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Wait for...Being Catholic in Troubled Times

July 20, 2024

Peek into the future...and wait just a bit. Coming up some time this year is the publication of Being Catholic in Troubled Times , a new book by Dr. Dennis Ortman. For more posts about Dennis Ortman and his books, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on Twitter , Face Book , and Instagram . Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC ? Check out information on how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our author au pair services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book in exchange for reviewing a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an author-signed copy of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. Want ...

Today's book excerpt comes from Blest Atheist by Elizabeth Mahlou. Defiance Physical abuse quickly became routine for us. We just expected to arrive home to a daily rain of blows, kicks, bites, deliberately inflicted sprains, or airplane rides. We all feared Ma’s airplane rides. She would grab one arm and one leg and rotate in the middle of the room like a dervish, swinging us around and around in circles, allowing the free arm and leg to hit pieces of furniture one after another after another until she was out of breath and let us go. When she let go and we flew into the wall or the furniture, the impact was stunning, and often we lost consciousness from it. Not only were the airplane rides painful, but also they left us feeling dizzy and disoriented whether or not we lost consciousness. As we got bigger, airplane rides became less manageable for Ma, and these were replaced with sled rides (being pulled down a flight of stairs by our hair). I...

Daily Excerpt: Blest Atheist (Mahlou) - Mercy

April 26, 2024

Today's book excerpt comes from Blest Atheist by Elizabeth Mahlou. Mercy The Samaritan stopped because he was filled with mercy. He also had clearly been blessed with the resources to help. I stopped by habit. Very early I internalized the concept that helping even one person toward a better life is a way to justify one’s own existence. That may well have given a positive balance to the daily abuse I experienced throughout my childhood. Knowing that someone was better off because of something I had done—whether it was teaching a kindergarten class when I was in first grade, working as the teachers’ helper in conducting an extra reading group for the struggling readers in my elementary school classroom, or serving as an evening telephone resource to the eighth-grade members of my advanced mathematics class whose teacher kept confusing us with high school juniors—established a sense of self-worth that logically should never have appeared, given all the abuse I experienced...

Author in the News: Literary Titan Interviews Sula the Cat: Her Works Have Indeed Helped

February 10, 2024

Literary Titan interviewed Sula. well, her amanuensis. You can read the interview HERE: Her Works Have Indeed Helped . Awards Literary Titan gold medal ( Surviving Cancer, Healing People ) For more posts about Sula and her books, click HERE . Purchase the paperback at discount from the MSI Press webstore . Use Coupon Code FF25 for 25% off. Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on Twitter , Face Book , and Instagram . Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our author au pair services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book in exchange for reviewing a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an author-signed copy of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (u...

Guest Post from Dr. Dennis Ortman: One Big Breath

January 31, 2024

The following guest post was buried in the Christmas mail, but it is still worth reading: ONE BIG BREATH “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.” --Luke 1: 35 I just started participating in yoga classes. I wanted to breathe a little more life into my old, slow, stiff body. The instructor from India invites us to assume many seemingly unnatural positions with our bodies, which I think of as “pretzel poses.” We stretch like rubber bands, hoping not to snap. She asks us to hold those poses for several minutes and breathe slowly and deeply. She instructs us to be aware of our bodies and breathe into the physical sensations we experience. I experience mostly pain, which she tells me is “just discomfort.” She says, “Just follow your breath. It is your life energy,” which she assures us will bring relief. Each session ends with one big breath and the exchange of a solemn greeting, “Namaste” (Bow to you.). The classes h...