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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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Sign of the Times

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Next Step #447: AC101 – Stupidity inside the Facebook-rabbit hole. Would you trust your brakes to the guy outside the library? (AC101 Revisited) St. Stephen Feast and a sermon by Dn. Varoujan. MSNBC Rachel Maddow – the capitalist dilemma of news preparation.  Assassination of one person vs. children of war:  Life’s inequality. Eye of God and the Centrality of Jesus. Passing’s: Carrie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds.
Auld Lang Syne by Bambir
AC101 – Armenian Christmas
MSNBC Rachel Maddow
St. Stephen Sermon
Photo at Ascension Catholic Church by Fr Vazken
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John’s Early Warning System

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Next Step #431: Some misplaced excitement when Mother Teresa is canonized as a saint, while St. John the Baptist warns that relatives of the Saint can be created from the stones (see Luke 3). Thoughts in the transition from St. Peter Glendale: The priest as man doing God’s work and not visa versa. Traditions of the virtual community. California saints: Jose, Monica, Juan, Diego and Clemente in the process. Avon Walk: Not this year. Another Sacrament to join the Seven.
“Wind Up” by Jethro Tull
Swallow in Capistrano
St. Teresa of Calcutta
St. Peter Glendale: www.hyeyouth.org
Pope Shenouda and the Armenian Miuron
California Missions
Avon Walk
Walden by Thoreau
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Cover Photo: San Clemente in September by Fr. Vazken, 2016
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The Search and the Seeker

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Next Step #425: Poetry from Tiana Fowles and the search for God:  A conversation with the poet. Imagining peace beyond the violence. Thoughts and expressions of Armodoxy. (Last session at Epostle West)
Tigran Hamasyan: www.tigranhamasyan.com/
Next Step #424: Reaction to Armenia
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Photo: Blooming Pomegranate by Fr. Vazken 2014
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Effective Prayer & Protest

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Next Step #409: Attack on Artsakh and Armenia. You’re asked to pray; now let’s make it effective. Are all wars really civil wars in the sight of God? Does God have his favorites and pick sides? Imagine no borders and imagine an end of evil? Is it easy, if you try? Concentrated protest with an edge – leveraging love and finding God. Comparing with MLK and finding the secret advantage. “Death of God” – 50 years later. Personal story: A baptism for all the right reasons.
Photo: “Imagine No Borders” by Fr. Vazken 2014
Song: Garabaghi Yeghnik – Qemache
Azeri Attack on Karabagh
Artzakh TV – Archbishop Pargev
Gala on Next Step #248
Leveraging Love
Karl Barth
Time Magazine “Death of God” 1966
Butterfly Effect
“I found the Pearl”
Fr. Vazken on Martin Luther King Jr.
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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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Religion in the Warplace

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Next Step #324 – August 21, 2014

An Armodox approach to war, violence and religion with the overwhelming news of ISIS, war and genocide, destruction, killings… turning-off scenes of obscene violence of war and destruction is a luxury that many are exercising. Time to take a serious look at what you believe about religion and God in the face of such obscenity. When God is created in man’s image the violence erupts… case in point, look at the Old Testament. Saudi Arabian cleric proclaims the #1 enemy of Islam…. you’ll be surprised who’s been putting up the wall and what we can learn. Fr. Vazken takes the ALS Ice Water Challenge – and a lady named Rose.
Song: Gor Mkhitarian’s “Too Achk” from the Spirit Album: www.gormusic.com
New Gor project/music
ALS Challenge
President Obama on Isis – 8/7/14
President Obama on execution of journalist
Karabagh open to Yezidi refugees
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Saudi Shiek’s proclamation re: Islam’s #1 Enemy
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Conversation beyond Politics

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Next Step #100 – May 6, 2010

Making Prayer a continuous conversation with God (and why the National Day of Prayer might hinder that process). Secrets revealed: Picking the right Lotto numbers and making peace without war. What kind of Priest would Jesus ordain? Church dynamics: The Old Boys Club is an Armenian one at that. Why invite an atheist to church?
Song: “Sareh Siroon Yar” by Zulal;
Ani’s Bubbles: A prayer by Bernard of Clairvaux;
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Escape to the Desert, but not from Life

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Next Step #91 – March 4, 2o1o

On Location at the Nevada/Arizona boarder – this message comes from the desert where God has painted the rocks with His artistic style. Drugs, alcohol, the desert and even religion (ala Marx) is escapism, but Jesus approaches the topic via an unusual parable, that of the “Dishonest Steward.” Views of the Grand Canyon and our digital lifestyle gives way to thoughts about immortality – not to be excluded by Sirac (have you heard of this book?). The Chilean earthquake knocks Earth (not Robertson) off of its axis. A visit to the St. Jude Ranch for Children and the groundwork for Fr. Vazken’s vision/dream for unwed mothers and children of domestic violence. Isn’t half of 40 = 20? An explanation for “Michink” – why Wednesday and not Saturday? Pray for us, St. Thaddeus.
Music: “Breeze” by Sonya Varoujian;
Bubbles by Ani “Lunch with God;
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