Tag Archive for: Faith

Bushel Basket

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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #700: Celebrating a miracle unlike any other. Claiming priorities, a nicer way of expressing biases sets the direction of your path. Alec Baldwin’s accidental bullet, investigations and missing investigations from bullets sold to kill. Armodoxy today: removing from under the bushel basket. Hans Küng – theologian and priest – a missed passing (1928-2021).
Hans Küng
Lamp & Bushel Basket
Alec Baldwin
Ghapama & the news (min 5:10)
Armen Chakmakian
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Changing Lens

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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #687: An interview with Ani Shahinian, candidate in History and Theology at the University of Oxford. Hear her articulate the teachings (vadapetutyiun) of the Armenian Church as expressed through a group of doctors of the church. Switching political lens for religious, here is an understanding of identity through Scripture, Culture and Tradition. Shahinian brings energy and knowledge that will inspire the listener to learn more about the amazing Christian Faith of the Armenian Church.
Ani Shahinian
WD168 this week
Komitas: Ten Revelation Artsruni
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Afterlife Connections

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Next Step #683: Extreme Unction, a sacrament of the Armenian Church, is perhaps one of the seven that is most misunderstood. And why have some reduced the list to six? Fr. Vazken starts the discussion on the secular plane, with current political trends and the place of faith in evaluating your belief system, and takes the conversation to end-of-life reflections. Don’t check-in your brain at the door for this one; uncomfortable for some, it’s an important discussion in Armodoxy.
Prayer for “good death”
Houdini exposing fraud – contacting the dead
Transfiguration/Armodoxy
Transfiguration Sermon (2020)
Transfiguration blog post
Djivan Gasparian passes away
Mama – Djivan Gasparian
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Without a life-line

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Next Step #658: Fear, anxiety and our worst nightmares are coming true in this age of pandemic. Being alone at the time of death: Faith and the belief that we’re not alone. Lost and disconnected: The challenge to walk in the shoes of others. MLK weekend, upcoming with prayers. Losing control and leaning on crutches: drugs, alcohol and religion.
Reddit: Nightmares
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MLK Retreat 2021
Virtual Homeblessing
Footprints in the Sand
Luke 4
David Bowie, Space Oddity
George Winston
Cover: IHS at Mt. View by Fr. Vazken 2021
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Ink Knew Tune

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Next Step #645: Identity in crisis during a crisis: How to cope with the horrors of war and move from hopelessness to hopefulness. Tackling the big questions of purpose by finding definition in work and identity. At the foot of the bed: cancer patients and the war. Power and knowledge beyond human capabilities? Moving from ‘or’ to ‘and’ in placing faith with science. Mesrop Mashtots in Artsakh and the 1903 Encyclopedia Britannica. All this and politics too.
Nairyan Vocal Ensemble
Nairyan Vocal Ensemble YouTube Channel
WD168 going viral
Priests going to war
Christianity Today on the War
Purple Tie Awards
Cover Photo: Ruins near Abovyan, 2014 Fr. Vazken
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Good-heart Bible

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Next Step #639: Does over analysis and applying reason to the Bible lead you away from Faith? It’s the starting question for this discussion, recognizing there are no wrong questions. Mark 4:35f and hardness of heart: doubt vs. experience. Reconciling absurdity with Faith: Learning and testing through vs computer programming. A different look at the rules that define us.
Tsitsernag by Arax
Waking Up in the Storm (Sermon) 8/30/2020
Buy a Bible: Catholic, Evangelical, Atheist
Labor Day message: Labor, Anxiety & Enthusiasm
Cover: Salmon eggs
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Plastic: Molding Faith

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Next Step #638: As the political atmosphere heats up with elections two months away, religion, particularly Christianity, comes into question as politicians justify actions and policy with a wide variety of departures on theology. Fr. Vazken offers a primer on politics and the use of religion, finding the grey matter between the black and white, conservative and liberal. Qualifying politicians by the Christian scale: the plasticity of the faith to conform to the world and an Armodoxy look.
Those Were the Days by Mary Hopkin
Billy Graham’s granddaughter on Evangelicals today
WD168 this week
Armodoxy Blogspot
In His Shoes
Plastic Man Wiki
Cover: PM/No.1 Fr. Vazken 1966
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Badarak in the Age of Pandemic

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Next Step #618: Holy/Great Thursday and the Institution of the Last Supper, the Holy Badarak, that is, the means by which we connect to the life-saving Crucifixion and celebrate the Resurrection. Thanks to technology we’re watching in our living rooms, with candles, incense and prayers. The message of St. Basil is read during the Liturgy explaining the essence of the Eucharist: “Never look at this as bread and wine” … it is the life-giving blood and body of our Lord Jesus Christ. Now… that being said, what are we fearing? Where is our faith? How can a virus so small stand between us and the Lord’s Body. In this episode Fr. Vazken shares insights about the Badarak today and the adaptation to ultra-pandemics in the past. How to participate in the virtual ceremonies?
VEM Radio
WD168 This week
Holy Thursday message 2019
Holy Friday message 2019
Cover: Badarak in the age of Pandemic, Fr. Vazken 2020
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Two Types of Knees

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Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer during COVID-19 Pandemic

Next Step #617 – April 2, 2020 – A sobering look at the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of Armodoxy. Fr. Vazken dissects and provides common misconceptions about faith issue: Serenity, Courage and Patience in today’s reality. The 120nM/2mm comparison. End of Lent in a sci-fi horror show. This is an up-close and personal episode.
When I’m 64 
MonaLisa Twins 
Western Diocese FB Page for Streams 
WD168 4/1/2020 
Circle of Faith – Prayer & Fast Message
Cover: Brazil’s Christ the Savior during Coronavirus pandemic
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Take it Easy

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Next Step #614 – March 12, 2020 – Fears increase as Coronavirus is here, there and everywhere. A special edition on Faith as an antithesis to fear. Fr. Vazken talks about the importance for faith, education, knowledge as masses engage in the hoarding process. Taking it Easy – a trip in the Southwest, the Eagles and opportunities out of depression. Expectation: The Seven Hours of the Armenian Church, the Sun and Faith.

Joanna Chapman-Smith, “Melodies”
WD168 3/11/20
Reclaim Postponed
Take it Easy by the Eagles 
Cover: Corner in Windslow, AZ, 2020
Engineered by Ken Nalik
Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for http://InHisShoes.org