As for us

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Next Step #769 – March 9, 2023 – Celebrating through worship: The “As for Us” addendum to the Nicene Creed, the first amendment by St. Gregory the Illuminator. Worship that is based on the message of Christ on top of Christology. The “Jesus Revolution” – from the 1960s to today: “He gets Us” marketing. Synodality in the Church. Validating the IHS message of empathy as the Christian calling.
Epostle.net – Apostolic Evangelism for the Electronic Universal
Lenten Sundays Videos
Lenten Journey
Jesus Revolution
He Gets Us
Nicene Creed
Pope Francis & Synodality
Reclaim Conference
Hasmik Leyloyan
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Self Elimination

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Next Step #768 – March 2, 2023 – Self eliminating jobs, e.g., psychologists, therapists, and comparisons in religious life. Lenten Primer. MLK after the Civil Rights battle and the Vietnam War. Defining moments in our lives and personal history. The boundaries for religion. History: when do we remember and when do we let go? The foundation within religion.
Lenten Primer
Martin Luther King Jr. & Vietnam War
1927 – 95 year after a picnic
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Armen Chakmakian
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Three Column Religion

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Next Step #767 – February 23, 2023 – Three column hymn or prayer books are common place in the Armenian churches, often referred to as the format of the pew book. The commotion behind the curtain: Lenten Sundays have started. Expulsion without the traditional exiles; Connecting the dots with the seven deadly sins. Final words on the goodness being remembered.
Armodoxy for Today (Daily/Lenten msgs) 
Lenten Sundays: Expulsion 
Lark Musical Society
Կirakē 
Reclaim 2023
Armenian Public Radio Retrograde 
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Getting the Femur

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Next Step #766 – February 22, 2023 – Margaret Mead spoke of finding civilized society with the finding of a repaired femur bone, dating back 15,000 years. Fr. Vazken asks did we lose that civility as we measure the responses to the tremendous loss of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. A Super Bowl ad brought attention to the fact that Jesus “gets us.” Now, do we “get” Jesus?
Earthquake in Turkey/Armenian Relations https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-says-earthquake-diplomacy-could-help-mend-armenia-ties-2023-02-15/
Super Bowl ad angers both right and left: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64493324
Lenten Series Begins https://www.facebook.com/epostle.net/videos/923111938713918
Կirakē – Sunday evening service https://youtu.be/noR_MerAsq0
Zulal: “The Shepherd’s Clock” https://www.zulal.org/albums.html
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Looking Out: Interview with Michael Goorjian

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Next Step #765 – Michael Goorjian, filmmaker, Emmy award Actor, Director interviewed about his latest film, Amerikatsi. Listen in on a conversation about the movie, acting/directing, life, purpose and much more.
Amerikatsi
Michael Goorjian IMDb
Twitter
Wiki
Daily Messages / Good Samaritan Part1, Part2, Part3
Komitas Piano Works Babakhanian 
Cover: “Looking Out” – Fr. Vazken 2023
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Order of Time

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Next Step #764 – February 2, 2023 – Groundhog Day, biological times, smells, and rhythm of our lives, how the Church calendar brings discipline to that beat. Armenian Christians under attack in Jerusalem and St. Sarkis, more than a captain and commander, a witness to Jesus Christ. Candlemas, Mid-winter, and 40 days after Christmas.
Epostle.net
Daily Messages “Armodoxy for Today”
Groundhog Day 2023
Armenias attacked in Jerusalem
Dog in Mid-Winter, Jethro Tull
Cover: Rhythm of Time, 2023 Fr. Vazken Movsesian
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Surprise Boredom No More

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Next Step #763 – January 26, 2023 – Are there things that still surprise you? From politicians to the realities of war, there doesn’t seem to be surprises. The priest and a commitment to anti-boredom: The joy of the priesthood. A call interrupts the recording only to demonstrate the topic.
Pope Francis Interview
Miss Armenia intro
Armodoxy for Today
Wounds are open?
Bonnie Raitt, Just Like That
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Beyond Parlor Tricks

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Next Step #762 – January 19, 2023 – Beyond parlor tricks, taking the water-to-wine miracle to heart. Continuing on the theme of maturity of faith as a challenge for the day. Rev. Bernice King: Time to move from quoting to living. Artsakh, Armenia and the death of children known as soldiers. A higher calling: A call for peace from a beautiful world.
Rev. Bernice King’s 2023 Words
15 Killed in Armenia
Miss Armenia: call for peace
Shpro’s Rant
David Crosby
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Maturity of Faith

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Next Step #761 – January 12, 2023 – Wish for the new year: Maturity of Faith. Putting aside childish ways (ICor 13) and cultivating faith that works in life. Christianity, the teachings of Jesus with applications to Artsakh and the blockade. Avoiding the folly of relying on politicians taking care of your troubles. Breaking the cycle of hate.
Newsweek “Ethnic Cleansing” in Artsakh 
Theophany Sermon by Fr. Vazken
Cheap Grace https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/423945-cheap-grace-means-grace-sold-on-the-market-like-cheapjacks
Goodness of God – Cece Winans
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Spiritual Coaster

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Next Step #760: Solutions: Write a letter? Or move mountains? Take your pick of the solution and the means. Time to get a life and take on responsibility for life. Opting for spiritual power and choice at the end of the year. Archbishop Vatché Hovsepian, laid to rest: the funeral and burial.
Leveraging Love
The Parable of Archbishop Vatche – Next Step #759
Ian Anderson: A Week of Moments www.jethrotull.com
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