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On November 24, 2019, Vroman's Bookstore hosted a book signing by MSI Press author, Steven Greenebaum, for his new book, One Family Indivisible . Here is how the bookstore announced the signing: Throughout history we have divided ourselves into groupings of "us" and "them".  One Family: Indivisible   engagingly   invites the reader into the deeply spiritual and lifelong journey of the author to find a way to acknowledge our differences without dividing and subdividing ourselves into competing tribes. It is a journey of mountain tops and deep valleys, but it leads to the inclusivity and mutual respect possible with Interfaith. This is a book for seekers of all races, ethnicities, and spiritual paths who search for that elusive goal of a community of love and inclusion that also respects our diversity. For more information about Steven's book, including links to reviews, click HERE .

  Envisioning and Working for Our Future The point of this brief concluding chapter is not to attempt to provide answers. Rather, things are so intense and so difficult right now that it can be hard even to think of the future. Yet with everything so upside down, I believe we have an important opportunity to consider what we want to see in the future. A “new normal” is going to come out of this. How do we want that to look? It’s, of course, very human for us to shrug and say, “This just isn’t the time for that.” But as Hillel would remind us, “If not now, when?” There will be a new normal. There’s no disputing that. Do we simply want to stumble into it? Or do our children and their children deserve better? I have no children. But I care about yours. And I deeply believe they deserve a healthy “new normal”.             So, what I’d ask of us now is for us to begin pondering some questions. Below are just a few that occur to me. What’s important are not these questions to the exclusi

  Once again, Seven Greenebaum's book, An Afternoon's Dictation , has landed in the top 100 on Amazon for books on ecumenism.  Last week, it was #12 in popularity. This week, it is #5. And earlier today, #2. Such a great author; such a great book! Currently on pre-order, it will be released tomorrow!! Watch for it! Winner, London Book Festival (Spiritual/Religious books) Honorable Mention, Firebird Book Award For more posts about Steven 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 . 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 order

  Excerpt from One Family Indivisible on letting go and coming back I needed to power back a bit after the heart surgery. I tried to resume my activities and in many ways succeeded. But there were some things I just couldn’t do any more. That’s hard to acknowledge. Still, it’s intriguing to me that it was easier to let go of what I couldn’t do any more than to deal with the things I couldn’t do yet . Can’t do “yet”? Ok, then how soon? Next week? Next month? Next year? When?! … Patience. Patience!! It was hard for me to learn that — well, to be honest, I’m still working at it. I think it must be a lifelong effort. But most enlightening to me was seeing how others reacted. I learned early on that I could best communicate my approach to my heart attack and surgery by not calling it that. I quickly began calling it my heart adventure. An adventure was what it was. Fascinating, as Spock would say. There were so many things to discover and unwrap, both about recovering from surgery and about

  An Afternoon's Dictation ranking today was #16 in ecumenism. For more posts about Steven Greenebaum 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 . 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.

What does being Jewish mean to you? This is the question that Jewish in Seattle Magazine asked of Rev. Steven Greenebaum, an interfaith minister and MSI Press author, on April 9. Read his response in the magazine . (Steven was able to hype -- just a little -- his newest book: One Family Indivisible , a finalist in the American Book Fest's Best Books Awards in the category of religion.) Listen to Steven's podcast as he is interviewed by Anne Laforge. You can find it on the MSI Podcasts page . Read more blog posts by and about Steven and his book HERE .

  An Afternoon's Dictation (Greenebaum) is now available on pre-order at online bookstores, e.g. Amazon and Barnes & Noble , and at the MSI Press webstore . (The webstore offers a 25% discount with the coupon code FF25.) In 1999 Steven Greenebaum felt he'd hit the wall. Fifty years old, he could not make sense of his life or the world around him. For several months he angrily demanded answers from God, if God were there. One afternoon, an inner voice told him to get a pen and paper and write. Steven then took dictation - three pages, not of commandments but guidance for leading a meaningful life. An Afternoon's Dictation grapples with, organizes, and deeply explores the revelations Steven received and then studied for over ten years. His sharing is NOT offered as the only possible way to understand it the dictation. It is offered, rather, as a start. The book's sections include deep explorations into "The Call to Interfaith," "The Call to Love One

