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Tag Archive for: Elections

Civility

November 7, 2024/0 Comments/in Armodoxy for Today, Daily Message/by Vazken Movsesian
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Armodoxy for Today: Civilization

In one of his campaign speeches, Vice Presidential nominee, Tim Walz, reminded us of a nice tradition that exists at the end of team sports. At the end of a game, one team wins, and another loses, yet both teams find their way to the middle of the playing field and acknowledge their opponent with a handshake or hand bump, while proclaiming “Good game” as they pass by the person that had perhaps tackled them or fouled a ball out of their hand. Walz, who was a high school teacher and coached the football team, said that this tradition promoted sportsmanship. At the end of the game, both teams acknowledge one another with the words “Good game.”

Soccer and water polo were the games of choice in our house. I remember several times when I watched my kids play hard and play their hearts out against a team only to lose. You could tell that the thought of going up to their opponent and saying “Good game” was uncomfortable and verging on protest. But the rules of the league prevailed, and we’d watch the kids go through this ritual and we parents would soon follow the line and nod to the parents on the other team. Sometimes when the competition was extremely fierce and you’d watch the other parents humiliate themselves and their children by yelling and screaming on the side lines, you really didn’t feel like shaking hands with these people, but, what’s good for the children is also good for the parents. And so, we’d offer a Good-Game-bump to our counterparts. It was a simple lesson in sportsmanship that we all knew was necessary as a lesson in life.

As the elections came to a close yesterday, one candidate reached out to the other and conceded the election. Her concession remarks were dignified and reminded me of the way things used to be.

There is nothing uniquely Christian about dignity, sportsmanship, or courtesy. These traits belong to the family of humanity. They are classified under civility and by definition are the foundation of civilization – our ability to work together. In Armenian, kaghakavar or kaghakagrtutiun comes from the same root word, civil. As Armodoxy attests, the message given to us at the beginning of Christ’s ministry is heard from the angels, “Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward one another.” The purpose of all true religion is to seek harmony and understanding among people. And ours is to be a reminder of this simple truth – perhaps with a handshake, or a hand bump, or simply to acknowledge another by proclaiming, You played a good game.

From the Book of Hours of the Armenian Church we pray, Peace and life, Only Begotten Son of God, give us Your peace, that You grant to Your holy apostles by breathing into them Your life-giving and all-powerful Holy Spirit, so that having found our peace from worldly commotions, we may become a temple and an inhabitation of Your grace, and may give thanks to You together with the Father and Holy Spirit. Amen.

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Rumor Controlled

May 12, 2022/0 Comments/in The Next Step/by Vazken Movsesian

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

June 24, 2021/0 Comments/in The Next Step/by Vazken Movsesian

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

June 17, 2021/0 Comments/in The Next Step/by Vazken Movsesian

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

November 12, 2020/0 Comments/in The Next Step/by Vazken Movsesian

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

November 11, 2016/0 Comments/in The Next Step/by Vazken Movsesian

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

November 3, 2016/0 Comments/in The Next Step/by Vazken Movsesian

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
Engineered by Ken Nalik
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The Focus of Change

October 20, 2016/0 Comments/in The Next Step/by Vazken Movsesian

 

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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