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Missing Link of Revenge

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Next Step #438: Revenge is sweet they say, but never like this. It comes in the form of answering the Armodoxy puzzle and providing a missing link to the equation of love. It all comes down to patience: watch out instant-grats! Also – Prayer of healing, Naregatzi. American politics – voting for the lesser of two evils doesn’t make it right. It never has – or so we experiment and find out. The ethnic vote – Antonovich’s miscalc.
Zinvori Mayr by Shoushan Petrosyan
Narekatzi Prayers
Accident in Palm Springs
Faith of the Centurian
Next Step #282 – Halloween Edition
Embracing Faith Conference – Save the Date
Photo: Pumpkin Patch, Pomona 2016
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Hope from the Badlands

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Next Step #434: A conversation with Fr. Stepanos Doudoukjian about his upcoming Springsteen Retreat and using the artist’s music to deliver a message of faith, hope and love. Also – Finding the Silence in the presence of God at the St. Ignatius Chapel. Here’s a “grave turner” – wait ’til you hear what they’re trying to pass-off as the Mission of the Church!
Song: “To Zabelle” by Gor Mkhitarian
Fr. Stepanos delivers Springsteen style sermon
St. Peter Armenian Church, Watervliet, NY
Springsteen Retreat
Chapel of St. Ignatius – University of Washington
I have found the Pearl
AC101 Videos: www.youtube.com/armodoxy
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Note Change

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Next Step #416: On the eve of Gor Mkhitarian’s “Passport” release, a mini-interview with the artist. Life purposes and reasons: Thoughts about changing metaphors. Small incidents with big (major) repercussions: a story of a young girl in the establishment of Etchmiadzin and the conversion of a nation. Calendar date for next year’s decennial event.
Observer by Gor Mkhitarian www.gormusic.com
Passport Debut
Leveraging Love
Forgiveness Conference
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Slipstreaming Christmas Carols

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Next Step #394: Picking up on a challenge and listening for the change that comes from within. This is a special Christmas Eve edition where Fr. Vazken shares some music which awakens the dormant expressions of love and peace in us all. Not your usual fare of carols, but some gems that go by unforgotten. The “motion” of Armenian Orthodox liturgy… Slipstreaming in a VW… War, Terror, Peace and Love – connecting the dots.
Cover Photo – Christmas slips and streams by Fr. Vazken
Links:
Pope Francis on Christmas Charade
Christmas Truce
Christmas Truce History
Snoopy’s Christmas
Chicago Christmas Album
Jethro Tull: www.jethrotull.com
Jethro Tull Christmas Album
Wonderin’ Aloud
One of Us by Joan Osborne
Blind Boys of Alabama
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The Learning Walk: Jemaran

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Next Step #334 – October 30, 2014

In this episode: Moondance’s October sky; Assisted suicide from Kevorkian to Maynard, Jemaran – walk & learn; His Holiness Vazken I of blessed memory – a man of principle, character, flexibility and love; Vazken on Vazken; The IHS launch; Halloween and more.
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Song: Lucia Micarelli “Meditation on Thais”
Brittany Maynard’s story
Armenian Christianity Today videos
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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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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
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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.
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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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