Next Step #615 - March 19, 2020 Praying during a Pandemic - As life changes and coronavirus dictates the way we live, does God answer our prayers? A candid conversation about what are we praying for. Are we telling God something he doesn't know? Fear and how panic drives us to the absurd. A new day and age as we stream church services. The world-wide prayer day and and participation all around. Corona-conspiracy is the latest in a line-up from Kennedy to Moon Landing, to 911. Links Ara Dabanjian By the River HH Karekin II - World Day of Prayer (3/18/20) at St. Gayane WD168 for this Week Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Message Element Band Armodoxy Channel on Youtube Cover: The Icon Answers, Fr. Vazken 2020 Engineered by Ken Nalik Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.org Look for The Next Step on blubrry.com Listen via Stitcher Radio on demand! If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here

Next Step #614 – March 12, 2020 – Fears increase as Coronavirus is here, there and everywhere. A special edition on Faith as an antithesis to fear. Fr. Vazken talks about the importance for faith, education, knowledge as masses engage in the hoarding process. Taking it Easy – a trip in the Southwest, the Eagles and opportunities out of depression. Expectation: The Seven Hours of the Armenian Church, the Sun and Faith.Joanna Chapman-Smith, “Melodies” WD168 3/11/20 Reclaim Postponed Take it Easy by the Eagles  Cover: Corner in Windslow, AZ, 2020 Engineered by Ken Nalik Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for http://InHisShoes.org Audio PlayerLook for The Next Step on blubrry.com Listen via Stitcher Radio on demand! If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here

Relisten, Refocus, Return, Reclaim Next Step #613 - March 5, 2020 - Elections in America with Armenian ballot. The Weekend of the Prodigal Son brings a story of redemption, a story of recovery and of course, reclaim. Fr. Vazken explores the story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15) in its many dimensions. The journey of the Prodigal Son back home comes alive in this special edition. (From NS #457, 2017) Home by Haig Yazadjian Prodigal Son Parable New English Bible RECLAIM: www.Embracing-Faith.com Follow Reclaim on Facebook Reclaim Etchmiadzin – March 13-15, 2020 Engineered by Ken Nalik Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.org Look for The Next Step on blubrry.com Listen via Stitcher Radio on demand! If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here

Next Step #612: A first look at some natural intelligence that comes from the time of birth and is lost by the time we start practicing Lent. Lesson for Lent from my 3 month-old grandson. Enter artificial intelligence and deal with the latest in ethics and responsibility. The quest begins for the algorithms to contaminate AI with ethics. Not for the faint at heart or for the easily dizzied. Building a church and not finding a loan? Here are some secrets from the inner ranks. Gor Mkhitarian – Oonaynutiun from the Spirit Album Pontifical Academy: Artificial Intelligence Vestments in the Armenian Church WD168 – February 26, 2020 Lenten Journey by Fr. Vazken Lenten “Bland” Page 40 Vegan Recipes (another bland page) Reclaim Etchmiadzin – March 13-15, 2020 Order tickets to Reclaim Etchmiadzin www.embracing-faith.com Engineered by Ken Nalik Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.org Look for The Next Step on blubrry.com Listen via Stitcher Radio on demand! If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here Bubble in Avalon, 2012 Fr. Vazken

Next Step #611: Mathematics, the language of God, reason and the stretch to resurrection, part of this pre-Lenten preparation. Mystery, mysticism, reason and today’s date 2/20/2020. Hidden mission: helping humans experience the Divine; no parlor tricks here. Worry, anxiety, fears are targeted during Lent. A look at Andy Warhol’s “Sleep.” Lent: 40 days to de-stress and find the rest for harmony and peace.Kreen-Akrore by Paul McCartneyFr. Vazken on VartanantsLenten Journey by Fr. VazkenLenten “Bland” Page40 Vegan Recipes (another bland page)Moon occults MarsAndy Warhol’s Sleep wikiThis week’s WD168Ana Calhoun: Gen-X Women and SleepReclaim Etchmiadzin – March 13-15, 2020Engineered by Ken NalikProduced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.orgLook for The Next Step on blubrry.comListen via Stitcher Radio on demand!  If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here

