The Apology Defense
Next Step #505: Vartanantz Edition. The outcome of worry and the tiring mind. Four Sisters of Mary, Apologies for God and the great mysteries that have perplexed humankind since the […]
Entries by Vazken Movsesian
A-maze-ing Midwinter Coffee
Next Step #504: Midwinter/Candlemas come together over a cup of coffee and a reading. Just back from Vancouver and energized by the cold temperatures and the wonderful people, Fr. Vazken […]
Creative Teachings
Next Step #503: From a display of coffee-cup readings, to a rock concert up in Napa, to the passing of a couple distinguished ladies, to the celebration of Robert Burns’ […]
A Tale of Two Letters
Next Step #502: Two letters, one welcoming and the other excluding – both from clergy 50 years apart: progress is not in the making. Battery Recharge: Martin Luther King Retreat […]
Silent News: Listening
Next Step #501: What is the best news you’ve heard today? Is it possible you didn’t hear it? Optimism and the 9Million+ that made it home: Overcoming anxiety with this […]
Kodak Moment No More
Next Step #500: The New Year kicks off with a look at one of the giants that didn’t make it to 2018. Unable to adapt and slow to accept changes, […]
Faces Near the Manger
Next Step #499: Perspectives – looking down or looking up – finding the center point of our liturgical and common life. A Christmas special that continues and connects. Christmas Eve […]
Hope: Solstice plus 1
Next Step #498: Exploring the Winter Solstice and it’s opportunity to hope in an end to darkness and warmer days. The first message of Christmas comes alive with hope for […]
Carols this Very Minute
Next Step #497: The power of music to soothe and the power of a Christmas carol to transport to a place we should be. Taking a break from all the […]
Miracle in the Sky and Around us
It’s hard to believe that 20 years have passed since our first commemoration of Children’s Memorial Day. Then President Clinton had just declared the second-Sunday in December as the memorial […]
