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The Snowbird
A story for adults and young adults on memory, dream, relationship, time and the complexity of the human spirit.

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Benjamin Kraft was dreaming, day dreaming at his desk. He was thirty years old, and sat very neatly at his desk in the navy blazer and tie he had carefully chosen before leaving home this morning. Perched over a large pile of papers and filled with figures calling out to be checked, he knew what awaited him. All of these must be checked over with a fine-tooth comb. They had to be moved quickly to the "taken care of "pile on his tidy desk. It was what successful young accountants did. And yet, somehow he could not bring himself to do it.

"What is wrong with me this morning?" he thought; and then suddenly knew the answer.

It was the song. Whether he liked it or not, he was in the land of memory, and it was all because of that song. It was one of the costs of being an accountant with the heart of a poet. Accountants could ignore things like songs. Poets could not. Benjamin sighed, and thought of how this morning had begun…

Written by Michael D. Purvis

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The Sojourners
A story for young adults and adults on change,
growth, coming of age, and coming into our own.

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James and John lived a wonderful life as boys, and much of this was due to their delightful parents. Their parents were, you see, rather unusual sorts.

The mother of the family was a writer and an artist. This made her an especially sensitive and unique mother, who had keen powers of observation and who promoted this in her children.

The boys' father was a kind of renaissance man, a "man for all seasons," many said. He had been a cowboy in his youth and a rodeo rider. After his wild west days, he had for a large part of his life been a journalist who traveled all over the world. Finally, though, he settled with his beautiful artist-writer wife on a farm where this kindly and accomplished duo proceeded to make a rather idyllic life, publishing books and a newspaper together amongst other activities.

They loved their life on the farm, this unusual couple. They loved it all: riding horses, writing and publishing, growing their own organic food, and even running a small greenhouse which contained rare, hard to find plants. They were such interesting people and had many friends.

This begins our story. But as is wont to happen in life change quickly ensues for our little family. What will they do? How will they handle this change? Sit down, have a good read and see! We are all sojourners in life making our earthly journey, changing and growing and coming into our own!

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Written by Michael D. Purvis

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The Mountaintop
A Travel Journal of Greece, Growth and Transformation for Adults and Young Adults.

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I hope you enjoy being an armchair traveler through this book. I hope, too, it will inspire you to travel when you can. But always, whether you can physically travel or not, make an inner journey. Make a sojourn, a love-filled, spirit-filled experience of your life.

This is my prayer for you. Let there be mountaintop experiences, journeys of learning and heart expansion for each of you. And let us notice how nature, how people, how cultures and history reflect these journeys and these mountaintop experiences. No matter how dull we may perceive our lives to be, we human beings can expand our horizons if we open our minds, hearts, and spirits to the expansion.

May this book inspire you to record your own thoughts and feelings when you travel to a far away place or are just traveling through your own, seemingly ordinary life. May you see and experience beauty and love wherever you go!

Written by Michael D. Purvis

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Grandpa Steve and the Mysterious Chicken!
A story for children, youths and the young at heart
which helps to promote an appreciation for the importance of mystery, creativity, perseverance, and life-purpose.

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Grandpa Steve lived on a big farm. It was way out in the country, and a much farther distance than little Travis, Grandpa Steve's grandson, could ride on his bicycle. It was located on a large piece of property which lay past the convent, across the railroad tracks, and on the other side of the highway which carried everyone from the big city to the little town in which Travis lived.

And so begins our story. Who would guess that Grandpa Steve, whom little Travis so loved to visit, would come to change and help the whole world? Who would guess as well that Grammie Marnie, the long- suffering wife of Grandpa Steve was not the only other inhabitant of this farm? There was as well, co-existing on this farm, a 'mysterious chicken' embodying the presence of mystery, as well as other unseen intangible presences.

What were these presences? There was the unshakeable belief of Grammie Marnie and her daughter in the benign presence of Mother Mary who stood in her shrine down the road. There was, too, the belief in the presence of the mysterious chicken by Grandpa Steve and his grandson, Travis. And, there was the presence of perseverance in Grandpa Steve as he 'tinkered with all his test tubes.'

What would be the fruit of all these intangible yet oh so important presences? Could the mysterious chicken be the symbol for something important to the family who would come to witness a strange, unusual and wonderful event on this farm?

