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  The award-winning book,  An Afternoon's Dictation  (Greenebaum), is available free from Kindle countdown April 12-17. 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," "The Call to Justice," and "The Call to Community."...

  For two thousand years, Christians have told stories of Mary appearing at moments of crisis, transition, or deep human need. From Guadalupe to Lourdes to Fatima, these encounters have shaped cultures, healed divisions, and called people back to prayer. What’s striking is not only their antiquity but their persistence. Marian appearances have never really stopped. They simply take on the tone of the age in which they occur. In the 21st century, the pattern continues—quietly, insistently, and often in places where the world feels fractured. 🌿 Medjugorje (1981–present): A Message That Refuses to Fade Though the first reported apparitions began in 1981, Medjugorje is very much a modern phenomenon. The alleged visions continue into this century, drawing millions of pilgrims who describe: a call to peace in a violent world a return to prayer in a distracted age fasting and reconciliation in a culture of division a maternal presence that feels both ancient and startlingly contempor...

  The award-winning book,  An Afternoon's Dictation  (Greenebaum), is available free from Kindle countdown April 12-17. 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," "The Call to Justice," and "The Call to Community."...