Entries by Vazken Movsesian

Trust

Road to Healing – Lenten Journey 2014 Day 39: Play Now:  No doubt many of you have passed by an art gallery with a quick glance in and then continued to walk. Art either talks to you or it doesn’t. When I walk past a gallery, curiosity is the first lure that gets me to […]

Power

Road to Healing – Lenten Journey 2014 Day 38: Play Now:  Our first parish was in a town called Cupertino about 50 miles south of San Francisco, an area that was developing its identity as Silicon Valley as we were developing our identity as a family. All of our children were born here. A pastor’s […]

Hosanna

Road to Healing – Lenten Journey 2014 Day 37: Play Now:  Hosanna is an exclamation of praise. It’s used in the Bible to express adoration, praise and joy. It is also used as a name in the Armenian culture. I’ve met many Hosanna’s through the years. Some have abbreviated their name and go by Osan […]

Future Consciousness

Road to Healing – Lenten Journey 2014 Day 35: Play Now:  There’s a palm reader down the street from us. She does a brisk business. People come by to get a peek at the future. Growing up around Armenian coffee (yes, that’s the PC way to say it around here) made me aware of the […]

Time-Dash

Road to Healing – Lenten Journey 2014 Day 34: Walk through a cemetery and you’re sure to see a variety of headstones. Different epitaphs describe the departed individual and/or a philosophy of life. On most headstones you’ll find the name of the deceased person followed by two dates – the year of birth and the year […]

Risk Management

Road to Healing – Lenten Journey 2014 Day 33: Play Now:  Dan Kujurian liked flashy cars and I liked looking out for his cars. Now that I think of it, it was the flash that I liked. I was a kid; flash and glitter were exciting. Come to think of it, I only knew he […]

Tapping into Peace with a Lever

Next Step #304 – April 3, 2014 Saving Kessab via the Leveraging Love. Tapping into Peace. In His Shoes and the Healing of the Planet all in this edition. Song: Nayats Sirov by St. Nersess Seminary Leveraging Love Leo Tolstoy’s The Kingdom of God is Within You In His Shoes http://InHisShoes.org Rwandan Genocide Blog Road […]

Risking Anxiety

Road to Healing – Lenten Journey 2014 Day 32: Play Now:  In the healing process, anxiety complicates matter. Usually anxiety is looked upon as the by-product of our illness, that is, because of our illness or strained relationships, we are stressed and worried about the problem and ultimately the solution. Will I get better? Can […]

Touching

Road to Healing – Lenten Journey 2014 Day 31: Play Now:  Dr. K is a physician and an artist, that is, he approaches his medical practice as an art. He explained this distinction to a group of high school students he was mentoring. When I first opened the Youth Ministries Center in Glendale, Dr. K […]