Inspirational Originals

The Poems of Douglas John Mursu

Inspirational Originals is a heartfelt collection of Christian poetry exploring faith, hope, love, perseverance, family, loss, Christmas, and the relationship between everyday life and God. The book brings together poems written across different moments of the author’s life, accompanied by illustrations by Sandra Post-Mursu.

The collection moves between deeply personal reflections and broader spiritual messages. Poems such as “Hope,” “My Hopeful Lament,” “Jesus, My Everything,” “The Process of Pain,” and “The Overcomer” reflect on faith, struggle, healing, and finding strength through Christ.

A substantial portion of the collection focuses on Christmas and the birth of Jesus, with poems including “Keeping Christ in Christmas,” “Bethlehem Oh Bethlehem,” “Christmas Spirit,” “God’s Incarnation,” “Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh,” “No Room at the Inn,” “The Star of David,” and “Joy to the World.”

The later poems also become more reflective and personal, touching on family, aging, memories, time, loss, perseverance, and life’s lessons, including pieces such as “A Young Man’s Time to Leave,” “Chance Forever Lost,” “I Am the Mighty, the Mighty Oak Tree,” “The Grass is Never Greener,” “Time,” and “Common Ground.”