Take it Easy

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Next Step #614 – March 12, 2020 – Fears increase as Coronavirus is here, there and everywhere. A special edition on Faith as an antithesis to fear. Fr. Vazken talks about the importance for faith, education, knowledge as masses engage in the hoarding process. Taking it Easy – a trip in the Southwest, the Eagles and opportunities out of depression. Expectation: The Seven Hours of the Armenian Church, the Sun and Faith.

Joanna Chapman-Smith, “Melodies”
WD168 3/11/20
Reclaim Postponed
Take it Easy by the Eagles 
Cover: Corner in Windslow, AZ, 2020
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Relisten, Refocus, Return, Reclaim

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Next Step #613 – March 5, 2020 – Elections in America with Armenian ballot. The Weekend of the Prodigal Son brings a story of redemption, a story of recovery and of course, reclaim. Fr. Vazken explores the story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15) in its many dimensions. The journey of the Prodigal Son back home comes alive in this special edition. (From NS #457, 2017)
Home by Haig Yazadjian
Prodigal Son Parable
New English Bible
RECLAIM: www.Embracing-Faith.com
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Natural & Artificial Lenten Intelligence

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Next Step #612: A first look at some natural intelligence that comes from the time of birth and is lost by the time we start practicing Lent. Lesson for Lent from my 3 month-old grandson. Enter artificial intelligence and deal with the latest in ethics and responsibility. The quest begins for the algorithms to contaminate AI with ethics. Not for the faint at heart or for the easily dizzied. Building a church and not finding a loan? Here are some secrets from the inner ranks.
Gor Mkhitarian – Oonaynutiun from the Spirit Album
Pontifical Academy: Artificial Intelligence
Vestments in the Armenian Church
WD168 – February 26, 2020
Lenten Journey by Fr. Vazken
Lenten “Bland” Page
40 Vegan Recipes (another bland page)
Reclaim Etchmiadzin – March 13-15, 2020
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Cover: Bubble in Avalon, 2012 Fr. Vazken
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Lenten Dream Therapy

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Next Step #611: Mathematics, the language of God, reason and the stretch to resurrection, part of this pre-Lenten preparation. Mystery, mysticism, reason and today’s date 2/20/2020. Hidden mission: helping humans experience the Divine; no parlor tricks here. Worry, anxiety, fears are targeted during Lent. A look at Andy Warhol’s “Sleep.” Lent: 40 days to de-stress and find the rest for harmony and peace.
Kreen-Akrore by Paul McCartney
Fr. Vazken on Vartanants
Lenten Journey by Fr. Vazken
Lenten “Bland” Page
40 Vegan Recipes (another bland page)
Moon occults Mars
Andy Warhol’s Sleep wiki
This week’s WD168
Ana Calhoun: Gen-X Women and Sleep
Reclaim Etchmiadzin – March 13-15, 2020
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Burned it off

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Next Step #610: On the Presentation of the Lord – Dyaruntarch – all you need to know about the celebration from the history, to the meaning, to the prayer to the bonfire! Heathen or not… here we come! On Fear: Active Shooter phenomena and the traumatization of our children. Fear and Faith. “Justifiable” fear – how to spot it 10,000 feet above sea level.
Song selection by Anush & Inga
Story of the Presentation Luke 2:22f
Teacher’s Unions and Active Shooter Drills
WD168 – Episode #4 on Fear
Cover: Dyaruntarch at St. Leon Cathedral, 2020
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Evolving to 97.5

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Next Step #609: After the impeachment trial in the US and our drift from Globalism. Church and State is blurred in Orthodoxy as we deal with Church and Ethnicity. A Handmaid’s Tale: Possibilities from Sci-fi to reality. Fr. Vazken speaks candidly about the dilemma facing the Armenian Church in particular and ‘Ethnic’ churches in general as churches celebrate nationalism. A loss for globalism and interrelations. Evolution happens: changes to body temperature is a new reading of Lewis Carroll’s “The Walrus and the Carpenter”. Annual Superbowl reflection: 1/2 a minute is MORE than the budget of all the Armenian Churches and traveling at the speed of light. Ground Hog Day and basic church economics: Learning from the Dishonest Servant
Michael Gulezian
Body Temperature changes
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Christmas sermon 1967
Handmaid’s Tale
Senator Romney’s speech
Walrus and the Carpenter
Lewis Carroll
Dyaruntarch
Luke 2
WD-168 This week
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Anxiety Insurance

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Next Step #608: Insurance against anxiety and uncertainty: Kobe Bryant reflections and inspirational losses. One more time with Caine and Abel: Crushing the carnivore/vegetarian debate. Rejection and understanding.
Arno Babajanian Armenian Rhapsody
Kobe Bryant
WD168 #2
East of Eden by Steinbeck
Cover: MB Forest 2016
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Practices and Distractions

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Next Step #607: Rev. Martin Luther King and the message of non violence: Connecting to St. Vartan (451) and the Velvet Revolution (2018). Meeting with Rev. James Lewis – “The Non-Violence or Black Church Movement.” Distractions from the comics to the comix, from the Grammy to the Super Bowl. A validation of Armodoxy and the Armodoxy playbook from the most obvious places.
Shirley Ceasar, “God will take care of you”
Rev. Dr. James Lawson
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “Last Christmas Sermon”
King’s Sermon Audio
Fr. Vazken’s 1998 MLK Sermon
Gus and the Train
Nicene Creed
Cover: “Distraction” 2008 V. Movsesian, Brazil
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Extreme, Fanatic and the Good

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Next Step #606: “Prayers for the President” opens a discussion about fanaticism. The Old Testament and the most severe curses of the Bible: Jesus’ radical approach. Fanaticism – fear and warnings about literalism. Martin Luther King Jr. an “extremest for love” in the footsteps of Jesus.
Epiphany by The Piano Guys
Dr. King interview by Alex Haley in Playboy (1965)
Psalm 109
Kellyanne Conway’s Husband / Trump & Evangelicals
MLK Nobel Peace Prize Speech
MLK and Armodoxy; Armenian Christianity Today #38
Next Step #31 – MLK & John the Baptist
Cover: Arizona Solitude 2012 Fr. Vazken
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Permanent and yet Relevant

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Next Step #605: The week of Theophany (the RESET button) and the revelation of God from the Armodox perspective. Searching for a permanence in a message that has to remain pertinent and relevant. Emmanuel: God with us – even in the fiery furnace in the song of three. And some of the insanity of greetings: the War and the Golden Globes, Priests and mechanics. Water Blessing at the hospitals and theophany. More…
Spirit – Hayr Mer – Gor Mkhitarian
Shaddrak Mishak Abendego, Louise Armstrong
Kim Kardashian’s wish for Armenian Christmas
Song of the Three (Bible)
Singularity
Dates of Christmas (AC101 #25)
Cover: “Quiver Trees” Bing photo
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