Yesterday, we laid Rev. Fr. Arsen Barsamian to rest. We prayerfully placed him in the loving hands of God, whom he served faithfully for sixty-six years. As I stood there, at St. James Armenian Church in Watertown, MA surrounded by his family, friends, and parishioners, one simple memory returned to my heart. When I first visited Der Arsen at his senior living residence, I leaned close to him and said, “Der Hayr, my brother’s name is Arsen, and we are Barsamian too.” He took

Years ago, people were already worried about spending too much time online. Back in 1996, a teenager was described as being addicted to the internet because he spent more than six hours a day online and over an hour reading email. At that time, it sounded alarming. Today, for many people, that almost sounds ordinary. We live in a very different world now. The phone is always near. The screen is always glowing. Messages keep coming. News keeps updating. Videos keep playing. Ou

It sounds completely counterintuitive, but solar panels actually perform better in cooler temperatures than in blazing heat. Like most electronic devices, solar panels become less efficient as they get hot. A crisp, sunny winter day can actually produce energy more efficiently than a suffocatingly hot afternoon in the desert. Many times, we think we will be strongest when life is easy, warm, and comfortable. We think we will have more faith when everything is going well, when