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Brian Morykon

Brian Morykon

Director of Communications

Brian Morykon

Articles & Essays by Brian Morykon

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Essay

Healing Traumas of Omission

Published August, 2022 • Featured August 5, 2022
It’s easy (but harmful) to confuse our old sinful self with our inner wounded child. In this honest piece, Brian Morykon helps us understand the difference between the two and points towards healing through secure attachment to God.
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Article

The Power of Posture

Published April, 2016 • Featured June 20, 2019
What does it mean to be ​“upright” in our ways, our hearts, our walk? Brian Morykon looks at what research on the posture of our body can teach us about the posture of our hearts.
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Essay

Christmas Agony and Joy

Featured December 20, 2018
For Christmas, Brian Morykon invites us to shake off any platitudes we may carry surrounding the concept of joy and enter instead into a sacramental space where agony can walk side-by-side with joy but never overcome it.
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Essay

God is not a Cosmic Egotist

Published December, 2018 • Featured December 9, 2018
Considering the goodness of God leads to complete adoration and worship. Brian Morykon offers a rich reflection on how worthy our God is to be praised.
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Article

Unmasking the Joy-Thief

Published March, 2014 • Featured July 26, 2017
Our new Director of Communications, Brian Morykon, joins us today with a timely piece from the vault. Is our identity just the accumulation of our thoughts, feelings, personality traits, and experiences? Or is it something else? Brian shares how he is finding his spirit renewed in his true identity.
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Article

Kindness Isn't Quaint

Featured March 9, 2017
Kindness often gets thrown in with niceness, manners and etiquette. But it’s altogether something different. Those things are of earth. Kindness is of heaven.
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Article

Leading Publicly From the Secret Place

Featured September 8, 2016
How can leading worship to an empty room move a person from head-song performance to heart-song surrender? Brian Morykon knows well. He leads us into the heart of worship by sharing this original piece on renewal, authenticity, and giving yourself away.