As those of you know who have travelled through the seasons with me a few years, I struggle with holidays like Halloween, Valentines Day and even Christmas, which seem to have lost much of their original meaning and function mainly as consumer holidays. That struggle was real yesterday as Narek, Nora & I wandered through…
‘My heart is Democratic, but my brain is kind of Republican,’ said JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon years back, and I resonate with that myself. There is an openness and idealism about being a democrat, openness to immigrants, to the downtrodden and to the rest of the world that I think is virtuous. And…
Today’s Gospel reading is about the bottom line of our spiritual life. The phrase ‘bottom line’ comes from the practical and efficient business world. The bottom line is the number found under the bold bottom line on a profit & loss statement or balance sheet. Don’t give me all the details, what is the bottom…
Episcopal sermon delivered by His Grace Bp. Mesrop Parsamyan, Primate of the Eastern Diocese of America on October 6, 2024.