Modern life in the 21 century is complex and confusion. Depression is one of the popular phenomena among conflicts. It can be a spiritual disorder. The “dark of the soul” that many experience was described at length by the early Christian mystics....
Modern life in the 21 century is complex and confusion. Depression is one of the popular phenomena among conflicts. It can be a spiritual disorder. The “dark of the soul” that many experience was described at length by the early Christian mystics. Their expressions of the absence of God, the doubt, and the loss of meaning in religious ritual and service are akin to many symptoms of what we now call depression. Depression usually does not wriggle and squirm, act out and disrupt class, even rob a bank. It is more likely to sit quietly in the corner, not wanting to be a bother to anyone. The church as healing and caring community can give guides that help the depressed find their way out of the cavern of despair and returns them to a life of meaningful service. Meaning, for the mature Christian, is based on service and on a realistically positive attitude toward life.
To clergy pastoral care should be aimed the depressed as persons whom God loves and remember from now and forever. They deserve God’s concern and joy naturally. In spiritual aspect, the depressed should be recovered as a person who is to live with happy in the world created by God. It means the depressed should be accepted and recognized and have an opportunity to build their hidden and oppressed capacity for the glory of God as well as themselves.