Playing Catch-up

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Next Step #553: Launching into the New Year with prayer: Fasten your seat belts. Protestant & Catholics: Relieving threats to Orthodoxicity. Jesus’ metaphors today: figs and elevators. White Christmas in Utah. Mark 11: Prescription for living. Keyboard Prayer from the 1980’s. Grieving: Setting aside time for reflection. Controlling the Dash. New Year prayer/wish.
Khatchadour Khatchadourian: Oror ou Nani or Kickstarter page
Christmas Outreach Report
Thomas Aquinas Podcast
Mark 11
Technical Director: Ken Nalik
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Theophany Coming

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Next Step #552: Welcome to the New Year! The Revelation of the Trinity – not that difficult to understand: Lessons for Theophany. Challenges to achieve critical mass with a Hindu example. Space explored beyond our Solar System and on the Far Side of the Moon. Year end Walking In His Shoes.
John Coltrane, “Favorite Things”
New Horizons’ new discovery
Landed: Other Side of the Moon
5 Million Women Human Chain of Protest
3 Celebs die same day/same age
In His Shoes at Christmas Message
Why January 6?
Cover: Arboretum Lights 2018 Fr. Vazken
Technical Director: Ken Nalik
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Babe in from the Cold

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Bringing the Babe in from the Cold

Next Step #551 – December 27, 2018 – In limbo twixt Christmas and New Year, Fr. Vazken reflects on looking inside the manger and seeing what lurks beyond. The imperfect circumstances become the perfect story in the Nativity narrative. There is joy, eagerness, wonder, obedience and peace, and yet, beyond the dangers of materialism and the filth of drugs and addiction have claimed the lives of too many. A very personal plea to look past the Baby. The measurements of strength.
A Christmas Song by Jethro Tull
In His Shoes at Christmas Message
Muhammad Ali Bouts
Cover: Moonlight over Mendocino by Fr. Vazken 2018
Technical Director: Ken Nalik
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Solstice Voice at Christmas

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Next Step #550: When the Sun spoke of the Son and the Solstice celebration. More on technology – with a retro look at mimeograph machines and the Church at the forefront of innovation guided by the need to evangelize. Continuing on paying your way to the Kingdom. Scottish/Armenian connection with 7 joys and 7 wounds. And on a personal note: Easter Resurrection at the time of the Nativity. In His Shoes Christmas Outreach.
Mary had a Baby by Mary Hopkin
In His Shoes Christmas Letter
NPR – Inauguration
Why January 6?
Less dramatically
Seven Wounds of St. Mary Church (Gyumri)
Ring Out Solstice Bells, Jethro Tull
Cover: Solstice Bell at Christmas, Fr. Vazken
Technical Director: Ken Nalik
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Advent: Sin, Faith and Duty

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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 God. St. James of Nisibus. Violence in the world. Also In His Shoes programs for the season.
Blind Boys of Alabama
Albert’s Go Fund Me page
In His Shoes Toy Drive
St. Gregory of Narek Prayer
In His Shoes: www.InHisShoes.org
Luke 17:1-10
Cover: Canadian Bear Ranger, 2018 Fr. Vazken
Technical Engineer: Ken Nalik
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Advent Preparedness

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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. Celebrations and Funerals: More reflections in post-funeral days. Anecdote on Bishop Asoghig Ghazarian of Iraq.
Good King Wenceslas by Loreena McKennitt
Eulogy for Mamajan
Anne Movsesian Memorial Video
Next Step #547 “Stingless”
Luke 14
Remarks at George H.W. Bush Funeral
California Driving #50
Cover: Bird of Paradise Flowering, Fr. Vazken 2018
Technical Adviser: Ken Nalik
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Stingless

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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 own mother’s death, Fr. Vazken dedicates this episode of the Next Step to her memory, streaming thoughts to his electronic family throughout the world.
You Are So Beautiful by Joe Cocker
Cover: Madonna & Child by Diramayr Anna Movsesian (circa 1990)
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Love 7-4-3-1

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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 and its absence in our lives; MIA: Armenian Telethon. Briefly on the Toronto issues. Fires in California. Beatles “White” at 50. Mystery beyond the baffling … universe and self.
Gor Mkhitarian
SOAR: http://soar-us.org
PS-7 types of Love
Thanksgiving and the Divine Liturgy
John 2
God Friended Me (CBS)
Armenian Diocese of Canada on Toronto reality
Toy Drive Wish List
Thanksgiving Aid for Fire Relief: www.InHisShoes.org
Cover: from Ted-x Yerevan 2014
Technical Director: Ken Nalik
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Defining Emoji Prayer

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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. Vazken explores this week. Reflection on rediscovering and connecting to Faith in Armenia: from the dangers of fungi to the inspiration of St. Hripsime. Moving from the pages of our Faith to the reality of our Faith. Take a look in the closet: Finding a silk-screened robe at St. James.
“To Silence the Lies of Men” Aret Madilian
“I don’t want prayers…”
Psalm 45(46)
Sam & Jennie in Armenia
Discovery of the Cross at Zoravar Church
St. James Armenian Church at 75
Next Step #544
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The Third & Fourth Candles

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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 to understanding. Response to Nancy Gibbs (Time Magazine) challenge against hatred. Mary & Martha, more than about setting tables, it’s about Missing the Mission to which we are all called. Shining Light in the darkness – looking for the candles. Armodoxy: The time has come, today as it had come a few billion ago.
Sari Aghchik by Gata Band
Time Magazine, Nancy Gibb “Hatred”
1000 Oaks Shooting
Synagogue Shooting
Armodoxy Blog
Mary & Martha
John 1
In His Shoes
Cover Photo: The Other Candles, Fr. Vazken 2014
Technical Director: Ken Nalik
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