Tag Archive for: life

McKenzie and the Lonely People

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Next Step #660: Fr. McKenzie wipes his hands at the grave and who was saved? A look at funeral, death and ultimately life. Nothing morbid about this discussion, it’s about a healthy look (yes with tears!) at death. Sending the soul back to its maker with prayers and reflections – it’s an Armodox approach. No touching during the pandemic: And now the Lonely People. Entitlement and Salvation. Challenger Disaster, 35 years ago. The gen-gen generation.
Challenger Disaster: 35 year ago
Ronald Reagan on the Challenger Disaster
No Death at this Funeral: Next Step #98
WD168 at Year 1
Fr Vazken/Divine Liturgy this week
John Bilezikjian “Zepuri Nman”
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Light Reset

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Next Step #603: Christmas and Christmas Eve: Finding the light of the Christ Child at the manger and in the darkness of life today. (From Christmas Eve homily.) Other topics: St. Stephen, really? New life of old tech. Solstice to Christmas: The Sun/Son experience. Armenian-Hawaiian experience for in-laws.
Pentatonix “Hark the Herald Angels”
Armenian Christmas vs American Christmas
AC101: Christmas
Cover: Coke Reset Blue Screen – 2015 Fr. Vazken
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Memento Mori

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Next Step #596: It’s debatable whether or not he who dies with the most toys wins; however, what is not up for discussion is that he who dies with the most toys, still dies! Two biographies – one of the Gambler Kirk Kerkorian and the other, Apple & Pixar CEO Steve Jobs, are the backdrops for this week’s Next Step: Memento Mori. Up close and personal, here’s Fr. Vazken’s personal journey as he discusses living with the lie of reconciling the virtual with reality and how that journey has led to the doorstep of Armodoxy. Outreach vs. inreach ministry: how to survive on principles and moving from the end-time obsession to living for the day.
Alan Hovhaness “The Prayer of St. Gregory”
“Steve Jobs” Walter Isaacson
“The Gambler” Kirk Kerkorian
Window View of the Armenian Church
Serenity Prayer – Reinhold Niebuhr
Center of Attention (Armenian)
Timex Sinclair
Atheists in Foxholes
Cover: Cups Fr. Vazken 2010
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Social Waste

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Next Step #533: The Coptic pope orders monks and himself off social media after a bishop’s murder: Lessons on waste of life and purity. The power of turning OFF. Challenging limits of critical mass in bringing about change. The Courage to Be: Anxiety of Death and Fate and the answers. Proper aligning of the self with the technology.
Hayastani Aghchigner: Mariam Matossian
Coptic Pope on Social Media Ban
The Courage to Be
AC101
Pre-Nebraska Read
Catholicos Vazken I Scrapbook
Photo: Stillness of Death, Fr. Vazken 2018
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Soft & Hard Resets

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Next Step #496: Time to purge, but is it time for a Factory reset? Fr. Vazken adds an electronic dot to the connection list. No technical experience necessary: this is about our lives and a time for the Church to hit the big Reset button. Defining the “Lazarus” Reset and the cloud as the great equalizer. Jerusalem beyond politics because it’s not “improving people’s lives.” GIGO and troubleshooting life. First Steps: The Sermon on the Mount.
The Wind by Cat Stevens
Soft vs Hard Reset
Fires in Los Angeles
Jerusalem as capital of Israel
Al Franken Resignation
Sermon on the Mount
MLK Retreat 2018: www.InHisShoes.org/mlk
Reclaim 2018: www.embracing-faith.com
Cover photo: Fr Vazken – “Reset Zeked” 2017
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Life after Analysis

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Next Step #469: Picking up on Sheryl Sandberg’s reflections on Life after Death (Time Magazine) Fr. Vazken challenges to find life after analysis. Can we teach eternity? Faith? Life? The value of analysis and the need for action. Communication basics in a hyper-communicative world. Beyond the AC101 series: What’s next? In the aftermath of the Oregon killings.
Asa Inch Anem: Armenian Song & Dance Ensemble
ArmComedy on Conan
Epostle & Armodoxy Video Channel
AC101 Playlist (26 videos)
Mashdots Jobanian Bible Study (Avedaran Channel)
Life After Death (Sheryl Sandberg, Time Magazine)
“I am still hungry…” (poem)
Louis CK clip
Oregon Killings
Reclaim Conference: http://embracing-faith.com/
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Cover Photo: Portland inner city falls
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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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Solstice Celebration: Light, Love and Life

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Next Step #80 – December 17, 2009

Winter Solstice Edition – Celebrating Love, Light and Life – The Birth of the Son and the Birth of the Sun are looked at through the lens of Armenian Orthodoxy. Children’s memorial: never letting these precious lives be forgotten, in real and concrete expressions. Shall we stop dreaming and imagining PEACE, now that Obama has given an excuse for violence? A look at Christmas shopping: WWJWFHB? And how an 8 year old changed his Christmas from getting to giving (to the homeless). This is a podcast in a series of Advent messages with a very fresh and unique flavor.
Linked info at:
Forgiveness: www.7×77.org;
Nataline Sarkisyan: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/;
Vahagn Setian: http://vahagnfoundation.org/;
Compassionate Friends: www.compassionatefriends.org;
In His Shoes: www.InHisShoes.org
Ani’s Bubble – A Child Explains God
Song: Gor Mkhitarian’s “About Light”
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