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Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

The Gift in Your Hands

St. Hagop is God’s home and your and my home. We are stewards of it and stewardship is literally what has made this church-it’s a gift literally from floor to ceiling. Stewardship is also what makes a Christian, floor to ceiling-head to toe. This is not metaphor. By Jesus’ example, it is literally true. Jesus’…

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

Homeroom Teacher

Don’t underestimate the importance of the homeroom class.  We spend so much time making sure our kids get the best in math & science education and we outsource that to institutions-schools; fine.  But never forget that the most important things in life, character, values, right & wrong, gratitude, what I believe about my life, these…

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

Pain & Suffering

Here now is how the Christian is to respond to pain and suffering, by turning not to the god of mammon, but the true, living God.  When we do, our pain is not only acknowledged, but we find a partner in pain, a God who suffers through and with us. A God who redeems old…

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

When You Paint Your Masterpiece

What is different for Christians, though, is that we not only strive to finish our own masterworks, we allow God to finish his masterwork, which is you, and me, and every soul in the world and all of his creation! In this way, everyone has a masterpiece which is their own life, and you are…

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

Sabbath in the Age of Optimization

Our age is in danger of becoming-through and through-a human engineered life. Engineering is a great tool, building great science and machines. But men are not machines, to be engineered and optimized. Yet we are sold that message daily. Are your eyes baggy, your lips thin, get surgery and injections-engineer, optimize!  Is your constant striving…