Next Step #610: On the Presentation of the Lord – Dyaruntarch – all you need to know about the celebration from the history, to the meaning, to the prayer to the bonfire! Heathen or not… here we come! On Fear: Active Shooter phenomena and the traumatization of our children. Fear and Faith. “Justifiable” fear – how to spot it 10,000 feet above sea level. Song selection by Anush & Inga Story of the Presentation Luke 2:22f Teacher’s Unions and Active Shooter Drills WD168 – Episode #4 on Fear Cover: Dyaruntarch at St. Leon Cathedral, 2020 Engineered by Ken Nalik Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.org Look for The Next Step on blubrry.com Listen via Stitcher Radio on demand!  If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here Dyaruntarch at St. Leon Cathedral, 2020

Next Step #609: After the impeachment trial in the US and our drift from Globalism. Church and State is blurred in Orthodoxy as we deal with Church and Ethnicity. A Handmaid’s Tale: Possibilities from Sci-fi to reality. Fr. Vazken speaks candidly about the dilemma facing the Armenian Church in particular and ‘Ethnic’ churches in general as churches celebrate nationalism. A loss for globalism and interrelations. Evolution happens: changes to body temperature is a new reading of Lewis Carroll’s “The Walrus and the Carpenter”. Annual Superbowl reflection: 1/2 a minute is MORE than the budget of all the Armenian Churches and traveling at the speed of light. Ground Hog Day and basic church economics: Learning from the Dishonest Servant Michael Gulezian Body Temperature changes Martin Luther King Jr.’s Christmas sermon 1967 Handmaid’s Tale Senator Romney’s speech Walrus and the Carpenter Lewis Carroll Dyaruntarch Luke 2 WD-168 This week Engineered by Ken Nalik Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.org Look for The Next Step on blubrry.com Listen via Stitcher Radio on demand! If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here

Next Step #608: Insurance against anxiety and uncertainty: Kobe Bryant reflections and inspirational losses. One more time with Caine and Abel: Crushing the carnivore/vegetarian debate. Rejection and understanding. Arno Babajanian Armenian Rhapsody Kobe Bryant WD168 #2 East of Eden by Steinbeck Engineered by Ken Nalik Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.org Look for The Next Step on blubrry.com Listen via Stitcher Radio on demand! If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here MB Forest 2016

Next Step #607: Rev. Martin Luther King and the message of non violence: Connecting to St. Vartan (451) and the Velvet Revolution (2018). Meeting with Rev. James Lewis – “The Non-Violence or Black Church Movement.” Distractions from the comics to the comix, from the Grammy to the Super Bowl. A validation of Armodoxy and the Armodoxy playbook from the most obvious places. Shirley Ceasar, “God will take care of you” Rev. Dr. James Lawson Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “Last Christmas Sermon” King’s Sermon Audio Fr. Vazken’s 1998 MLK Sermon Gus and the Train Nicene Creed Cover: “Distraction” 2008 V. Movsesian, Brazil Engineered by Ken Nalik Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.org Look for The Next Step on blubrry.com Listen via Stitcher Radio on demand! If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here "Distraction" 2008 V. Movsesian, Brazil

Next Step #606: “Prayers for the President” opens a discussion about fanaticism. The Old Testament and the most severe curses of the Bible: Jesus’ radical approach. Fanaticism – fear and warnings about literalism. Martin Luther King Jr. an “extremest for love” in the footsteps of Jesus.Epiphany by The Piano GuysDr. King interview by Alex Haley in Playboy (1965)Psalm 109Kellyanne Conway’s Husband / Trump & EvangelicalsMLK Nobel Peace Prize SpeechMLK and Armodoxy; Armenian Christianity Today #38Next Step #31 – MLK & John the BaptistEngineered by Ken NalikProduced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.orgLook for The Next Step on blubrry.comListen via Stitcher Radio on demand!  If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here Arizona Solitude 2012 Fr. Vazken