Next Step #285 – November 21, 2013 A personal look at the Kennedy Assassination 50 years later. This is a story of Fr. Vazken in the making – the influences and the drives that formulated his world view and how Armenian Orthodoxy is being shaped today. This is about a process of being born again […]
A series and collection of events, every day-in and day-out Thursday – Worked at the Ascencia homeless shelter. In the process of food distribution, thought about the place of responsibility. Sixteen kids lived in the shelter, seven of them from one family. Where’s the conversation about birth control and the need for personal responsibility? As […]
As I was leaving our monthly homeless feed at Ascencia this evening, a man approached me – he was wiry, wearing an Indian necklaces, long uncombed hair, clean with a scraggly beard. “Father – I was a heroin addict for 37 years, living on the streets. Jesus saved me. I want to share my story. It’s […]
Next Step #284 – November 14, 2013 In preparation for the 100th annual commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, Fr. Vazken begins with some preliminary steps of definition. Can a commemoration of such an evil be also a commemoration of life? Here’s the beginnings of the “100 Year Journey”™ you’re invited to take. The change of […]
Next step #283 – November 7, 2013 In a world of change religion evolves with challenges for defining family. Fr. Vazken takes the listener to some uncomfortable places in this discussion. Are we ready to go there? Is it necessary to go there as part of the evolutionary process? Transcriptions in music and Christianity. Datev […]
Next Step #282 – October 31, 2013 The Halloween Edition of the podcast on Armodoxy. In this episode – follow up to Glendale’s restriction on free-speech – Fr. Vazken gets a call. All Saints Day and Halloween. Identity in a Global Community – delineating between ethnic and religious identity. Looking under the mask of our […]
Next Step #281 – October 24, 2013 Fr. Vazken prepares for the annual walk against Domestic Violence through the streets of Glendale & Burbank. Hear his thoughts as organizations and political parties turn their heads from the menacing and ugly realities in the community. Next – a discussion with Gala Danilova, from Artsakh on a […]
Next Step #280 – October 17, 2017 When Glendale (California) Attorney tells Fr. Vazken he can’t use the name of Jesus Christ in a public forum it’s more than an annoyance of political correctness. A look at the constitutional right and freedom to free speech, the separation of the church & state. In the spirit […]
Sometimes timing can’t get any more perfect. This weekend, as the Armenian Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Translators, a new book is published (see article on right) illustrated by my sister Anush Avejic. “When I Go to Church” translates our Faith to the youngest members of our Church community. Perhaps it’s a coincidence […]
Next Step #279 – October 10, 2013 Moving forward from the Bishop Synod, a look at matters of social doctrine. A review of “In His Shoes” as a philosophy and a natural solution/alternative to victim-based strategies of life. Holy Etchmiadzin’s Department looking at Social Doctrine. Killing in 2013 – for baseball teams? Song by Norayr […]
