Category: Spiritual Formation

Pray Then Like This: The Case for Reciting Prayers

Brandon Munson
Brandon Munson
M.Div, Reformed Episcopal Seminary
B.A. Youth Ministry, Eastern University

Brandon lives just outside West Philadelphia with his wife, Elizabeth, and their sons, Kairos and Levi. He is an educator and administrative assistant at Christ Academy in Collingdale, PA
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“Why do some Christian recite their prayers? Why don’t Anglicans pray ‘from the heart?’ “ There is an assumption that underlies these questions. They assume that prayers which are extemporaneous, or made up on the spot, are more sincere and “Spirit-filled” than prayers which are pre-written. Having grown up in the Assemblies of God, I…

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The Mystery of Worship

Brandon Munson
Brandon Munson
M.Div, Reformed Episcopal Seminary
B.A. Youth Ministry, Eastern University

Brandon lives just outside West Philadelphia with his wife, Elizabeth, and their sons, Kairos and Levi. He is an educator and administrative assistant at Christ Academy in Collingdale, PA
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This is the third installment of the Church Identity series and follows “The Church as Temple.” That subsequent article provides important background for understanding the context of this one. This article is long, but it has been preserved as a single post to maintain its cohesion. For this reason, it has been divided into two sections for…

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The Church as House

Brandon Munson
Brandon Munson
M.Div, Reformed Episcopal Seminary
B.A. Youth Ministry, Eastern University

Brandon lives just outside West Philadelphia with his wife, Elizabeth, and their sons, Kairos and Levi. He is an educator and administrative assistant at Christ Academy in Collingdale, PA
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This is the first installment in the Church Identity series, which consists of “big picture” paradigms for creating a biblical worldview.  The author desired to fuse it with The Church as Temple, but it was necessary to cover these themes as separate articles. For that reason, the theme of cosmic house is emphasized in a familial…

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