“I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” –Matthew 12:7 Today is Father’s Day. Last week I challenged you that we better have as many people come on father’s day than we did on mother’s day so that Dad’s won’t feel neglected… Although to be honest, father’s day isn’t as big as mother’s day. Have you heard the…
Today’s celebration of Pentecost is in many ways a celebration of the birthday of the church. We look back to one day over 2000 years ago and say, not inaccurately, that the church was born. Jesus’ promised Holy Spirit comes to dwell in the Apostles, which begins the formation of the church throughout the centuries. …
And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him. -1 Jn 5:14-15 Many of the great surviving churches and monasteries of the…
A lot of young people these days, including my son Narek are into graphic novels. They are sort of like a cross between a comic book and a novel, giving you a meaty story, but broken up and enhanced by great illustrations. I was a bit skeptical of the genre, thinking it was just marketing…
We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it, and declare to you the eternal life that…
I love recycling. Yes papers and plastics at church which, with Teresa Haidarian’s help, we have done for a while at the church office. Yes paper and plastics at home which, since Narek was three we used to take personally to the recycling center. But my love of recycling goes deeper than just curbside recycling. …
“Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.” Acts 9:1-3 What is the proper name…