Belief Touched and Untouched

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Next Step #642: Eschatological parameters, manipulating the stories and testing religious myth against the backdrop of world events. A quick look at that reality through the last six decades and how the Good Samaritan got lost along with globalization while dialogues phased into monologues. Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the prophet metaphor. Hatred and intolerance: Arsonists at the Armenian Center and self worth. XM Radio deciding what’s religious and what’s entertainment. A simple disclaimer: “I believe”
Mask, Pieces for Piano by Aret Madilian
Armenian Center: Arson and Hate Crime
Go Fund Me page for SF Armenian Center
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, remembrance
Demographics of the Supreme Court
Globalization and the Armenian Church
Nicene Creed
XM Satelite line-up
Cover: Stations, Fr. Vazken 2020
Technical Director: Ken Nalik
Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.org
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Human Rights: Jesus and today’s response

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Next Step #641: Was Jesus concerned with human rights? Armodoxy for the day: Fr. Vazken challenges the listener to move from a future faith to a terrestrial one. A quick look at theologians – traditional and liberal, eastern and western and their missing voice today. The Kingdom of God is within and without you: The supernatural affecting our lives today. 2020, beyond the tragedies: A call to activism from Jesus’ mission.
Big Rock Candy Mountain by Burl Ives
“Governors who Govern”
“Genocide & Human Rights” (1992)
Martin Luther King Jr, “A Testament of Hope” 
Hans Küng, “My Struggle for Freedom”
Dalai Lama, “The Art of Happiness”
“Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy”
Glendale “Sundown” Resolution
Luke 4:14-21: Jesus shares his mission
“Preface to the Next Step” (2007)
Cover: “The Night Sam was born” Fr. Vazken 2002Engineered by Ken Nalik
Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.org
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Gender Revealing Revelation

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Next Step #640: With the backdrop of the California wildfires and apocalyptic forecasts, Fr. Vazken gives a 2020 interpretation to the reality with a wake-up call to responsibility. Hear what the mysterious “Spyglass Lady” had to say to us today. A gender-revealing party ignites a fire and the questions that reveals so much more, including the seedless watermelon conundrum. The Feast of the Holy Cross: Finding the “Rays” of light and hope.
Zulal: Shogher Jan
Video: Beirut, You’re not alone
Middle East Council of Churches
Gender Reveal Party 
Exaltation of the Cross
Acts 2:22
Spyglass from Thoreau Museum
Cover: Blotting out the Sun, 2020 Fr. Vazken
Engineered by Ken Nalik
Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.org
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Good-heart Bible

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Next Step #639: Does over analysis and applying reason to the Bible lead you away from Faith? It’s the starting question for this discussion, recognizing there are no wrong questions. Mark 4:35f and hardness of heart: doubt vs. experience. Reconciling absurdity with Faith: Learning and testing through vs computer programming. A different look at the rules that define us.
Tsitsernag by Arax
Waking Up in the Storm (Sermon) 8/30/2020
Buy a Bible: Catholic, Evangelical, Atheist
Labor Day message: Labor, Anxiety & Enthusiasm
Cover: Salmon eggs
Technical Director: Ken Nalik
Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.org
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