemporary Romance (Word Awards, Toronto, 2022) while previously, The White Birds of Morning was Historical Novel of the Year (Word Awards, Toronto, 2012). Far on the Ringing Plains won the Hemingway Award for WW2 Fiction (2022) and its sequel, The Scepter and the Isle, was shortlisted for the same award (both with Patrick Craig). Murray has been a finalist for the Dartmouth Book Award, The John Spencer Hill Literary Award, and the Kobzar Literary Award. He lives in southwestern Alberta.