한국교회 기도 모임에서의 영성지도 방안

Abstract

This paper sought a group spiritual direction that could be practiced in prayer meetings in Korean churches. First, after reviewing previous studies on spiritual direction in Korean churches, a prayer meeting plan was proposed to strengthen the experience of prayer, which is the main content of spiritual direction. Since it is not possible to share prayer experiences during the early morning prayers, it would be desirable to have a separate prayer meeting like a Bible study. If it is difficult to hold a separate prayer meeting, the prayer meeting can be held during the Sunday afternoon service or Wednesday service. Except Tongseong Prayer, six methods were proposed as new methods of prayer. In general, believers devote themselves to a life of prayer when they feel spiritual need, so I proposed prayer methods related to the interests of believers in modern society, such as healing the stressful heart, introspection, blessed life and the death in dignity, and pro-natural life. First, a prayer offered through the Psalms of lamentation for the healing of the mind, second, a prayer offered through the questionnaire practiced by John Wesley to reflect on consciousness, third, a prayer offered by reading Psalm 90 for a blessed life and death, and fourth, Christian natural contemplative prayer was presented. In addition to these prayers, the classic contemplative prayer methods, the Lectio Divina Prayer and the Jesus Prayer were introduced. Next, I looked at group spiritual direction. Due to the urgency of providing priority guidance to believers who are still interested in a life of prayer, I only looked at group spiritual direction. Lastly, I examined how pastors who provide spiritual direction can receive spiritual direction supervision. To this end, it was proposed to participate and learn in spiritual direction meetings or to hold supervision meetings among colleagues in spiritual direction ministry. If these were not possible, it was also suggested to rely on the guidance of the Holy Spirit on one’s own. In addition, it was suggested that exploration of psychology is also recommended to improve psychological discernment.