MY GOD! OUR GOD?

About the Book

This book is about one man's spiritual journey - walking and breathing the living Bible - during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Israel). This amazing journey flushed out doctrinal confusion, man's secular spin on religion, while cleansing painful personal mistakes for a spiritual transformation. It started in September 2004 when God divinely healed his son, Luke. During this miracle, the author transformed through God's full interaction and with the power of constant prayer swirling around him, he committed to a covenant with the Lord. He decided to go to Israel in May 2006 for his fortieth birthday as a mid-life spiritual pilgrimage that forced him to go back to his earliest beginnings to fully understand his childhood, to stop blaming organized religion for his own mistakes, to see God as He really was, and to understand and commit to God's plan for his life. This new covenant was about personal forgiveness, a new kind of intimacy with the Lord, bringing God into the workplace and business decisions, and finally having the confidence to tell others all about Him.

About the Author

E. Joseph Steier III, Ed. D., MBA, CPA, was born in Louisville, Kentucky and is married to beautiful wife, Sony. They have four wonderful children, Joseph, Jacqueline, Luke, and Ava. Dr. Steier graduated from Bellarmine University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and from the University of Miami with an MBA in Healthcare Administration. Additionally, Dr. Steier has earned his Masters in Education and Doctorate in Education from the University Of Pennsylvania Graduate School Of Education. Dr. Steier’s dissertation titled “Application of Theories, Principles and Methods of Adult Learning for Managers to Improve Workplace Reactions to Learning, Knowledge and Performance received the prestigious honor of distinction. Dr. Steier has won numerous awards both personally and professionally. He was a finalist for the prominent Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2007 as well as being acknowledged in the Bellarmine Gallery of Distinguished Graduates. He also was voted one of the “40 under 40” in Business First of Louisville and was awarded “Order of Merit” by the University of Miami for his great academic performance. Most recently he received the prestigious Fleur-de-lis Award from Greater Louisville, Inc, which recognizes a local citizen who has made significant contributions to the Louisville community throughout his or her career. As President and CEO of Signature HealthCARE, LLC, Dr. Steier co-lead the purchase and sale of Home Quality Management, Inc., a Top 20 Nationally recognized long term care organization, to a newly formed Signature HealthCARE, LLC in late 2007. Three years later, Signature HealthCARE, LLC is the top 10 largest post acute provider in the US and has already achieved several recognitions and awards within three years. Dr. Steier focuses on organizational foundations that are based on three key initiatives: intrapreneurship, learning, and spirituality. He has structured Signature as to what he likes to call an “entrepreneurial think tank” and ultimately creating an intrapreneurship philosophy. This philosophy has lead to the development of various other aligned business including Serenity HealthCARE, Integritas, Home and Community Based Services, SHC Furniture, Renew Rx, and Signature Journeys. Moreover, these business entities are vertically aligned with Signature’s core business of operating skilled nursing facilities. Signature HealthCARE is becoming a learning organization which will advance the skills and education level of its employees while positively impacting resident care and building strong loyalty. The plan is to become a “Learning Organization” through three phases. Signature has created one of the largest interfaith spirituality departments in corporate America today that has meets the spiritual needs of the residents, employees and family members through a non-denominational approach of respecting all faiths. The program is founded on the emotional and spiritual healing well of unconditional love. The Signature Chaplain offers stress relief to the employee, encouragement and hope to the resident and peace for family members. Community involvement is one of Dr. Steier’s passions. At Signature HealthCARE, Dr. Steier and his team developed The Compassion Fund, Inc, to provide assistance to Signature employees and the communities that Signature serves that have experienced an unexpected or catastrophic event. Moreover, each Signature location is actively involved in community outreach. Additionally, Dr. Steier is a parish member at St. Patrick Catholic Church, is a member of the President’s Circle of St. Francis Xavier Society in Louisville, KY, and serves on the Board of Overseers at Bellarmine University, the Nucleus Advisory Board and is member of the Healthcare Policy Board at University of Miami. He is a contributor to the Special Olympics, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society and The Boys and Girls Club of Florida as well as several other charities and organizations. Personally In January 2009, Dr. Steier’s released his first spiritual based book titled, “My God! Our God?”. In the summer of 2009, Dr. Steier conducted book signing events throughout Florida, Kentucky, and Tennessee with over 1,500 books signed. In July 2009, My God! Our God? steadily climbed to #2 on the Top 10 Best Sellers List in the Velocity magazine and remained on the list for most of the summer.