A Spare Pair

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Next Step #528 – July 19, 2018 – Stories inspire us on many levels. Some are true stories of individuals who share the gift of God with us all, others teach with metaphors. Fr. Dajad Davidian (1934-2018) is remembered for his ministry and inspiration. Thoughts from Walden Pond, Thoreau and Jethro Tull’s 1973 release of the “Hare Who Lost His Spectacles” are the food (savored this time around) for thought in this week’s edition of the Next Step.
Komitas Medley by Anush & Inga 
Fr. Dajad Davidian Remembered
Our 2014 Meeting 
Passion Play Lyrics
Hare Who Lost His Spectacles
Pashinyan Democracy – Time Magazine
Hans Christian Anderson’s Emperor’s New Clothes
Syriac Orthodox Conference
Cover Art: (c) 1987 Anush Avejic ~Essentially Anush
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Transfigured Hopefulness

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Next Step #527 – July 12, 2018 – The saving of the Thai Soccer Team: Celebrating good news. Moving from hopelessness to hopefulness. The Transfiguration of Christ and today. Salvation as a means to strengthening the community. Transfiguration of Christ in perspective.
Hope Rising by Armen Chakmakian
On Love – I Corinthians 13 
Transfiguration of Jesus Christ
Thai Cave Rescue
BBC 
CNN
Pilgrimage to the Jewel of the Desert
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Survey Says

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Next Step #526 – July 5, 2018 – Surveys are used everyday by entrepreneurs and business professionals as a way to improve customer care and performance. Do we dare adopt the model for the Church? Self-evaluation leads to customer care. America at 242: Opportunities for the Church. Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness vs. Truth, Justice and the American way.
America the Beautiful by Keb’ Mo’ 
Declaration of Independence
Superman Theme (G. Reeves)
Pilgrimage to the Jewel of the Desert
Survey Monkey Ad
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Anthropocene: Spiritual Connections

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Next Step #525: Whether you feed birds in your garden, fill up the dog dish with food or drive through the wind, you are touching the world in ways that were never imagined. Matthew 13 – the Parable of the Wheat and the weeds explained (compare: Goldilocks and the 3 Bears) to point to solutions in ourselves. Take this next step with Fr. Vazken toward relevancy – our influence and responsibility for our environment, our world and one another.
Horovel
Horovel wiki
Anthropocene TED Radio
Wheat & Weeds
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Floating Ceiling and Candle Beams

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Next Step 524: From Karahunj to Stonehenge to the Phoenix Library, celebrating the beginning of Summer and the beginning of the 11th year of the Next Step. The precision of the universe is highlighted while watching the Summer Solstice reveal itself – play-by-play at Solar Noon. Listener comments at the 10th Anniversary of the Next Step. Identity and Validation – musical tribute.
Richard Hagopian – Best of Armenian Folk Music
Karahunj
Summer Solstice celebrated at Phoenix Library
Yoko Ono “Acorn”
10th Anniversary Photos
Dr. Harry Hagopian: epektasis.net
Harvard Business Review
Sirach 43
Cover Photo – Floating Ceiling and Candle Columns in Phoenix
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Evolutionary traps of Freedom

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Next Step #523: Looking at the Church beyond the institution as the Mystical Body of Christ. The lessons to learn as democracy unfolds at year 27 and implications for the Church. Remembering the lessons of Mormonism in America. A look back at the 10th Anniversary of the Next Step – some behind-the-scene stories.
Govea Yerousaghem – Luys Vocal Quintet
Nicene Creed
Malankara Church Family & Youth Conference
Window View of the Armenian Church
10th Anniversary Party
Cover Photo: Ohio Fountain 2015
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Christian Access and Race

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Next Step #522: A time for everything: from walking to acquiring teeth and wisdom. Fr. Vazken takes the listener on a journey beyond the Old Testament to find a Christ defined by the understanding of God incarnate. Not for the faint-at-heart, exploring the fundamental precept of Armodoxy: Christ is accessible to all and the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
“Loco” Jethro Tull String Quartet
“Turn, Turn, Turn” Mary Hopkin
Archbishop Hovnan Derderian on Shoghakat TV re: Armenian Church today
West/Kardashian Baptism in Jerusalem
Cover: Karahunj 2014 Fr. Vazken Movsesian
Next Step’s 10th Anniversary Party – June 18
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Fr. Daniel Findikyan Interview

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Next Step #521: The newly elected Primate of the Armenian Church, Eastern Diocese, Very Rev. Fr. Daniel Findikyan talks about the challenges before him. In this interview with Fr. Vazken, Fr. Daniel shares his thoughts and insights about the Armenian Church and specifically in the historic American diocese. “It is now time for the Church to be the Church… We have the opportunity and the obligation to be what the Church has uniquely been called to be… To fulfill that mission which has been given uniquely to the Church of the Armenians and to no one else. We need to focus our mission on that which is exclusive and is the exclusive God-given prerogative of the Body of Christ among the Armenian people.” Unique guidance as unique as a primate from the Lone-Star state.
Het u Araj by Komitas performed by Michael Ayrapetyan
Armenian Church, Eastern Diocese
Pastoral Message of the Newly Elected Primate of Eastern Diocese
Fr. Daniel Findikyan bio
Fr. Daniel via St. Nersess Seminary
Armodoxy Blog by Fr. Vazken
Next Step
Cover: Zeked Gospel Cover – Fr. Vazken 2014
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Pentecost Vibrations at Sardarabad

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Next Step #520: Sardarabad at 100: vibrating to the sounds of Pentecost. Beyond politics, this episode of the Next Step focuses on listening to the secret language that vibrates within us… the Bells of Etchmiadzin wakening us to our missions. Garegin Chukhaszyan ends hunger strike. Acquiring language skills: Pentecost and Savant models.
Sardarabad Winds of Passion
Sardarabad Wiki
Sardarabad at 90 by Fr. Vazken
The Last Station Stop
Sardarabad Monument in Newhall
Anthony Bourdain in Armenia
Garegin Chukhaszyan hunger strike in his own words
Savant Syndrome
Acquired Savant Syndrome (Wisconsin Medical Society)
Fr. Krikor Zakaryan interview (Next Step #519)
Cover Photo: Sardarabad 2009, Fr. Vazken
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May Flowers Not Enough

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Next Step #519: Interview with Fr. Krikor Zakaryan (St. Garabed, Rancho Mirage) on faith, the Church and engaging the youth. Also, Fr. Vazken connects some dots that didn’t seem to connect: How the bloodless revolt didn’t translate in Israel: 60 dead in Gaza. Fr. Daniel Findikyan’s first pastoral message as Primate of the Eastern Diocese. Attention recognitionists: Did you really want it this way? Genocide recognition as a punishment statement? Pages of Armodoxy peeled open.
“I’m Armenia” by Aimee Farsakian
Velvet Revolution
Gaza Buries Dead
Fr. Daniel Findikyan’s Pastoral Message
Recognizing as Punishment
Fr. Krikor Zakaryan
Jewel of the Desert – St. Garabed Armenian Church
Fr. Krikor’s Ordination Tweeted
Seven Deadly Sins (7 Apps) Social Network Brands
Cover Photo: May Flowers Not Enough, 2012
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