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Book Introduction
Crossing the dark night of pain and wounds
With God, the light
The Church's Lost People
Traditional institutional religions are perceived by people as authoritarian and anachronistic, and the phenomenon of rapid de-secularization is spreading.
However, the phenomenon of de-religionization does not lead to a departure from spirituality.
Because we are pursuing the longing for the ‘meaning of life’, ‘inner peace’, and ‘the essence of existence’ in a new way.
So, the number of religious people who reject institutional religion and are defined as “Spiritual But Not Religious” and “Believing Without Belonging” has increased.
Especially in Korean Protestantism, the so-called “Canaan Christians” (a term that reverses “Annaga”), who do not attend church but call themselves Christians, have now become common.
As the authority of religion declines and skepticism about the church grows, the church tries to overcome this through religious forms and programs.
But for those seeking “spirituality but not religion,” the church has become a place with only religious formalities but no spirituality, and people have chosen “faith without affiliation” and have begun to seek their own God in new ways.
This book looks at the dark heart of modern people's sense of loss, sadness, and pain.
Reach out to those who need spiritual fulfillment and healing more than anything else.
Therefore, I propose a new practice of Christian spirituality: listening to God's voice through honest introspection and quiet silence within ourselves, engaging in personal communion with God, and finding joy in meeting God, the light.
With God, the light
The Church's Lost People
Traditional institutional religions are perceived by people as authoritarian and anachronistic, and the phenomenon of rapid de-secularization is spreading.
However, the phenomenon of de-religionization does not lead to a departure from spirituality.
Because we are pursuing the longing for the ‘meaning of life’, ‘inner peace’, and ‘the essence of existence’ in a new way.
So, the number of religious people who reject institutional religion and are defined as “Spiritual But Not Religious” and “Believing Without Belonging” has increased.
Especially in Korean Protestantism, the so-called “Canaan Christians” (a term that reverses “Annaga”), who do not attend church but call themselves Christians, have now become common.
As the authority of religion declines and skepticism about the church grows, the church tries to overcome this through religious forms and programs.
But for those seeking “spirituality but not religion,” the church has become a place with only religious formalities but no spirituality, and people have chosen “faith without affiliation” and have begun to seek their own God in new ways.
This book looks at the dark heart of modern people's sense of loss, sadness, and pain.
Reach out to those who need spiritual fulfillment and healing more than anything else.
Therefore, I propose a new practice of Christian spirituality: listening to God's voice through honest introspection and quiet silence within ourselves, engaging in personal communion with God, and finding joy in meeting God, the light.
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Introduction
The Dark Night of Pain and Hurt | From Mindfulness to Spirituality
A Virtual Discussion on Spiritual Care · Spiritual Care · Why Does the Church Need Spiritual Care?
Meditation and Mindfulness as Therapeutic Techniques · Christian Meditation and Spirituality
Crossing the Dark Night into the Light | Meditation, Mindfulness, Heartfulness, and Spirituality
Meditation, Mindfulness, Heartfulness, Spirituality, Beyond Mindfulness to Spirituality
With God, the Light | The Reality of Spiritual Care
13 Ways to Use Spirituality · Staying Still Before God · Embodiment of the Holy Spirit
Christian Mindfulness · Journey to the Inner Sanctuary · The Breath of Life · The Jesus Prayer · Complete Forgiveness
The Lord's Prayer Movement · A Walk to Expand Your Boundaries with Gratitude, Joy, Love, and Peace · The Voice of God
Living as a person of God's light, God's compassion and sharing love, and compassion
The Numinous Journey: Encountering the Transcendent Other | Spirituality in Church History
Christian Mysticism and Spirituality · Old Testament · Jesus in the Gospels · Apostles in the Epistles
Early Christianity, Medieval Christianity, Modern Christianity, Protestantism
The Road We Must Cross Together | Concerns and Misunderstandings
Concerns and Wariness About Meditation in Protestantism · Religious and Spiritual Bandwagoning of Meditation
Differences Between Catholic and Protestant Views · Christian Understanding of the Relationship Between Prayer and Meditation
Misconceptions About Christian Meditation
Outgoing post
References
Introduction
The Dark Night of Pain and Hurt | From Mindfulness to Spirituality
A Virtual Discussion on Spiritual Care · Spiritual Care · Why Does the Church Need Spiritual Care?
Meditation and Mindfulness as Therapeutic Techniques · Christian Meditation and Spirituality
Crossing the Dark Night into the Light | Meditation, Mindfulness, Heartfulness, and Spirituality
Meditation, Mindfulness, Heartfulness, Spirituality, Beyond Mindfulness to Spirituality
With God, the Light | The Reality of Spiritual Care
13 Ways to Use Spirituality · Staying Still Before God · Embodiment of the Holy Spirit
Christian Mindfulness · Journey to the Inner Sanctuary · The Breath of Life · The Jesus Prayer · Complete Forgiveness
The Lord's Prayer Movement · A Walk to Expand Your Boundaries with Gratitude, Joy, Love, and Peace · The Voice of God
Living as a person of God's light, God's compassion and sharing love, and compassion
The Numinous Journey: Encountering the Transcendent Other | Spirituality in Church History
Christian Mysticism and Spirituality · Old Testament · Jesus in the Gospels · Apostles in the Epistles
Early Christianity, Medieval Christianity, Modern Christianity, Protestantism
The Road We Must Cross Together | Concerns and Misunderstandings
Concerns and Wariness About Meditation in Protestantism · Religious and Spiritual Bandwagoning of Meditation
Differences Between Catholic and Protestant Views · Christian Understanding of the Relationship Between Prayer and Meditation
Misconceptions About Christian Meditation
Outgoing post
References
Publisher's Review
For those suffering from anxiety, depression, trauma, and loss
In 2025, South Korea will rank first or second in suicide rates among OECD countries, with an average of one person taking their own life every 35 minutes.
