MSI Press Blog

  Today's publisher's pride is Racing against Time by Jeffrey Weiss, which has reached #67 in triathlons on Amazon and #121 in cycling. Book Description: In Racing Against Time , Jeff Weiss shares the story of his late middle-age transformation.  Weiss went from running a first 10K race at age 48 to becoming an Ironman and ultramarathoner by his late 50s.  Along the way he discovers the extraordinary physical and emotional benefits that flow from chasing ever-increasing fitness goals.  Weiss’s journey shows us that we have the power to influence how we age, that goal-setting and adventure are not solely the province of the young.  At a time when so many of us are looking for ways to increase our health span – that portion of life that we spend in good health – Weiss’s story shows us one way to get there.   Keywords: midlife fitness transformation, running after 40, Ironman after 50. ultramarathon training in your 50s, late bloomer athlete, healthy agi...

  Most of us don’t receive locutions. Teresa of Ávila herself said they are rare, unpredictable, and never something a person can manufacture. So if “listening” doesn’t usually mean hearing words, what does it mean? It means cultivating the kind of interior posture in which God can be sensed. It means attending to the movements of the heart rather than the drama of the ears. It means noticing the subtle shifts in conscience, clarity, peace, unease, or invitation that rise up when we become still enough for grace to surface. Listening to God is less like overhearing a sentence and more like recognizing a presence. It is the quiet awareness that something in you is being drawn toward mercy, or nudged toward truth, or steadied toward courage. It is the moment when Scripture suddenly feels addressed to you . It is the unexpected tenderness that interrupts irritation. It is the clarity that arrives after prayer, not during it. Locutions are extraordinary. But listening is ordinary, dail...

Parents in large families often live with a quiet ache: the sense that there is never enough time to go around. One child needs help with homework, another needs a ride, another needs reassurance, and someone always needs something right now. The math never works. Love feels like a resource stretched thin. But time is not the true measure of love. Presence is. Children rarely remember how many minutes you spent with them. They remember how you looked at them when they spoke. They remember whether you listened. They remember the feeling of being seen. Redefine equality as responsiveness Equality doesn’t mean identical minutes; it means equal access to your attention when it matters most. When one child is struggling, they may need more of you for a while. When another is thriving, they may need space. Fairness lives in responsiveness, not in arithmetic. Use micro‑moments wisely In large families, small gestures carry enormous weight. A shared joke, a quick hug, a whispered “I’m proud of...