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  Today's book excerpt comes from  An Afternoon's Dictation  by  Steven Greenebaum . This book has been in the Amazon top 100 among interfaith and ecumenical books on many occasions. PART ONE: THE CALL TO INTERFAITH CHAPTER FOUR   The call of Interfaith in no way rejects religion. It is a call to realize that our spiritual traditions are living, breathing entities that change over time, as does all of life. Still, “Seek truth in the commonality of religions, which are but the languages of speaking to Me. Worship not the grammar” took some living with. I began to imagine a sacred mountain for humanity. At the mountaintop dwelt the call of the sacred, the commonality that would hold the truths to living a meaningful life to which all of our sacred traditions seek to point us. Our differing spiritual traditions would be diverse paths up this sacred mountain that our differing eras and cultures had found helpful. The “grammar,” then, is the particular ritual and...

  Arthur Yavelberg, author of the multi-award-winning book,  A Theology for the Rest of Us , reflects this week on the concept of integrity in a post entitled "Not Two:" " You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." (Dt. 6:5) Most people think of the term "integrity" in the moral context of "honesty," with the opposite being "dishonesty."  That is technically not the case.  "Integrity"--which has the same root as "integer" or "one"--is more about consistency between thoughts, emotions and actions.  In that case, the antonym would be "hypocrisy," which may or not involve telling the truth.  ( read more ) A Theology for the Rest of Us  has earned the following awards: Best Indie Book Award Literary Titan Silver Aware American BookFest Best Books Award finalist For more posts about Arthur and his book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press L...

  In her latest youtube, Gewanda Parker, author of It Only Hurts When I Can't Run , talks about " Breaking the Chains of Excuses: Embracing Commitment and Integrity ." Save 25% on the paperback version of Gewanda's book with coupon code FF25 at MSI Press webstore . For more posts about Gewanda and her book, 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 . 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 to communicate with one of our authors? You can!  Find their contact inform...