Creative Teachings

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Next Step #503: From a display of coffee-cup readings, to a rock concert up in Napa, to the passing of a couple distinguished ladies, to the celebration of Robert Burns’ poetry, Fr. Vazken takes the opportunity to connect the dots for creative teachings.
One Brown Mouse by Jethro Tull www.jethrotull.com
Robert Burns poetry
Coffeescapes by Anush
Sona & Friends Fire Fund
Reclaim 2018: www.embracing-faith.com
Sheriff John Birthday Song
Cover photo – SF sky 2013 Fr. Vazken
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A Tale of Two Letters

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Next Step #502: Two letters, one welcoming and the other excluding – both from clergy 50 years apart: progress is not in the making. Battery Recharge: Martin Luther King Retreat in review and the Letter from Birmingham Jail. Is it just a matter of “doing it”? Adapting Nike’s “Just Do It” to the faith community. Deaconness in the Armenian Church and the uproar by a pharisaic community within orthodoxy.
“Leader of the Band” Dan Fogulberg
Letter from Birmingham jail
Pope marries couple in mid-flight
Jesus on Hypocrisy
Anush’s “Coffeescapes”
Deaconness in the Armenian Church (Abp. Sebouh of Tehran) by Dr. H. Tchilingirian
Jimmy Kimmel “Lie Witness News” MLK Edition
MLK Retreat 2018
“I am Takapa” on Dallas
Louis XIV “I am the state”
Vancouver Radio for 1/16/2018
Photo: Zaca Lake from the gazebo – 2018 Fr.Vazken
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Silent News: Listening

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Next Step #501: What is the best news you’ve heard today? Is it possible you didn’t hear it? Optimism and the 9Million+ that made it home: Overcoming anxiety with this simple tip. On women in the Armenian Church: Applauding the brave. Deacon Ani-Kristi serving in Iran. Extremism as articulated by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Eracinos by 35th Parallel
Oekonomeia
MLK Retreat
Rev. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
Time Magazine “Optimism” by Bill Gates
Deacon Ani-Kristi serving in Iran
Blog on Seta Simonian’s Ordination
Photo: “Escapees on the Line” (2018 Fr. Vazken Movsesian)
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Kodak Moment No More

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Next Step #500: The New Year kicks off with a look at one of the giants that didn’t make it to 2018. Unable to adapt and slow to accept changes, Kodak presents a prophetic picture as the Spirit of the Future. Fr. Vazken talks about the church, the challenges to the community of believers and a Darwinian understanding of survival. Commitment to the disenfranchised and the circle of Christian understanding.
Ernek Te Ais Nor Tari by Rouben Hakhverdian & Lilit Pipoyan
Kodak Wikipedia article
Celebrity Deaths of 2017
Carl Sagan “Pale Blue Dot” (short video) (book)
Edited News: www.Yahoo.com
MLK Retreat: www.InHisShoes.org/MLK
Photo: “Frogs, Legs & Film” (c)2018 Fr. Vazken Movsesian
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Faces Near the Manger

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Next Step #499: Perspectives – looking down or looking up – finding the center point of our liturgical and common life. A Christmas special that continues and connects. Christmas Eve at the Armenian Cathedral. The story of the “Golden Ball.” Looking at Christ: Inclusion by reflecting the Christ-Light. A different sort of a Merry Christmas message.
Pentatonix “Mary Did you know?
Mary Did you know? by Madilyn Smith
Photo: At the Manger (open this for podcast discussion)
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Hope: Solstice plus 1

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Next Step #498: Exploring the Winter Solstice and it’s opportunity to hope in an end to darkness and warmer days. The first message of Christmas comes alive with hope for today. A new day for a special understanding to our connection to all of eternity. Merry Christmas to all.
John Bilezikjian “Merry Christmas”
Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow by Ian Anderson
MLK Retreat: www.InHisShoes.org/MLK
Cover: Solstice Star & the Gyroscope by Fr. Vazken 2017
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Carols this Very Minute

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Next Step #497: The power of music to soothe and the power of a Christmas carol to transport to a place we should be. Taking a break from all the things that we are not doing at Christmas time: The annual pick of carols by Fr. Vazken for 2017. Enjoy some tunes and some expressions for change through the Babe in the Manger.
Songs: Bing Crosby & David Bowie “Drummer Boy”; Loreena McKennett “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”; Blackmore’s Night “I Saw Three Ships”; Bob Dylan “Must Be Santa”; Louis Armstrong “Winter Wonderland”; Chicago “O Come All Ye Faithful”; Mary Hopkin “Mary Had a Baby”; Joan Baez “What Child is This?”; Element Band “Hark the Herald Angels”; Jethro Tull “A Christmas Song”
Mystery Hum of the Earth
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Soft & Hard Resets

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Next Step #496: Time to purge, but is it time for a Factory reset? Fr. Vazken adds an electronic dot to the connection list. No technical experience necessary: this is about our lives and a time for the Church to hit the big Reset button. Defining the “Lazarus” Reset and the cloud as the great equalizer. Jerusalem beyond politics because it’s not “improving people’s lives.” GIGO and troubleshooting life. First Steps: The Sermon on the Mount.
The Wind by Cat Stevens
Soft vs Hard Reset
Fires in Los Angeles
Jerusalem as capital of Israel
Al Franken Resignation
Sermon on the Mount
MLK Retreat 2018: www.InHisShoes.org/mlk
Reclaim 2018: www.embracing-faith.com
Cover photo: Fr Vazken – “Reset Zeked” 2017
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Marketing Mystique: Retail to Spiritual

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Next Step #495: Cleaning up after Thanksgiving – assessing the movement from starving to feeding. Add a day to Black Friday and find the Rich Fool. Using the dimmer instead of the binary light switch.The Apple Mystique – form and function in our Armenian Church – an opportunity to mature in faith. Desensitized by the laugh track.
Pavane (Gabriel Fauré)- Jethro Tull Christmas Album
Interview with Harrison: KPFK Archive
Aldus Huxley, “Brave New World”
Bezos at Thanksgiving
Parable of the Rich Fool
Seattle University Chapel of St. Ignatius
Vahagn Setian 5 Walk/Run
John Lennon “Black Friday” quote
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The Direction of Thankfulness

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Next Step #494: Thanksgiving vs Thanksgetting in post-Trump America: When Christ looks at it one way and the Church in another way, with applause. Giving/losing ego for harmony, love and peace. Revelations at two anniversaries: St. John, SF and St. Andrew, Cupertino. Finding the unfiltered Jesus at and with the First-Called Disciple. A thanksgiving look at two parables –  the Rich Fool (Luke 12) and amassing wealth and a Grain of Wheat (John 12). Kosher bacon and McRibs – get your appetite ready for the holiday season. Ethics in a processed world and the “No Exceptions” rule.
Flamenco Duo Bularius
Thank you Very Much by the Scaffolds
Bible Study on Thanksgiving 2017
Kosher Bacon
St. John Armenian Church, San Francisco
St. Andrew Armenian Church, Cupertino
Trump pardons turkey
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