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Columnist The Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: ‘With a compassionate heart and a strong spine’
02-14-2025 6:57 PM

By THE REV. ANDREA AYVAZIAN

On Feb. 8, I was asked to speak at a rally in front of City Hall in Northampton intended to energize our common resistance to the multiple horrors being unleashed by Donald Trump and the oligarchs who surround him. After I spoke, several people suggested that my speech should be published because it had been helpful to them. My thanks to those who sought me out to say: Share your message.

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Columnist Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: Decency: A resolution of resistance
01-17-2025 2:01 PM

By THE REV. ANDREA AYVAZIAN

Maybe you made some New Year’s resolutions a few weeks ago. Maybe you have adhered to them faithfully. Or maybe they are getting a bit frayed at the edges, modified, or abandoned.


Columnist Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: A blessing while weeding a cemetery in the desert
12-20-2024 1:06 PM

By THE REV. ANDREA AYVAZIAN

This is the 15th December that I have written my monthly column for the Gazette. But this year feels different — with wars dragging on, frightening news swirling in the press, and an angry, unpredictable Donald Trump about to take the reins (again) at...


Columnist Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: ‘I feel like going on’: Time to mobilize
11-15-2024 2:58 PM

By THE REV. ANDREA AYVAZIAN

If part of your post-election self-care regime is to stop reading commentary about the election, I invite you to stop reading this column now. And I support your decision to do so. For the rest of you diehards, some thoughts from this tired and...


Columnist Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: Building solutions — Our collaborative spirit
09-20-2024 3:36 PM

By THE REV. ANDREA AYVAZIAN

“For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” That quotation is from the Bible (Book of James, chapter 2, verse 26), but one need not be Christian to agree with it. Having philosophical or political beliefs is one...


Columnist Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: The co-op at the heart of the community
06-14-2024 3:53 PM

By THE REV. ANDREA AYVAZIAN

It was in 1998 when a small group of visionary folks who care about healthy food, supporting local farms and farmers, and building community started meeting in each other’s living rooms to discuss the idea of creating a food co-op in Northampton. The...


Columnist Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: Divided city? Pride brought us together
05-17-2024 2:14 PM

By THE REV. ANDREA AYVAZIAN

The Northampton Pride March, held on May 4, could not have come at a better time. I have marched with my family since my son was little, and he is now 36 years old. It is a part of our spring tradition. But this year, the march felt especially...


Columnist Andrea Ayvazian: Standing as witness to Armenian martyrs
04-19-2024 4:47 PM

By THE REV. ANDREA AYVAZIAN

My sister Gina had the proclamation framed and she displays it prominently on her wall. It means so much to our family. The Proclamation of the City of Northampton marking Armenian Martyrs’ Day, dated April 24, 2018, is signed by then-Mayor David...


Columnist Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: Texting with prophets feels artificial
03-15-2024 2:36 PM

By THE REV. ANDREA AYVAZIAN

Because my husband is currently writing a book about robots at war — how the military is combining artificial intelligence with robotic devices to create “unmanned” weapons systems — our house is infused with articles, reports, and dinner...


Columnist Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: Celebration will mark church’s rise from ashes
02-16-2024 2:57 PM

By THE REV. ANDREA AYVAZIAN

Good news is hard to come by these days. All our news media outlets are filled with troubling stories, disturbing images, and frightening predictions. It can be very difficult to read the newspaper or watch the evening news.And so I am delighted to...

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