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A Few Hundred Years of Pokeman

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Next Step #423: With the release of the Pokemon Go, Fr. Vazken discovers the business plan for the app in the Church archives, from a few hundred years ago! Connecting more dots on relevancy for faith, in the lessons from Dallas and the police shootings. Missing the boat on AC101 and the Der Ghazarian miniatures, all in this edition.
Song: Hermine Toomanian
Dallas Shooting Memorial
AC101 on Vardavar
Pokemon Go
Miniatures by E. Der Ghazarian
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Logical Proof

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Next Step #408: What the early Apostolic Church tells us about the Resurrection. Post Resurrection and post Easter ties: Looking beyond faith to logic to explain the illogical. A miracle happens when an autistic boy jumps from his seat in the church. A quick trip to SF and Ken’s back from Cuba – getting prepared to drive the long distance.
Song: Goyva Yerousaghem – Hachig Kazarian Ensemble ; Susanna Sargsyan – Amen Hayr Sourb
Vazkenian Students
Miracle Moment: Autistic boy jumps up
Cuba & Cars
Photo – “Proof” by Fr. Vazken Movsesian
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The Sound of One Hand

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Next Step #404: The Zen koan as the backdrop for this Lenten meditation. Finding the Kingdom within and without as a Jesus-instructed First step. Armodoxy: Understanding faith as a means of living today, alleviating anxiety about future promises. The Multiverse: A universe with different rules.
Prayer in Passing by Anouska Shankar
The Sound of One Hand
AC101 – www.Youtube.com/Armodoxy
St. Peter Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/StPeterArmenianChurch/
Parable of the Judge
koan
Desi Arnaz
Accidental Universe
Cover Photo: Salvation at Sevan (2009) by Fr. Vazken
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Abandoning the Cloud

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Next Step #391: Cloud storage and cloudy religion. Bringing the faith down to Earth where it was intended to be in a quest for peace. Fr. Vazken shares thoughts on infinity and immortality, dissected from terabytes to kilobytes to the soul that makes up the human animal. San Bernardino shooting, the Pope on fundamentalism, the Funeral Service of the Armenian Church, A reading of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “The Duckling”; gods from Mt. Olympus to Christianity.
Cover Photo: “Aragil on the West Side” by Fr. Vazken
Song: Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto in D minor.
Pope on Fundamentalism
San Bernardino shooting
LA Times on Prayer after Shootings
Data Measurements
Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “The Duckling”
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Preservatives Added or Not

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Next Step #388: Keep the faith! Not to be confused with preserve the faith! Fruits, meats, vegetables, even photos are ways of preserving – even pickling – the dead. Fr. Vazken gives food for thought as we build monuments and museums to preserve and miss the opportunity to live. Also, in this episode – The power of the Eucharist, and the Delivery System of the Church.
“Armenian Patterns” by Karen Markaryan
Pope on the Eucharist
LA Times “Matagh” article
Armenian National Anthem
Leveraging Love
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Pluto & the Thomas Connection

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Next Step #371: Lessons learned from the Pluto fly-by, in case you didn’t catch it from Thomas. Understanding faith as Venus & Jupiter dance in the sky. Jimmy Carter on leaving his church on principles of equality for women as Fr. McKenzie wipes the dirt from Eleanor’s grave, who was saved? More on the “His Holiness Project” and the revolution from within and without.
Song: Element Band “Too Mi Arev” from Oo
Jimmy Carter Essay “Losing my religion for equality”
Essay Review
Pluto the Dog can be seen on Pluto the Planet
Millennium Peace Summit: http://www.millenniumpeacesummit.org/
Dancing Boris: www.jethrotull.com
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Digestible Faith

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Next Step #347: After appearing as guest on a call-in talk show, Fr. Vazken reflects about the importance of the questioning; mistaken notions of the Bible; evolving faith. The Church may deliver the food – now can we chew and digest it? Personal references to God – it’s older than Protestants. Story from the fields: the young man who gets a blessing and shares a blessing; Differing forms of greeting a procession; Nina and the piggies; on the Superbowl and the 100 Souls In His Shoes project. It’s a packed show!
Song: Inscence & Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock
On Heaven and Earth by Pope Francis
100 Year Journey
Superbowl XLIX
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A Time for Balance

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Next Step #297 – February 13, 2014

Better than bonfires, here’s an approach to Candlemass “Diaruntarch” that challenges the listener to meditate and make the presentation a connection to Faith today. On the power of love while feeding the homeless.
Song: “Turn, Turn, Turn” by Mary Hopkins
Pilgrimage to Armenia & Ararat 
Homeless Feed at Ascensia
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Discovering Tremendous Treasures: A talk with Hratch Tchilingirian

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Next Step #293 – January 16, 2014

A candid conversation with Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian about the church, relevancy and focusing on the basics – faith, hope and love. Tchilingirian shares insights from experiences in London as well as from a life in the Armenian Church. Filtering out the “noise,” the quest for meaning, and the soldier/army metaphor are part of this discussion. Also – some thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr., as a minister of the Gospel.
Song: Armen Chakmakian, “Enchantress”
Hratch Tchilingiran
Martin Luther King & St. John the Baptist
Fr. Vazken’s Comments at Ecumenical Gathering
Videos from UK Armenian Diocese
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Dreaming Beyond a Speech and into Syria

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Next Step #273 – August 29, 2013

50 years after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr’s “I have a Dream Speech,” Fr. Vazken shares some thoughts and offers a challenge to dream of peace – bringing about peace without the use of violence. With the imminent threat of war in Syria, a candid look at our faith – do we really believe that we can overcome evil with love? Do we believe there are non-violent alternatives to threats of death and annihilation? Also a discussion of chickens and headless existence (in the context of the Armenian Church and Armodoxy)
Song: “Dream Song” by Joan Baez
The Speech
Transcript: http://www.inhisshoes.org/documents/MLK_dream.pdf
Harry Hagopian Podcast MENA: http://www.premier.org.uk/mena
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