Anthropocene: Spiritual Connections

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Ascension, Revolution & Equilibrium

Next Step #518: Velvet Revolution in Armenia, Ascension Day on the road to equilibrium. In memory of Gov. George Deukmejian, personal reflections. A New Primate in America: Very Rev. Fr. Daniel Findikian. (includes a whos-who in the Armenian Church and a primer on nomenclature), Broadcasting from Rancho Mirage.
Miso Soup – Serj Tankian
Velvet Revolution in Armenia
Duxov
Marianna’s IHS post
Hratch Tchilingirian on Eastern Church lecture
Findikian elected Primate of the Eastern Diocese
Governor George Deukmejian
St. Garabed Armenian Church in Rancho Mirage, California
Amazon (Bezos) 14 Rules
Cover: Peace in Yerevan, Fr. Vazken 2017
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Testing tones & patterns: Liberation

Next Step #517: Social action within the Church with justice as its goal… From test patterns to testing patterns in our process of defining ourselves, this Next Step shares some liberating ideas. Marking the passing of James H. Cone (1936-2018) and “A Black Theology of Liberation” with applications in Armodoxy and for the current climate in Armenia. Tested for Time: Armodoxy proves consistent through the years. A practical use for the dial tone.
Stairway to the Stars” by John Coltrane
James H. Cone: A Black Theology of Liberation
Armenian Theology of Liberation (Window I.2)
Television Test Pattern
Armenian Parliament May 1, 2018
Birth of a Nation
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Secret Message of Dreaming

Next Step #516- April 27, 2018 – Finding a secret message encrypted on a marble stone; it becomes the foundation for a dream. Fr. Vazken gives his first-hand account of the Montebello Genocide Monument opening in 1968 (50 years). Looking for victimization? You’d never believe who and why. Commemoration in Boise, Idaho with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy. Can’t hide April 24 or what’s happening in Armenia.
Kar Demker by Gor Mkhitarian
Secret Message of Dreaming (Blog)
Divine Liturgy in Boise, Idaho
Lindy Avakian
Cover photo: Armenian Dream come-true in Boise, Idaho
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