Invitation to Joy

This world would be a better place if we had more love, kindness, and generosity.

Invitation to Joy encourages just that. It demonstrates with warm, true-life stories that, by reaching out to others with love and kindness, the reciprocal returns are multiplied. However, the book also points to a deeper purpose, a more lasting joy, which has a spiritual component and will see you through the darkest of life’s valleys.

If you want to be encouraged and uplifted, then this is the book for you!


Praise for the book:


“In Invitation to Joy, author John Murray offers winsome insights into navigating, with grace and empathy, the complexities of our world..... John has written with wisdom this heartfelt call to action, urging us to prioritize love, kindness, and respect in our interactions..... In a fractured world, Invitation to Joy shows us the path to a life of purpose, meaning, and hope.”


Dr. Ron Unruh, Author and Artist



“This book Invitation to Joy is a thoughtful, honest, practical, and highly inspirational overview of the realities of life on earth and beyond..... Tough issues and hard questions are not avoided, providing credibility, authenticity, substance, encouragement, joy and hope.”




Dr. Norman Ickert



“In a convulsing world of pain and sorrow, inequality, injustice, violence and corruption, John Murray invites us to pursue joy-filled, purposeful living. John’s insightful reflections help us see the positives in all-too-often negative circumstances.”




David Daniels, Freelance Writer and Reviewer



“Invitation to Joy, by its very title, invites us, reminds us, that the choice is ours as to how we respond to what life throws at us. The words contained within this book are encouraging, supporting, and uplifting. Oh, how we need these words today!”




Rob Ogilvie, Executive Minister Canadian Baptists of Western Canada.