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    Recently, An Afternoon's Dictation (Greenebaum), reached #256 on the Amazon bestseller list of books in ecumenism Christian theology. The book has been on bestseller lists many times.  Book Description:  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 Another," ...

  Across the world’s religions, the call to interfaith is not an invention of modern pluralism—it is a deep, ancient instinct. Traditions differ in doctrine, but nearly all contain a structural invitation to encounter the religious other with curiosity, reverence, and humility. Judaism frames this through tzelem Elohim —the belief that every human being bears the divine image. If God’s image is present in every person, then every encounter is already a theological event. Christianity expresses this through hospitality and witness: the stranger is not a threat but a site of revelation. Jesus’ interactions with Samaritans, Romans, and Gentiles model a posture of crossing boundaries without erasing them. Islam teaches that God created humanity “in nations and tribes so that you may know one another.” Diversity is not a problem to solve but a divine intention. Hinduism recognizes multiple paths to the divine, each shaped by temperament and insight. Encountering another path is not ...

    Recently, An Afternoon's Dictation (Greenebaum), reached #256 on the Amazon bestseller list of books in ecumenism Christian theology. The book has been on bestseller lists many times.  Book Description:  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 Another," ...