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The Focus of Change

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Next Step #437: The relativity of measuring change: finding a standard. Fr. Vazken develops a theory of change in direct propotion to the amount of time by which it is measured. Jethro Tull the Rock Opera and the agriculturalist – 45+ years later. Dealing and struggling with the phenomena of the “anti-vote.” Trump/Clinton and the lessons for religion and atheism –  Early pay-TV and the parking meter.
Ara Chakhlasyan “Dhol Armenian Drum”
Conference: Embracing Our Faith in a Changing World
Conference Save the Date
Jethro Tull: www.JethroTull.com
“Arlington”
Armenian Bible printing at 350
Time Magazine, “The Truth is Out There”
Atheism 2.0
Cover photo Smiling Lawn by Fr. Vazken 2005
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Digestive Time

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Next Step #435: It takes time to digest, whether food or ideas, but eventually the body and mind is nurtured. The Bradley Effect in Politics (e.g., Trump or Brexit) and now, as Fr. Vazken connects it, in religion. Using reasoning and logic, and not checking the brain at the door at church. Connecting dots along the way.
Song: “Sari Aghtchik” by Djivan Gasparian
Next Step in Armenia at Domestic Violence Walk
Next Step Domestic Violence Rally in Armenia
AC101 #22 – On the mystical 7th letter of the alphabet
Fareed Zakaria on Political Takes
Bradley Effect
Violence Hurt/Love Conquers Icon
Adam Krikorian, Coach of the Games
Photo: “Chiluly Glass in Tempe” by Fr. Vazken (2013)
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Power Tools

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Next Step #422:  Understanding the purpose of tools in getting the job done. The illusion of power through social media, the strength of religion to build and the unnoticed dangers of politics. Understanding the emotional vs historic Bible, the red letters and Telstar 5 at Big Bear. Announcing the decennial event of 7×77 Forgiveness Conference. And more.
Gagik Gasparyan
IHS Universal Peace Circle
Forgiveness Conference Archive: www.7×77.org
Bible in the Armenian Church
Telstar 5 Satellite
AC101 – Vartavar
New Orleans killing
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Preempting Understanding

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Next Step #403: As theoretical physics knocks on the doors of philosophy & religion opening a mysterious path to understanding, tolerance and acceptance. Bombardment during Lent and the quest for solitude – where to look and where to find. Elections – the Trump phenomena beyond the United States, along with all the usual commentary.
Song from Armenia New Age
AC101: https://www.youtube.com/user/armodoxy
Guardian on Trump populism
Accidental Universe
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Apple’s Letter re: FBI Request
Why I left the Right
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Worse Odds than the Lotto

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Next Step #397: No statistician necessary for this one – we hit two jackpots in one-week, both with worse odds than the $1.5B PowerBall but with much bigger payouts. Life-stories from the world of Armodoxy and one from Las Vegas (at the border) – odds you can live with. Religion, politics and more.
Song: “Stormy Monday” – Cream at Royal Albert Hall
Twenty things more likely to happen than hitting the Powerball
Obama’s Christian Tenure
Obama’s 2016 State of the Union
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Abandoning the Cloud

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Next Step #391: Cloud storage and cloudy religion. Bringing the faith down to Earth where it was intended to be in a quest for peace. Fr. Vazken shares thoughts on infinity and immortality, dissected from terabytes to kilobytes to the soul that makes up the human animal. San Bernardino shooting, the Pope on fundamentalism, the Funeral Service of the Armenian Church, A reading of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “The Duckling”; gods from Mt. Olympus to Christianity.
Cover Photo: “Aragil on the West Side” by Fr. Vazken
Song: Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto in D minor.
Pope on Fundamentalism
San Bernardino shooting
LA Times on Prayer after Shootings
Data Measurements
Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “The Duckling”
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Dreaming Science Fiction to Science Fact

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Next Step #385: Alpha Centauri never seemed so distant. Mind Boggling distances and numbers. Einstein and religiosity. Millennials today: Always being ON: Forget about the Youth “being the future” – yesterday was McFly’s day in the future – 10/21/2015 and the Future of the Church transcends time! Good News: the Equal Opportunity expression of Christ. Fr. Vazken connects the dots between them all.
Song: “Heavenly Sunday” by Gor Mkhitarian
Tabetha Boyajian discovery from afar
Sirach 43
Alpha Centauri
Back to the Future
Millennials – Time Magazine
“Stop Worrying about the Millennials” (Christianity Today)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Photo: Helix Nebula in Infrared
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A World & Life Anointed with Miuron

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Next Step 381: The Blessings that come with the Holy Miuron – part 2 (continued from last week #380) of the Miuron Blessing. Also – Pope Francis in the US and his remarkable remarks before Congress. Definitions: The value of Religion and the direction of Politics. A reminder of the Golden Rule and the danger of Christianity in the leftist debate. “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.” – Oscar Wilde.
Song: “Strangers in a Strange Land” by Leon Russell
Miuron Blessing: www.etchmiadzin.com
Pope Francis’ Remarks before US Congress, video (Pope’s entrance to chambers at minute 51:00)
Pope Francis’ Remarks before US Congress, transcript
Lunar Eclipse
Vanity Fair Late Night
Photo credit – Last Rites
Fr. Junipero Serra
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Insiders Guide to 7 Gen

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Next Step #366: Finishing up the seventh year of podcasting the Next Step, some reflection on the goodness of Armodoxy and the bad ideas of religion. Tying it up, connecting the dots and getting ready for new things to come.
Hovhaness Badalyan – “Yerevani Djoor”
12 Worst Ideas of Religion
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Exercising Love: An Easter Message

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Next Step #356: Judas’ lament – is the messenger greater than the message? Some Easter Season thoughts about the message of love. Indiana ruling/controversy on religion, freedom and sexual orientation.
Song: Tag Haroutian by Duduk Quartet
Jesus Christ Superstar
100 Souls in His Shoes
100 Year Journey
The Armenian Genocide by Dr. Harry Hagopian
100 Lives
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