Next Step #685: Testing God: from a dialogue with the Pharisees to walking maskless, we try our best to stump Him. Matrimonial scriptures: another look at Matthew 19. Words matter: when the wrong words are used to baptize this priest, it affects every other sacrament administered to him and to those to whom he ministers.Pope Francis restrictions on Latin Mass. Wine and forgiveness.Invalid words for baptism invalidates priestOur Weekly Bread – interview with Fr. VazkenHighland Revolution – GregjamProduced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.orgListen via Stitcher Radio on demand! Listen on Apple Podcasts If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here

Next Step with Fr. Vazken #684: “Out of the mouths of babes” comes a question with a profound answer: Life after death for the Christian. Remember Yellow Pages? Claimed as the “original search engine” is also the original pay-to-create news service: Deciphering through some of the religious “competition.” Apostolic vs. Gregorian.Are all “Brands” the Same?Nicene CreedPhonebook visualiActPeter Gabriel on Djivan GasparyanThe Passion of the ChristThe Last Temptation of Christ movieDjivan Gasparyan on ArmeniapediaProduced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.orgListen via Stitcher Radio on demand! Listen on Apple Podcasts If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here

Next Step #683: Extreme Unction, a sacrament of the Armenian Church, is perhaps one of the seven that is most misunderstood. And why have some reduced the list to six? Fr. Vazken starts the discussion on the secular plane, with current political trends and the place of faith in evaluating your belief system, and takes the conversation to end-of-life reflections. Don’t check-in your brain at the door for this one; uncomfortable for some, it’s an important discussion in Armodoxy.Prayer for “good death”Houdini exposing fraud – contacting the deadTransfiguration/ArmodoxyTransfiguration Sermon (2020)Transfiguration blog postDjivan Gasparian passes awayMama – Djivan GasparianProduced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.orgListen via Stitcher Radio on demand! Listen on Apple Podcasts If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here

Next Step #682: Finding a shirt inside the dalmatic: simple steps toward relevance. Altering the altar area: how we went from dinner table to ornate altar and now searching for simplicity. Advice to a younger self: The Buddha on the road. The priesthood: Caring and loving from cradle to grave. Challenged to share advice with a younger self.If you meet the Buddha on the RoadDiving Liturgy and Thanksgiving – AC101 VideoDeclaration of IndependenceFr. Vazken’s Sermon – Church & State – 27 June 2021Time Travel Grandfather ParadoxDalmaticRay Charles, AmericaJoni Mitchell, BlueProduced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.orgListen via Stitcher Radio on demand! Listen on Apple Podcasts If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here Dalmaticx with Annunciation to Magi 1593, public domain 

Next Step #681: The virtual church, the virtual nation and virtual Armenia existed long before the pandemic forced virtual realities to interact. Looking beyond the politics of the latest election. Caution against throwing out the baby with the bathwater. The “awe” of religion, expressed in numbers and math. The billion-hour phenomena of YouTube. From “Evil Empire” to “Velvet Revolution”.AP Election NewsWD168 this weekGorbachev US trip cut shortBishop Sebu: Baptism in a ShackEncountering Anew: Vazken IVazken I visit to America: Anna Movsesian memoiresFirst Armenian Bulletin Board SystemYouTube at 1 billionElement BandCover: NetZero Stained GlassProduced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.orgListen via Stitcher Radio on demand! Listen on Apple Podcasts If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here NetZero Stained Glass

Next Step #680: Beginning our 14th Year of broadcasting the Next Step. Sorting the files, reflecting and reminiscing – from the early days in an old Victorian in Hollywood. Elections in Armenia. Peace with bullies in the neighborhood: Leveraging Love. Challenging William Saroyan: New Mexico and the problem of finding peace in a most obvious place.45 Days: Fight for a NationArchimedes’ LeverWD168 this weekSermon on Purpose (6/13/21)Leveraging LoveCrystal Diode Radio – no batteries necessaryRuminantListen to the MockingbirdCover: Victorian in Hollywood, 1989 Fr. VazkenProduced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.orgListen via Stitcher Radio on demand! Listen on Apple Podcasts If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here Victorian in Hollywood, 1989 Fr. Vazken

Next Step #679: Finding authority in a post-God world. Defining boundaries and parameters for defining Christ, Christianity and real magic. A look at life after cancer, plus 10: Crutches, friendship and family. A humbling look at the ego. Wrapping up 13 years of podcasting: the virtual church.Forty Days to Healing by Fr. Vazken60 Minutes: UFOs regular sighting by militaryWD168 this weekParik Nazarian Cycle of Life and on Cycle of Life on AmazonProduced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.orgListen via Stitcher Radio on demand! Listen on Apple Podcasts If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here Sunset over Redwood Shores, Fr. Vazken 2021

Next Step #678: What needs to change to bring about peace? Moving from the personal – habits – to the global – peace/harmony: the first steps of bringing about change. The myth of politics: why it fails. Bully to bully: Motives aren’t all focused on change nor maintaining the status quo.Jesus on PrioritiesDalai Lama, Book of Inner PeaceAndrew Weil, MD, 8 Weeks to Optimum HealthIsraeli Journalist regarding PeaceWD168 this weekTracy ChapmanProduced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.orgListen via Stitcher Radio on demand! Listen on Apple Podcasts If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here Joshua Tree, 2021 Fr. Vazken

Next Step #677: The dots get connected between the Christ’s Cross and the “Lynching Trees.” James Cone and Black Liberation Theology, works that resonate with and for us. Understanding as afforded us by walking in the shoes of others. Thoughts from the MLK walk for peace in Glendale and how Armenians have lost the map to two-way streets. Humanity found: No superiority rhetoric.The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone“More than a Greeting” by Fr. VazkenGeorge Floyd: After Asphyxiation by Fr. VazkenWD168 This WeekMLK Walk pictures“Strange Fruit”Greetings of Hope to DarfurGovernor Newsom on the shooting in San JoseNew Era for Glendale ArmeniansBob Dylan at 80 https://www.rollingstone.com/bob-dylan-archive-songs-discography-album-reviews-interviews/Cover: “Guitar scarf”Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.orgListen via Stitcher Radio on demand! Listen on Apple Podcasts If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here

Authenticated FaithNext Step #676 - May 20, 2021 - Faith authenticated by questioning God. Liberation Theology and its message today. Discovering our ethics from an authenticated faith. Camel, water and murder. Blacks to McKinley/Armenians to Biden, across a hundred years.  The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James ConeLetter to President McKinley James Cone and Black Liberation Theology  In Search of An Armenian Theology of Liberation (Window) WD168 this week  Roberta Flack Cover photo: Stained glass from 16th St. Baptist Church, Birmingham Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.orgListen via Stitcher Radio on demand! Listen on Apple Podcasts If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here