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How Much for Your Love?

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Next Step #287 – December 5, 2013

How much do you want for your love? “I’ll buy your a Cadillac… If you just give me some of your love…” say the minstrels Burdon & Aroustamian – but what about your love? Should you have an expectation for the giving-receiving-taking dynamics? Fr. Vazken asks along and challenges listeners for some candid conversation about expectations and demands from our Church. (More to come). Also – Priests stepping out at night: Gossip? or more? The minstrels as the priests of music and the arts. Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) – some early reflections as the news of passing breaks during this recording session.
Song: “Free all the People (South Africa)” by Carlos Santana
Pope at night ministering to homeless
Cadillac by Ashot Aroustamian
Nelson Mandela Quotes
Sermon on the Apostles by Fr. Vazken
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Identity via Something Bigger than Self

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Next Step #107 – June 24, 2010

Remember when “Rolling Stone” was counter-culture and war was unpopular? Developing identity in a changing world – (see The Atlantic Magazine article). The World Cup, Wimbledon and the Lakers – lessons on bringing peace and love to Kyrgyzstan and Darfur and rejecting bad-religion. Thoughts from inside the funeral procession: continuing to build the Virtual Church.
Song: “Shalakho” by Datevik http://www.naregatsi.org/Datevik/
Ani’s Bubbles: May the Budgie of Happiness Sit on Your Head, http://scrubsmag.com/author/aniburr
Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for Epostle.net

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Easter – Beginnings for Faith, Hope and Love

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Next Step #95 – April 1, 2010

Holy Week Edition, looking at our Lenten Journey, culminating with the Crucifixion and Resurrection. Tribute to Jesus Christ Superstar at age 40 – how the questions are just as important as the answers. Abp. Tiran’s admonition to not discount reason. The Jehovah’s Witness target the Armenian community in Los Angeles. Here arises our challenge to REACT to the EMPTY TOMB by making Easter a celebration of Faith, Hope and Love alive in our lives every day. No April Fools jokes today!
Music: “Der Voghormya” – Focused Vision;
Ani’s Bubbles – Nothing can separate us from God.
Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for epostle.net

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Cheerleading with the Evangelists

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Next Step #86 – January 28, 2010

Cheerleading may offer hope, but the church and the Christian have the added challenge of adding faith and love to the mixture. Haiti, Conan and Leno, Obama’s State of the Union, are all in this one, as they lead the discussion to the bigger question of evangelization. Fr. Vazken traces the history of proclaiming the Good News, from Apostolic speeches to the printed Bible to New Media. Even some comments from “The Tech Guy” Leo Laporte and a drive-by by Agent 86, Max Smart.
Music: “Today is the Feast of Nativity” by the Junior Choir of the Sts. Sahag & Mesrob Church;
Ani’s Bubbles – The Carpenter’s Glasses;
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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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Clarity to See Responsibility

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Next Step #78 – December 3, 2009

A look at Jesus’ answer to Evil in the Gospel of Luke 13 as an instruction to shift emphasis from others to ourselves and accept responsibility for our lives. Advent Sunday #2 – is a step closer to introducing meaning to the Christmas season and the value of finding a lasting “Peace on Earth.” It’s got to be more than a Christmas card greeting! Celebs that make it into the cast: Tiger Woods, the Salahis, Fred Claus and much mush (sic) more.
Song of the Day: About Light by Gor Mkhitarian
Bubbles by Ani: A Modern Thanksgiving Prayer
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Giving Thanks for Blessings

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Next Step #77 – November 26, 2009

The Thanksgiving and Advent edition of the Next Step. As we wrap up our third season, a time to reflect on the meaning of thanksgiving, while looking at the meaning and purpose of Advent. It’s about getting ready, it’s about facing the message of Love at Christmas.
Song of the Day – “Blessings” by Gor Mkhitarian
Ani’s Bubbles: A Thanksgiving Prayer
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A Mission Statement to Love With

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Next Step #71 – October 14, 2009

Reflections from a clergy conference: New issues for a new day – artificial insemination is only the beginning. More on same sex marriages. The ordination of a priest and remembering the heretics. Before you look for the Unified Field Theory, try to find the Mission Statement of the Church; a look at Luke 4 and adopting Jesus’ mission statement as our own. Who are the blind and the poor? Is the answer a pleasant surprise?
Ani’s Bubble’s: A Special Teacher;
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Celebrating Life and Love

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Next Step #35 – February 11, 2009

“If the world be all yours, what will you take with you? Love God, love people, and love your beloved.” — Sayat Nova

From Groundhogs Day to Candlemas and Dyarntarach; from St. Valentine to Sayat Nova, this podcast is a celebration of new beginnings and a celebration of life and love. Our Lord, Jesus Christ is Love incarnate and in Him is the manifestation of all intensities of Love. Fr. Vazken challenges the listener to look at the all encompassing nature of love, and shows us how religion and culture come together to help us understand the realities of the world.

Global Perspective with Hratch Tchilingirian looks at politics and the power of religion in society. Religion is not only a matter of personal faith but could also be a potent force of political mobilization and even revolution.

Special musical treat is a performance by Nune Yesayan singing Sayat Nova’s Kamancha.

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St. Mary’s Yes

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Next Step #8 – August 8, 2008

On the Feast of St. Mary, Fr. Vazken explores the concept of “bearing God”, that is, giving birth to Love. He challenges the listener to think beyond the cliches of the physical event and see St. Mary as a saint who rose above her humanity by accepting the call of God. This is not your ordinary message about St. Mary being the chosen of God. No, this is about St. Mary taking responsibility for her life and responding with a solid “Yes” to God.

Also, a call to Save Darfur. With the start of the China Olympics on 08/08/08, Fr. Vazken focuses on the necessity to make noise and draw attention to the tragic situation in Darfur. Here is a call to stop Genocide using the means we have, but first and foremost by being educated. In 1915 the world closed its eyes, ears and mouth* to the Armenian Genocide. Here’s a true commitment to “Never again!”

Today’s songs: “Beautiful Boy” and “Oor Es Mayr Im”
Source: Amnesty Internationals, “Save Darfur” & Ararat Movie Soundtrack.

Recorded August 6, 2008 in Glendale, California

Part 1 of 2 – to be continued next week.