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Coffee after midnight

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Next Step #452: When a priest goes overboard and needs to be shut down… Censorship and what are you trying to achieve with Facebook? Groundhog Edition, Presentation/Purification Day. Reflections on a personal loss: Laura – bookmarking for the future. Issues of Free Speech,  Strategies for today: Social media & Capitalism; The Bible-standard & The Jesus Model; Investments in the Self and Eternity & the Budweiser Models. Trump and immigration stats. “A night with a bear.” Superbowl, armchair quarterbacking and the Church.
At Last, Forever by Jethro Tull  www.jethrotull.com
Tina Turner
Groundhog Day 2017
Groundhog Day Movie
1984 by George Orwell, again
Presentation of Christ (Purification)
Fareed Zakaria this week
Cancer Walk Sponsorship
RECLAIM conference: www.Embracing-Faith.com
Photo: “Morning Perk Will Not be the Same” Fr. Vazken (2017)
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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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When did we blow it?

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Next Step #406: Meditations at Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion and on St. Patrick’s day begs the question: When did we lose sight of the goals? Justifying without checks and balances and legitimizing absurd decisions and expenses in the Church. Blow ups: Easter eggs and peeps. The poor and the suffering in the shadows of the church today: do they differ from those in Jesus’ shadow 2000 years ago? The impossibility of internal evaluation in the Church with the risk of damaging institutional-preservation. This is a pre-Holy week meditation for the Church and each individual believer.
Links:
Unicorn by Irish Rovers
Lark Musical Society
Jesus Anointed at Bethany
Police Car chase ends in Glendale
St. Patrick story from Christopher Nyerges
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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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Texaco Had It

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Next Step #384: About Trust, Worry and Prayer. Connecting dots between the ancient and the contemporary. Psalm 25 – “Trusting the Lord.” Steve Harvey weighs in on prayer and Charlie Brown on worrying. Texaco & TWA models too… It all come together for this edition of the Next Step.
Song: “Im Horodig Yarus” by Armenian Public Radio
Bible References
Jesus on worrying
Psalm 25
Charlie Brown cartoon
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Towards Autonomous Peace

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Next Step #373: Autonomous Weaponry – take over from Windows 10 to a chance for peace, Fr. Vazken takes a first step. Also – Cautionary tales of judgment – the Compassionate Jesus to emotions of anger. Expanding on the metaphor of “Father”; Finding a Kardashian in the Village of Movses. Policy for letters to the podcast.
Song: “Maratouk Asdvadzadzin by Mannik Van Gregorian
Joni Mitchell – “California”
Autonomous Weapons – NPR
Village of Movses
ACT #10x on Same Sex Marriage
Blog by Dr. Harry Hagopian
Blog by Anna Harmandarian
Windows 10
Photo by Fr. Vazken Movsesian – “Sidewalk Message in Yerevan”
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Bonfires for Peace

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Next Step #140 – February 10, 2011

After analysis there’s only one step to take: the next step to action. Did you see Jesus in the Genocide refugee camps? Warning- Do not try this at home: the heathen practices of jumping the bonfires. Sayat Nova’s adventures through St. Valentine’s Day and the Presentation of the Lord (Diaruntarch). Peace – hard to pronounce, maybe harder to achieve. Or maybe not? Our call to answer war with peace, as Christians and as humans.
Song: “Badkirkd dalamov kahsadz” by Nuné Yesayan http://www.nune.org/
Ani’s Bubbles: “Quotes from MLK”
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Avoiding Collisions by Melding

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Next Step #128 – November 18, 2010

Melding East and West is not a melt-down but certainly avoids the collision; Building identity the Armodoxy way; Jehovah Witness teens come to the door; St. Apkar the first king – a unique name indeed, especially for an Armenian Church – and this weekend is St. Andrew’s feast; The Advent Season is explained as a time of preparation with an “In His Shoes” challenge for listeners. A return from the desert and a different look at St. Mary: http://armodoxy.blogspot.com/2009/09/searching-for-veedon-fleece.html
Song: “Yavuz” by Herbie Mann from the “Impressions of the Middle East” album
Ani’s Bubbles: “Praise him for your roses and thank him for your thorns” (Pre-Thanksgiving)
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Equinox Balance: Ends and Means

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Next Step #120 – September 23, 2010

The Autumnal Equinox brings a balance of time and power, one expressed through the “Harvestest” moon. Can we find a balance between ends and means, primarily when it comes to soliciting donation for the church? A listener’s comments about the St. Leon Cathedral.  And where is the balance of ego-inflation with the goals of the Church and religion? The Salvation Army REFUSES a donation of $100,000? Jethro Tull Plays in Armenia – a small tribute to a band with 40+ years of versatility and imagination gone wild.
Song: “Bouree” by Jethro Tull (A Little Light Music) www.jethrotull.com
Ani’s Bubbles: “Breast Cancer Walk” http://scrubsmag.com/author/AniBurr/
Dr. Harry Hagopian’s link: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/Armenia
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Wine, Bubble Gum and Vuvuzela!

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Next Step #106 – June 17, 2010

Year 3 of the Next Step is kicked off with a discussion of the Jesus’ pearl metaphor.  Armodoxy is a break from Bubble Gum religion – once you find the Kingdom of God, it doesn’t lose its flavor, nor can you spit it out. Drinking sweet wine is OK, but a Merlot is a more realistic flavor of life. Jesus instructs to live by a standard of “mercy, not sacrifice” (Matthew 12) it’s so hard when distracted by vuvuzelas and Steve Jobs’ technology for yesterday.
A lesson from the “Man from Ick”
Song: “Victory” by Gor Mkhirtaryan Purchase SPIRIT Album
Ani’s Bubbles: Graduation Blessing http://scrubsmag.com/author/aniburr/
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