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  C.S. Lewis didn’t stumble into faith; he reasoned his way toward it — and then something deeper happened. He began as a convinced atheist, shaped by war and loss, skeptical of anything unseen. But over time, his intellect led him to a crossroads. He realized that his longing for meaning — what he called Joy — pointed to something beyond himself. Logic opened the door; experience walked him through it. Lewis described his conversion not as a sudden revelation but as a surrender: “I gave in, and admitted that God was God.” That moment wasn’t triumph — it was transformation. He moved from resistance to recognition, from argument to awe. And in that shift, his life’s direction changed — his writing, his friendships, his sense of purpose. Transformation often begins where certainty ends. For Lewis, it wasn’t emotion that led him to God, but the realization that reason itself pointed toward the divine. It’s a reminder that faith can begin not in belief, but in the honest search for tr...

    Recently,  An Afternoon's Dictation  (Greenebaum), reached #1 on the Amazon bestseller list of books in ecumenism Christian theology, #10 in faith and spirituality. and #66 in Christian Faith. 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 int...

    Recently,  An Afternoon's Dictation  (Greenebaum), reached #1 on the Amazon bestseller list of books in ecumenism Christian theology, #10 in faith and spirituality. and #66 in Christian Faith. 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 int...