Written and Illustrated by Michael D. Purvis

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Goodbye Mr. Langsford
A story for young adults and adults focusing on the power of memory and the present moment to:
· co-exist and interweave in our hearts, minds and spirits
· move us, shape us, and transform us
· encourage us to consider the nature of time
· help us notice how our past and our present co-mingle
· consider our past, yet choose to be in our now

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Michael asks himself (and the reader too) if this merger of time "might not be a law of the universe, a part of the matrix of time"...
This is a crucial question, yet more importantly, this magical day is posing for both protagonist and reader not just questions about the nature of time, but also about our experience of it and our relationship to: the self, the world, those in the world, the past and the future. Come and drink from this inspiring little book. See if it does not instigate many questions, and perhaps, as well, help you to find some of your own answers, answers about your individual and unique relationship to yourself, your world, your past, present and future.

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by Michael D. Purvis

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A Most Unusual Boy
A Fable of Spiritual Discovery and Life-lessons
for Young Adults who Desire to Keep the Heart and Spirit Open to Guidance from Within!

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A boy whose father was a sojourner, a traveler, a lifelong seeker and student of humanity and wisdom is now a young man....
On the verge of manhood, he sets out to trace his father's footsteps, and see what he can learn.

Armed with gifts from many, with an innate ability to notice thoughtfully all he encounters and to trust his guidance from within...
he sets off on a magical journey, trusting, learning, and finding his truth and destiny along the way.

He seems indeed, a most unusual boy...
and has a great deal to teach us, as we follow his journey.

Young adults, adults, and youths alike will delight in this magical book of personal and mystical discovery!

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Tower of Longing
A Story for all those on the Road of Life… about Rites of Passage for a Beloved Son and his Widowed Father and Openness to Guidance from Within!

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By the side of the highway, a widowed father sits alone in the control room, behind the lone microphone of a tiny rural, radio station...

He alone spins the records and is the sole voice.

In between speaking and spinning...
he thinks of all he has lost in his life- his wife, his career, perhaps his hope.

What series of fates have brought him to this desolate rural setting?

Then, seemingly out of the blue,
comes the approach of his beloved son's departure for college and entry into the world...

In the light of this departure, he realizes
this tower and all it symbolizes does indeed now seem to have taken on a new meaning...

Adults and young adults alike will delight in this magical book of personal and mystical discovery!

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Considering a Solitary Life
A Journal which Contemplates becoming a Contemplative Solitary

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There was a time in my life when I was a young man, and very earnestly searching for God. It was a very lonely time for me, and the church, with its monastic traditions, eremitic traditions, contemplative tradition, prayer life, sacramentals, great saints and contemplatives appealed to me and comforted me a great deal. They still do.

I am on a broader, more universal spiritual path now, and decidedly not a solitary one. And yet, I feel that the journals I recorded during this period are of value to me and to those who might be on their own journey, wrestling with a life of contemplation, eremeticism, prayer or priesthood.

And so, I offer them humbly, to serve whatever positive purpose they might offer to seekers. Of course, you will find them highly influenced by Thomas Merton, for I had read, during this period in my life, his Seven Story Mountain, and other books by and about him. I made a trip to Gethsemene Monastery, where he lived and had his hermitage, which I was blessed to see and visit.

I wish you, dear reader, all the fruit that your journey into the life of the spirit might offer. I bless and affirm your spiritual process, and know for you that it will create a life of peace, service and fulfillment, if you do your wrestling, praying, contemplating and growing, as seekers must do. In truth, all humans must do this, for we are all seekers, whether we are aware of it or not! Peace and love to each of you. "All shall be well," as the famous mystic has said. Go with God.

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The Maiden Who Was Too Sensitive
for this World
A Story for Youths, Young Adults and Adults
in which a Young Maiden Goes out into the World
and finds Inner Strength, Divine Guidance,
Reconciliation and Transformation

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The Maiden who was too Sensitive for this World has something of the fable in it, but it is a story for our times, and has a great deal to say to people of our day, young or old. Youths and young adults will enjoy the "going out into the world" aspect of the story, and be excited by the possibilities for "anything is possible" which it represents. Adults will enjoy being transported back to youth, when life just begins and the journey is new. All will thrill to the vision of a world which is changed for the better by the young maiden, the events she encounters, her openness to her inner self and the Divine, and the courageous, life-enhancing decisions she makes, based upon guidance from within.

This guidance comes to her in the form of three guardian spirits: that of her earthly father, her guardian angel, and the spirit of God. Oh, if we all could all be so trusting, open and courageous as our young maiden as regards guidance from within… Well, perhaps we can! We are never to young or to old to learn, grow, and be guided. We are never too old to transform our lives, relationships or world, as this delightful story proves.

Please, sit down in a comfortable chair, relax, open your mind and heart, and prepare to experience a world of youth, optimism, personal and planetary transformation in this delightful tale!