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Brian Morykon

Brian Morykon

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.
Posture
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.
Manger And Cross
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

Bri­an Morykon invites us to pause for a moment to con­sid­er the good­ness of God’s work in cre­ation that leads to no more fit­ting response in us than com­plete ado­ra­tion and wor­ship. Join us for 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.
03 10 Kindness
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.