‘It is I; do not be afraid.’ –Jn 6:20 There is a parable from the ancient East about a deadly disease that meets up with a large family travelling by caravan to Baghdad. ‘Why are you travelling to Baghdad?’ asked the family elder. ‘To take five thousand lives,’ said the disease. On the way back, they…
Timing is important. What’s the most important part of telling a good joke……timing. Timing is important in jokes, and it’s important in sermons. Until I figured out the 2.45 second delay between the live stream video and audio, my sermons looked like old Bruce Lee movies. Timing is important in conversations. Zoom meetings have unexpectedly…
“This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I am well pleased.” (Mt 3:17) Gabriel Garcia Marques, in his classic 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, writes about a village in Central America. A virus strikes this community and the virus causes amnesia. It becomes necessary to hire people from the outside world to…
Often our lives take us in a different direction than we wanted, a worse direction it seems, until we grow to see our situation with the eyes of God. This is not the work of one sermon, this is the work of a lifetime. To guide us in this spiritual re-orientation, I want to use…
Enjoy David Kazarian’s heartfelt and entertaining words on the importance of stewardship
In his latest video message, Bishop Daniel (Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America) addresses the stresses we are all encountering in these times — the pandemic crisis, societal uncertainty and unrest, the war in Artsakh. He counsels us on where to find the spiritual strength to face and overcome them.
Lt. Col Armen Zakaryan’s Words on the Urgent Defense of Artsakh & Armenia livestreamed from St. Hagop Armenian Church on 10-04-20