Advent: Sin, Faith and Duty
Next Step #549: Sin, Faith and Duty are the lessons of this week in Advent in preparation for the Christmas celebration. Losing the Self and Ego, to make room for […]
Entries by Vazken Movsesian
Advent Preparedness
Next Step #548: Preparedness for the Advent Season. Finding the Christ-wants in Scriptures (Luke 14) and the “vehance” factor. Expressing good on the unpleasant: Words that put Hallmark to shame. […]
Anne R. Movsesian
Anne R. Movsesian 1933 – 2018 Eulogy spoken at my mother’s funeral, 5 December 2018, St. Leon Armenian Cathedral, Burbank, California If you have ever received a card or […]
Stingless
Next Step #547: Some raw, personal and candid thoughts: “Death where is thy sting?” says St. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians (15:55f). Now in the face of his […]
Love 7-4-3-1
Next Step #546: On the types of love and bringing it home with an Armenian expression that includes God. Sweet Wine: John 2. The relevancy of prayer in our lives […]
Defining Emoji Prayer
Next Step #545 – Prayer: Wanted or unwanted we have a stocked (canned) response to tragedy. Moving beyond the words and listening to the sound of God is what Fr. […]
A Grand Connection to our Faith: Sunday School Alive
Last Sunday Jennie Boranian entered her Sunday school classroom ready to teach her lesson about St. Gregory the Illuminator and his deliverance from the pit called Khor Virab. She had […]
The Third & Fourth Candles
Next Step #544: Expressions of hatred and intolerance surface in shootings and violence. The sound of one-hand-clapping may need to be amplified as Fr. Vazken shares frustrations along the road […]
Discovering Sasnashen
Next Step #543: On the feast of the Discovery of the Cross, a chance to discover the village of Sasnashen. Freedom expressed at the crash site monument. Just returning from […]
Sequencing: Prophetic Timelines
Next Step #542: A New World, Abrahamic Faiths’ Hope for Salvation – a four part series of talks, here is Fr. Vazken’s speech in it’s entirety. “The Abrahamic faiths describe […]
