Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian

It was the last week of St. Gregory’s Armenian School and Camp in East Falmouth, Massachusetts. On this Sunday in August, Father Luke Arakelian delivered one of the most memorable ...

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Christ is indeed lavish in his praise.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | In one of the Father Brown detective mysteries, a select group of men known as “The Twelve True Fishermen,” meet once a year for an annual club dinner at the fashionable Vernon Hotel.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | Man’s play, however, is not limited to the realm of athletics or the Olympics. The playful mind sees old truths in fresh images.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | The imagination means the ability to be inventive, creative, and resourceful. However, the imagination can also mean...

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | The magnanimous man is large-hearted enough to take into consideration the humanity of his enemies.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | While God works miracles to heal, to feed, and to resurrect the dead, He does not perform wonders to amaze the crowds...

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | Science separated from God and the common good and removed from morality and wisdom presumes to be an end in itself rather than a means to an end.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | All human beings owe to one another the obligation of being pleasant and enjoyable company instead of being boring, or a burden...

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | So often in relationships arguments arise in which both parties are convinced that they deserve an apology for an offense...

by Mitchel Kalpakgian | Macbeth learns that daggers draw blood, and murder produces guilt. Man’s conscience and soul are real, alive, and active—especially at night.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | In Willa Cather’s My Antonia, Jimmy Burden, the narrator who relates the story of his life in Nebraska and the lives of the immigrant families who settled in the Midwest, recalls an illuminating moment in his study of Virgil at the University of Nebraska.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | It is common to hear students dismiss certain fields of knowledge as useless to their profession and career. Why should students majoring in information technology, accounting, music, or biology study philosophy, literature, or Latin? Surely they will not need this knowledge in their specialized, technical fields of study.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | According to the worldly wise, the end justifies the means. If one achieves his ambitions, he need not be scrupulous or squeamish for doing what most people do—even if they are dishonest.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | The custom of visiting on Sundays and holidays, once a natural part of a human life, has waned in the last fifty years. Visitors feel the obligation to call in advance and ask permission lest they impose or inconvenience their hosts. Hosts who receive visitors sense the need to have ample provisions...

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | The French phrase “déjà vu” (already seen) carries a negative connotation. If something is déjà vu, it means that one has done something, been someplace, or had an experience that he does not want to repeat, revisit, or undergo again.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | In the “Preface” to The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis explains the nature of moral error in the modern world as an endless progression on the wrong road-- the assumption that all roads sooner or later lead to the same destination.

by Dr Kalpakgian | By giving Curdie “some” of the truth Irene led him to “all” of it. By giving Curdie time and being content to be misunderstood for a short period, Irene led her friend to the fullness of the truth. To be a messenger like Irene is to speak the simple truth and let God do the rest.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | According to Chauntecleer, books are the final authority of truth. Pertelote, who stays below in the farmyard, views the subject of dreams exclusively in terms of personal experience. Never in her life does she remember a dream that came true.

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | Listening to the talk shows on television every night, watching athletic events all day Saturday and Sunday, and spending hours on the Internet do not organize the day, deserve priority, or require the discipline of will power. They do not breathe life, nourish the mind, or lift the soul. A person does not need more time to do these essential things but a greater desire to do first things first.