Never Enough Wheat

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Next Step #513: Fifty years after Martin Luther King’s assassination, “hokehankist” comes alive as a fallen grain of wheat produces so much more (John 12:24) but never enough. African saying and Bedros Turian, Return from Easter in Utah – Resurrection in a land of religious sensitivity. Mormon Temple and Krishna Temple: A cross-over in vegetarianism. Icons and what they represent: Love for Tull and Beethoven.
“I told Jesus” Roberta Flack
King’s Last March (American Public Media)
Memphis Remembers MLK
“Mountaintop” Speech
MLK & John the Baptist: Two Kindred Spirits (Next Step #31)
Cover Photo: Moushetzi Wheat, 2014
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Where’d everyone go?

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Next Step #512: A mid-Holy Week tally of who’s who and what’s what. What happened to the thousands of friends who ushered Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and left him alone for his death only four days later? Don’t wait for Easter to be April fooled! Singling out Pilate – no Judas here – in a second-creed puts Easter in the history book and out of the connection book. Heading out to Utah to celebrate Easter and the Holy Divine Liturgy, Fr. Vazken shares a very special resurrection message.
Vem “Khatchi Ko Christos”
Palm Sunday – A Telling Expression
Jesus Christ Superstar “Pilate’s Dream”
TedX: Bible & Homosexuality
Suffering & Hope
Tamar Kabanjian Art Exhibit
Palm Cross Instruction
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Stop by & Pass by

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Next Step #511: Thirty years after the the Artsakh freedom movement, an opportunity to pray together with Archbishop Barkev of Arstakh turns into a blessing with memories and a look at Liberation through Jesus Christ. Intercessory Prayer. Stephen Hawking – looking – physics and mystery. “Remember me before the Immortal Lamb of God”
Hayrapetakan Maghtank: Tigran Hamasyan
Tigran Hamasyan
Armenian Theology of Liberation (Window I,2)
Liberation Theology
Stephen Hawking on Death & God
Stephen Hawking Video (Time)
Lenten Page
Cover photo: Ohio Air Museum exhibit 2015, Dayton
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Crossless Protest

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Crossless Protest
Next Step #510 – March 15, 2018 – Protests against gun violence in the modern era of social media and convenience (read no inconvenience, read no cross). Social media gone awry, cf. Supermarket Tabloids. Apostolic Brothers Thaddeus & Thomas today: Meeting with the Indian Orthodox community and the loss of the Cross at MidLent. More on Pingo. Digitizing 30+years of media and the future for Armodoxy.
Antranik Kzirian The Oud Player
Darfur Now
Lenten Journey Day #32
Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church
Indian Orthodox Church Retreat
Malankara Syrian Upcoming Family Retreat
Sermons from Glendale
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Pingo!

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Pingo!
Next Step #509 – March 8, 2018 – Post-Reclaim Conference – details and the story of Pingo: How the Beatles got compromised at age 50 and the wonder of where Christianity is at age 2000
Isabel Bayrakdarian
Michael Goorjian
Mashdots Jobanian: (one of many videos)
BiPolarID (virtual reality)
Sevag Derderian: Association of Armenian Church Choirs
Dr. Yvette Hovsepian Bearce
Gail Chelebian: Christian Education Council
Western Diocese of the Armenian Church
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Cover Photo: Sunset over Sevan by Fr. Vazken 2014
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Sign & Dome

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Next Step #508: Prelude to the Reclaim Conference (2018) looks at a form of learn and introspection. The unlikely pairing of two icons, a sign and a dome beg the question: what is there to reclaim? Something lost? Something forgotten? Here is a run down of what to expect at the conference and in life. A lenten journey with tentacles that reach out.
Antranik Kzirian “The Oud Player”
Reclaim: Embracing-Faith.com
Reclaim Conference Program
Buddha on the Road
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Expelling the Laugh Track

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Next Step #507: Expulsion Sunday is the backdrop of this episode as Fr. Vazken looks at the myth of Eden and the power of politicians and law makers, with attention paid to the placement of the laugh-track. Waking up with inspiration, motivating ourselves in face of violence, Florida and more. Jesus fulfilling the laws of the universe, beyond the Moses stories. And the “prime of equal proportion.” Practical Lenten practices as prescribed in Scripture: a look at Matthew 5 & 6.
Seminarians in Moscow
Gun Violence in Florida
Trump: Arming Teachers
Reclaim: Embracing-Faith.com
Lenten Journey Day 11
Billy Graham
Billy Graham on Race
Problem of Evil by Fr. Vazken
Soft & Hard Reset
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Necessary Steps

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Next Step #506: Reclaiming the Christian narrative as a preface to relevance and thereby bringing about change. Acknowledging/Disowning Jesus (Matthew 10:32-3) is not a jump to judgement. Video recording Jesus for context: 1000 days not recorded. Some real rules for Lent. Before getting another Xmas: Valentine and Presentation (Diaruntarch) pointing to One who is Greater. The Post, The First Amendment and Reclaim.
A Fuego Lento/Tangos Among Friends
Michael Goorjian, “What Lies Beyond the Stars”
Lenten Journey
St. Valentine
Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas)
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Florida Shooting
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The Apology Defense

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Next Step #505: Vartanantz Edition. The outcome of worry and the tiring mind. Four Sisters of Mary, Apologies for God and the great mysteries that have perplexed humankind since the beginning of time meet together as Fr. Vazken connects dots in a most unusual manner. Defending God, is not as clear as the way of St. Vartan. The clouds of heaven and the wings of the angels are part of the mix too.
Norahrash Psakavor by Luys Vocal Quintet
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40 Lenten Recipes
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A-maze-ing Midwinter Coffee

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Next Step #504: Midwinter/Candlemas come together over a cup of coffee and a reading. Just back from Vancouver and energized by the cold temperatures and the wonderful people, Fr. Vazken connects some important dots between Groundhogs, the Lunar Eclipse, Superbowl and an exhibit of a-maze-ing men, both in Vancouver and in Armenia. An action-packed episode. A formula for Religion based on Laughter? “May this sculpture inspire laughter, playfulness, and joy in all who experience it.”
Madigi Yerke by Element Band
Presentation of the Lord
Groundhog Day 2018
Lunar Eclipse 2018
Coffeescapes
Abril Books
A-Maze-ing Laughter
Yue Minjun artwork in Armenia
Superbowl Advertising
Origin by Dan Brown
Leveraging Love
Photo: “Coffee with Laura” Coffeescape by Anush Movsesian Avejic
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