Tag Archive for: Elections

Rumor Controlled

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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #727: The spread of mis-, dis-, and mal-information, from elections to today. Mother’s Day “heart” poem translated and read. Twisting stats for desired results.
Rumor Control Center
Rumor Control Start up
Truman & Dewey’s ‘win’
Bishop Daniel Findikyan – 2018 Interview
Fr. Vazken, Mother’s Day Divine Liturgy & Sermon
Armenian Diaspora Survey – take today!
Deciphering Protestant denomination numbers
“How to lie with statistics”
Pavarotti & Friends for War-Child
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When VR was all we had

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Next Step #681: The virtual church, the virtual nation and virtual Armenia existed long before the pandemic forced virtual realities to interact. Looking beyond the politics of the latest election. Caution against throwing out the baby with the bathwater. The “awe” of religion, expressed in numbers and math. The billion-hour phenomena of YouTube. From “Evil Empire” to “Velvet Revolution”.
AP Election News
WD168 this week
Gorbachev US trip cut short
Bishop Sebu: Baptism in a Shack
Encountering Anew: Vazken I
Vazken I visit to America: Anna Movsesian memoires
First Armenian Bulletin Board System
YouTube at 1 billion
Element Band
Cover: NetZero Stained Glass
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Starting 14 Challenged

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Next Step #680: Beginning our 14th Year of broadcasting the Next Step. Sorting the files, reflecting and reminiscing – from the early days in an old Victorian in Hollywood. Elections in Armenia. Peace with bullies in the neighborhood: Leveraging Love. Challenging William Saroyan: New Mexico and the problem of finding peace in a most obvious place.
45 Days: Fight for a Nation
Archimedes’ Lever
WD168 this week
Sermon on Purpose (6/13/21)
Leveraging Love
Crystal Diode Radio – no batteries necessary
Ruminant
Listen to the Mockingbird
Cover: Victorian in Hollywood, 1989 Fr. Vazken
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Aftermath

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Next Step #649: And when the war was over… Confusion, frustration and anger are all part of a story we’ve heard before Artsakh. Some answers in the aftermath, with a vantage point from beyond, one which once inspired us. Here is a story of hope in the aftermath of a modern day Avarayr, and the aftermath of the US elections.
Chuck Holton on Horizon TV (at min 27:40)
R. Ezra Telalian Photography
Prayer Vigil in Glendale
Janis Ian
Cover: Aftermath 2009 Fr. Vazken
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Post-Election Determinism

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Next Step #440: The campaign is over, finally, and that’s about the only thing that is over. Beyond politics, some metaphysics in this post-election analysis a la Armodoxy. Connecting dots: Free Will & Determinism, Responsibility & the State, Trump & Hillary and a few more. New language: new ends for new means.
“Little Willow” by Paul McCartney
Bradley Effect
Newsweek double Covers
In Memory of Harout – IHS Feed
Embracing Faith Conference
Election Results
Cover: Eaton Site 2016 by Fr. Vazken
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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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The Focus of Change

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Next Step #437: The relativity of measuring change: finding a standard. Fr. Vazken develops a theory of change in direct propotion to the amount of time by which it is measured. Jethro Tull the Rock Opera and the agriculturalist – 45+ years later. Dealing and struggling with the phenomena of the “anti-vote.” Trump/Clinton and the lessons for religion and atheism –  Early pay-TV and the parking meter.
Ara Chakhlasyan “Dhol Armenian Drum”
Conference: Embracing Our Faith in a Changing World
Conference Save the Date
Jethro Tull: www.JethroTull.com
“Arlington”
Armenian Bible printing at 350
Time Magazine, “The Truth is Out There”
Atheism 2.0
Cover photo Smiling Lawn by Fr. Vazken 2005
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