Therefore, ‘meditation’ and ‘mindfulness’ are widely used as psychological responses to this.
Naturally, the church is full of people suffering from pain such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and loss.
Church members endure extreme stress amidst endless competition and comparison, endure loneliness amidst the isolation of human relationships, and feel anxious about the uncertainty of their immediate future.
How can the church respond to those who are unable to sleep due to such suffering, offering spiritual care? Don't we need to experience acceptance of our very existence, be filled with relational spirituality, and find healing for the real pain of life through the unchanging presence of God? This book introduces "spiritual care" as a tool for restoring spirituality, moving beyond the dark night of anxiety, depression, trauma, and loss through honest introspection, quiet listening, and personal fellowship, rather than relying solely on doctrine and concepts. This approach allows us to overcome the pain of anxiety, depression, trauma, and loss and find light in the process.
Beyond Mindfulness to Spiritual Care
“Spiritual well-being” embraces the psychotherapeutic effects of mindfulness, which has recently gained explosive popularity, but is fundamentally based on the spiritual assets of Christianity, which has long addressed human suffering and the meaning of life.
Therefore, it goes beyond simple concentration training or stress reduction techniques and aims to be a spiritual practice that restores the meaning of Christian existence and life.
This is because it is a work of redefining life through a personal relationship with God, spiritual restoration, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
So, the term “spirituality” is a portmanteau of the English word “spirit” and “fulness” and is a form of “mindfulness” which is translated as “mindfulness”.
Although it is not an official term, it has been used to mean spiritual awareness or being full of the Spirit.
In this way, spiritual well-being is a modern approach to Christian meditation, and through this practice, it presents a modern practice of spiritual practice that has long been a tradition but has rarely been used.
Christian Interpretation and Practice of Mindfulness and Meditation
While we gasp for breath, unable to even feel our own breathing, pouring out our words and hearing only what we want to hear, meditation has become the exclusive domain of other religions, and young people are leaving the church to seek spiritual fulfillment elsewhere.
For those who have delved into texts, claiming to hear God's voice, I guide them to listen to the voice of their own bodies, to the cries of the community, to the groans of a suffering world, and to recognize God's voice there.
This book, “Mindfulness,” is the most active interpretation of mindfulness, which had been limited to Buddhist or Hindu interpretations, from the perspective of Korean Protestantism, in terms of church history, theology, and medicine.
Thus, this book begins with an overview of the psychiatric and psychological concepts of meditation, presents biblical and church historical evidence, and even provides guidance on 13 immediately actionable methods of application.
Therefore, it presents a spiritual prescription essential to the modern church by encompassing the theory and practice of spiritual well-being, a modern interpretation of Christian meditation that draws from the long-lost Christian spiritual tradition.
In 2025, South Korea will rank first or second in suicide rates among OECD countries, with an average of one person taking their own life every 35 minutes.
Therefore, ‘meditation’ and ‘mindfulness’ are widely used as psychological responses to this.
Naturally, the church is full of people suffering from pain such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and loss.
Church members endure extreme stress amidst endless competition and comparison, endure loneliness amidst the isolation of human relationships, and feel anxious about the uncertainty of their immediate future.
How can the church respond to those who are unable to sleep due to such suffering, offering spiritual care? Don't we need to experience acceptance of our very existence, be filled with relational spirituality, and find healing for the real pain of life through the unchanging presence of God? This book introduces "spiritual care" as a tool for restoring spirituality, moving beyond the dark night of anxiety, depression, trauma, and loss through honest introspection, quiet listening, and personal fellowship, rather than relying solely on doctrine and concepts. This approach allows us to overcome the pain of anxiety, depression, trauma, and loss and find light in the process.
Beyond Mindfulness to Spiritual Care
“Spiritual well-being” embraces the psychotherapeutic effects of mindfulness, which has recently gained explosive popularity, but is fundamentally based on the spiritual assets of Christianity, which has long addressed human suffering and the meaning of life.
Therefore, it goes beyond simple concentration training or stress reduction techniques and aims to be a spiritual practice that restores the meaning of Christian existence and life.
This is because it is a work of redefining life through a personal relationship with God, spiritual restoration, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
So, the term “spirituality” is a portmanteau of the English word “spirit” and “fulness” and is a form of “mindfulness” which is translated as “mindfulness”.
Although it is not an official term, it has been used to mean spiritual awareness or being full of the Spirit.
In this way, spiritual well-being is a modern approach to Christian meditation, and through this practice, it presents a modern practice of spiritual practice that has long been a tradition but has rarely been used.
Christian Interpretation and Practice of Mindfulness and Meditation
While we gasp for breath, unable to even feel our own breathing, pouring out our words and hearing only what we want to hear, meditation has become the exclusive domain of other religions, and young people are leaving the church to seek spiritual fulfillment elsewhere.
For those who have delved into texts, claiming to hear God's voice, I guide them to listen to the voice of their own bodies, to the cries of the community, to the groans of a suffering world, and to recognize God's voice there.
This book, “Mindfulness,” is the most active interpretation of mindfulness, which had been limited to Buddhist or Hindu interpretations, from the perspective of Korean Protestantism, in terms of church history, theology, and medicine.
Thus, this book begins with an overview of the psychiatric and psychological concepts of meditation, presents biblical and church historical evidence, and even provides guidance on 13 immediately actionable methods of application.
Therefore, it presents a spiritual prescription essential to the modern church by encompassing the theory and practice of spiritual well-being, a modern interpretation of Christian meditation that draws from the long-lost Christian spiritual tradition.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: November 20, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 336 pages | 152*225*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791188887309
- ISBN10: 1188887300
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