  Congratulations to Steven Greenebaum, whose multiple-awarding winning book,  An Afternoon's Dictation , was recently selected as a second runner-up in the Indies Today Book Awards competition in the category of religion. Awards this book has earned Winner. London Book Festival Literary Titan gold award Indies Today Runner-up Firebird Book Awards honorable mention Pacific Book Award Finalist (runner-up) The BookFest honorable mention Chanticleer International Book Awards For more posts about Steven and his books, click  HERE . Purchase this book 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 cop

  Steven Greenebaum, author of several books, his latest being the June 1 released An Afternoon's Dictation ,  was recently interviewed by Awesome Gane. Check it out HERE . For more posts by and about Steven and his award-winning books, click HERE . An Afternoon's Dictation London Book Festival winner Firebird Book Award honorable mention Pacific Book Award runner up 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 informatio

Great 5-star review of Steven Greenebaum's book, One Family: Indivisible on Goodreads; The reviewer concludes:  While not all of us come to the same answers Steven has arrived at, all thinking persons with any interest in spiritual questions certainly wrestle with many of the same questions. I found myself smiling wryly at many anecdotes because they seemed so familiar and laughing outright at others because of Steven's wit. Read the full review on Goodreads .

  Steven Greenebaum's newest book, An Afternoon's Dictation , was selected as the winner in the category of spiritual/religious books at the just-concluding London Book Fair. A list of all the winner can be found HERE . An Afternoon's Dictation also recently won a Firebird Book Award, and it has been in the top 100 on Amazon in ecumenism many times. Way to go! For more posts on Steven 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 . 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. 

  In his recent blog post, Steven Greenebaum, author of the award-winning books, One Family Indivisible and An Afternoon's Dictation , writes about the faith of interfaith:  There are two related questions I’d like to explore in this first full Substack post. The first question is, “ What do we mean   when we speak of Interfaith as a faith?” The second and very much related question is, “Why suggest that the primary call of Interfaith is a call to be loving?” To read the rest of the post, click HERE . To read other posts by and about Steven, click HERE . One Family Indivisible awards Eric Hoffer Award Category Finalist American Book Fest Best Books Award Finalist  An Afternoon's Dictation awards Winner. London Book Festival Literary Titan gold award Indies Today Runner-up Firebird Book Awards honorable mention Pacific Book Award Finalist (runner-up) The BookFest honorable mention Chanticleer International Book Awards Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press

  Congratulations to Dr./Rev Steven Greenebaum, whose book, One Family: Indivisible , has been selected as a category finalist in the Eric Hoffer Awards competition. To read more information about Steven, his books, and his life, click HERE .  To order Steven's book, visit our webstore: One Family: Indivisible . The code FF25 will get you a 25% discount as a fan or friend of MSI Press. Currently, on sale. (Also available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other online sellers as well as many retailers.) Previous Eric Hoffer Award winners among MSI Press authors include Elaine Imady ( Road to Damascus ; first runner up) and Patt Pickett ( The Marriage Whisperer ; honorable mention). 

 Congratulations to Steven Greenebaum, whose book, An Afternoon's Dictation , has made the Hearten Book Awards Long List for Inspiring and Uplifting Non-Fiction. Awards this book has earned Winner. London Book Festival Firebird Book Awards honorable mention Pacific Book Award Finalist (runner-up) Literary Titan gold award The BookFest honorable mention For more posts about Steven and his 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. 

  Steven Greenebaum's book, An Afternoon's Dictation , has received a 5-star review from Literary Titan. "... a compelling and transformative narrative that propels us to interrogate our preconceptions about spirituality and espouse inclusivity as a route to mutual understanding " You can read the rest of the review  HERE . Winner, London Book Festival honorable mention, Firebird Book Award Runner-up, Pacific Book Award An Afternoon's Dictation has been on the Amazon top 100 list for ecumenism many times. Steven has also authored the award-winning,  One Family: Indivisible . and  Seeking Balance in an Unbalanced Time . You can read more posts by and about Steven and his books  HERE . Paperback editions of all MSI Press books not otherwise on sale can receive a discount of 25% with coupon code FF25 at the  MSI Press webstore . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI P