Post-God Authority

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Next Step #679: Finding authority in a post-God world. Defining boundaries and parameters for defining Christ, Christianity and real magic. A look at life after cancer, plus 10: Crutches, friendship and family. A humbling look at the ego. Wrapping up 13 years of podcasting: the virtual church.
Forty Days to Healing by Fr. Vazken
60 Minutes: UFOs regular sighting by military
WD168 this week
Parik Nazarian Cycle of Life and on Cycle of Life on Amazon
Cover: Sunset over Redwood Shores, Fr. Vazken 2021
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Change

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Next Step #678: What needs to change to bring about peace? Moving from the personal – habits – to the global – peace/harmony: the first steps of bringing about change. The myth of politics: why it fails. Bully to bully: Motives aren’t all focused on change nor maintaining the status quo.
Jesus on Priorities
Dalai Lama, Book of Inner Peace
Andrew Weil, MD, 8 Weeks to Optimum Health
Israeli Journalist regarding Peace
WD168 this week
Tracy Chapman
Cover: Joshua Tree, 2021 Fr. Vazken
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The Big Dot

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Next Step #677: The dots get connected between the Christ’s Cross and the “Lynching Trees.” James Cone and Black Liberation Theology, works that resonate with and for us. Understanding as afforded us by walking in the shoes of others. Thoughts from the MLK walk for peace in Glendale and how Armenians have lost the map to two-way streets. Humanity found: No superiority rhetoric.
The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone
“More than a Greeting” by Fr. Vazken
George Floyd: After Asphyxiation by Fr. Vazken
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MLK Walk pictures
“Strange Fruit”
Greetings of Hope to Darfur
Governor Newsom on the shooting in San Jose
New Era for Glendale Armenians
Bob Dylan at 80 https://www.rollingstone.com/bob-dylan-archive-songs-discography-album-reviews-interviews/
Cover: “Guitar scarf”
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Authenticated Faith

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Next Step #676: Faith authenticated by questioning God. Liberation Theology and its message today. Discovering our ethics from an authenticated faith. Camel, water and murder. Blacks to McKinley/Armenians to Biden, across a hundred years.
The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone
Letter to President McKinley
James Cone and Black Liberation Theology 
In Search of An Armenian Theology of Liberation (Window)
WD168 this week 
Roberta Flack 
Cover photo: Stained glass from 16th St. Baptist Church, Birmingham
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Teeter Totter

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Next Step #675: Ascension Day, fighting in Syunik, response. Taking Archimedes’ principle of fulcrums to leverage change against the odds. Common sense weaponry for the world. Changing the conversation to empowerment.
Azeri forces in Syunik
Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian, Christianity in Artsakh
100 Year Journey – a virtual portal
Zaruhy Sara Chitjian (1933-2021, Mexico to Los Angeles)
Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk
Archimedes, Levers and Fulcrums
Leveraging Love – video by Fr. Vazken
WD168 this week
Hapartzoum Yalla from Anush Opera
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Offerings

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Next Step #674: Azerbaijanis in the Armenian Church at Shushi under the guise of renovation. Archbishop Barkev of Artsakh, speaking from a place of authority and a mystical place. Some basics of civility. “Demanding” from others? Here’s what the punks asked and what we answer: Plainly, what we have to offer the world. Elevate the conversation.
Azeris in Shushi’s Ghazanchetsots
WD168 this week
International Clergy Conference 1991
Archbishop Barkev blessing (00:45:00) and sermon (01:10:00)
Haig Beylerian, I’m Artsakh
Cover: Church at Shushi at four different points in time
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Downshifting

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Next Step #673: Post Genocide-recognition- downshifting to use lower gears to go faster. Fr. Vazken talks about the importance of the genocide tag and some of the dangers of the designation. Comfort directed: Christian responsibility in the face of evil. Politics and the license to play with history. Philosophy, reason, God. First look at an old book: Tolstoy’s “My Religion”. Calculations for today: 4weekETB
In His Shoes Mission Statement 
Congressman Adam Schiff reads Pres. Biden’s Letter re: Genocide
Armenian Film Foundation
“Survivors” by Don and Lorna Miller
Deitrich Bonhoeffer
Genocide Commemorative Concert
Leo Tolstoy, “My Religion”
“We will not be erased”
WD168 – this week: Post Genocide-Recognition
Ara Topouzian Stringed Tranquility
Cover photo: San Francisco Street downshifting
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Reiteration

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Next Step #672: On the eve of the Armenian Genocide anniversary: Challenges to the necessity or nuisance side of remembrance. Genocide: The voices that matter. George Floyd murder trial. Keith Ellison on “Justice.” Order of events: Resurrection does not precede crucifixion. Abp. Jose Gomez’s voice. South American Armenians. Fr. Levon Apelian, passing noted.
George Floyd, “Language after Asphyxiation”
Michael Arlen “Passage to Ararat”
Abp Jose Gomez on Social Justice
Keith Ellison and comments on Floyd Murder verdict
WD168 for this week
Haig Yazdjian “Beast on the Moon”
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Evolving to Apostolic

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Next Step #671: When Protestants discover the apostolic notion of the community, from the me to the we. The “bear” and the priest: an explanation. Space/Time, apologetics and the changes of demanding answers. Thomas’ doubt, natural experience. The centricities of ethno, geo and helio. Ken update #1.
Armodoxy YouTube Channel
Was the Early Church a Cult? Sermon by Mike Kim
WD168 this week
St. Thomas, Denis DeBlasio Flute Contemporary Virtuosos
Cover: Water at the Grotto, Oregon, 2017 Fr. Vazken
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Easter Respect and Living

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Next Step #670: After Easter, how the message “Christ has risen” moves from idea and story to inspire us to action. Primal Scream: Where is my mother? The sacrifice of the grain. Crucifixion: if not for Christ’s sake, then for who? Ken Nalik tribute (NS 2008-2021) Vazgenian Seminarians at Lake Sevan.
Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson
Smoking Cessation through time
WD168 this week
Luys Vocal Quintet
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