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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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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
Cover: Fr. Vazken 2009
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Eclipsed & Reset

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Next Step #481: Post Eclipse Blues: Fr. Vazken returns from Oregon and delves into the spirituality of the solar eclipse. Charlottesville: Political response offers insight into Einsteinian insanity and it ain’t what/who you think. Beyond metaphors, the eclipsed Sun does win in the end.
Compilation of Sun-songs by Ken Nalik
Eclipse 2017
The Voyager Journeys
Bible & the Armenian Church
Time Magazine on Charlottesville
Eclipsing the Eclipse
The Oregonian
Voodoo Donuts
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Connected Destinations

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Next Step #471: Whether it’s a letter from Forest Lawn or a bridge that connects us to something on the other side… where are we going? Completing the 9th year of podcasting, we’re looking at destinations – the ends beyond the means. Forest Lawn: business lessons for the church. Physical decomposition vs. legacy. Irritant issues… women again… can be resolved via evolution. Making room for Jesus by clearing out the ego. Einstein & more…
Komidas’ Pontifical Anthem (no link- it is a digitized blaka)
On the ordination of women in the Armenian Church
Next Step on Women
Window Vol V, No. 3&4
Armenian Church National Meeting in Etchmiadzin
Supreme Spiritual Council
cf. w/Trump Cabinet
Problem of Evil at the Genocide
Bible Study on Forgiveness & Healing
Nahabed Melconian Book Premiere
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The God Need

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Next Step #466: Find those who need God and you can find those who don’t. It’s easy if you try. The system of democracy in the church as it’s own downfall. Inherent in the struggle for liberty is the rebellion away from the church. = Clergy & Laity. Why young people don’t buy into the Church: Disciplined hierarchy and an Army parallel. Finding equilibrium everywhere. Reflections after the Diocesan Assembly. And much more…
Miqayel Voskanyan & Friends
Church of Armenia by Ormanian
Life After God by Douglas Coupland
Western Diocese Annual Assembly
Equilibrium – Principles
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Old Church: New Maturity

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Next Step #459: Reclaim reverberates: Is there a possible avalanche of reclamation ahead of us? Armenian flag over Standing Rock – a symbol of solidarity and a pointer to symbols that define us. Six months after leaving a parish: An old church matures in a new way. Opportunities to pray (even for priests) are coming up.  Mechanics of building successful work on any dimension or in any field. Lenten challenge regarding perspective. Brothels and more in this episode.
Gumri – by Kochnak
Reclaim Video
Etchmiadzin in 1915 with Roupen Adalian
Shnorhali’s I Confess with Faith
Handing off Standing Rock Flag
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Lights on in the TZ

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Next Step #451: The Chalcedon and Fahrenheit edition. The “business” of the Church. The three Ecumenical Councils of the Universal Christian Church. AMen to Armenian men Arizona style. Negative diseases: Sifting through the pessimism of Trump’s Inagural Address and the follow up protests. Bizarre moments of jumping state lines. The Optimism that is fueled by pessimism. Distractions, coverings and missing the message of Life: The burden of attention. Focusing and actualizing truth and embracing the good – some practical answers. Man & Money: Treasure & Heart – the money factor in the Church equation. Expansion of Epostle ministry.
Louis Armstrong: That Lucky Old Sun Rolling Around Heaven All Day
Ecumenical Councils
St. Apkar Armenian Church, Scottsdale
Excuses (in Armenian)
RECLAIM conference: www.Embracing-Faith.com
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Orange Color Politics

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Next Step #439: Politics is front and center in this episode as Fr. Vazken visits his childhood church, remembers the ugly politics inside the church and now  on the world stage with US elections in a few days. Social ethics – the importance of self-determination and a rejection of destiny, finding the tools to make our decisions. A metaphysical discussion has political and practical implications and applications in our world today. And no, we don’t serve on the altar!
“Observer” by Gor Mkhitarian
Truman/Dewey picture
Murder at the Altar by Terry Phillips
Catholicos at meetings in New York
St. Nersess Armenian Seminary
Embracing Faith Conference – Save the Date 
Whitewashed tombs
St. James, Los Angeles
USC School of Religion
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Digestive Time

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Next Step #435: It takes time to digest, whether food or ideas, but eventually the body and mind is nurtured. The Bradley Effect in Politics (e.g., Trump or Brexit) and now, as Fr. Vazken connects it, in religion. Using reasoning and logic, and not checking the brain at the door at church. Connecting dots along the way.
Song: “Sari Aghtchik” by Djivan Gasparian
Next Step in Armenia at Domestic Violence Walk
Next Step Domestic Violence Rally in Armenia
AC101 #22 – On the mystical 7th letter of the alphabet
Fareed Zakaria on Political Takes
Bradley Effect
Violence Hurt/Love Conquers Icon
Adam Krikorian, Coach of the Games
Photo: “Chiluly Glass in Tempe” by Fr. Vazken (2013)
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Exercising Exorcism

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Next Step #430: (rebroadcast of episode #70) It’s not all about head-spins and vomit, as Fr. Vazken follows up on reports of exorcism. The nature/nurture argument in defining evil and the devil. Where are balances of good and evil in our lives. Bulletin from the Vatican about New Media in the church. A look at spirituality in the world and rising trends.
Ani’s Bubbles: Sand and Stone
Shogher Jan performed by Gor Mkhitarian written by Gomidas Vartabed
Photo: Alex Grey’s “Life & Death 7 faces”
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