Next Step with Fr. Vazken – In His Shoes
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Cellophane Reality
Next Step with Fr. Vazken #715: A check on reality- altered, augmented, synthesized or processed, from radio to ntf’s to the latest Webb telescope images. The groundwork for understanding: relig
Dawn Reset
Next Step with Fr. Vazken #714: Pressing the Reset button on life: Overcoming the fear of living. Selling the product: Super Bowl to church. Scanning the news from international, to national to local:
Bittersweet
Next Step #713: Bridges between bitterness and sweetness: how to build them and how to cross them, in this episode. A series of coincidences or blessings that lead to “Lessons from Grandma.̶
Consecration and Transformation
Next Step with Fr. Vazken #712: Consecration! The power of the Holy Spirit to transform the inanimate to the living. On the eve of the Consecration of the new San Diego church, Fr. Vazken delves into
Open Cafe
Next Step with Fr. Vazken #711: Ordering and consuming exactly what you want and need – whether a meal, a matter of faith, a hamburger, a bowl of soup. Vantage points, geography and life circums
Extreme Goals
Next Step #710: Extremes and extremists, a reflection on the means of change. Pope, Church and Country. Martin Luther King holiday and another opportunity to focus on nonviolence and change. MLK Retre
Letters beyond Z
Next Step with Fr. Vazken #709: “In the time of your life, live…” says Saroyan and so the new year kicks off with a message of hope. The Christ child and a case for adding extra lett
Twenty Too?
Next Step #708: At the threshold of the new year, an assessment according to the Creed of the Church. Cremation issues – burn or not to burn? Desmond Tutu passes away. Playing Jeopardy. Zvartnot
The Eve of Eve
Next Step with Fr. Vazken #707: The Christmas edition is some great music interspersed with a smattering of thoughts along the way to Christmas. Toy Drive 2021 Reflections on Humility in Service (Dekm
Home for Christmas
Next Step with Fr. Vazken #706: The Christmas song, “I’ll be home for Christmas” is the backdrop of this Next Step, as tragically the number of people celebrating Christmas without t