Mindfulness is a big deal in today’s culture. Businesses such as Apple, sports figures, and the popular press such as Time magazine have all given it their stamp of approval. Governments are spending hundreds of millions of dollars researching it and it has become a billion-dollar-a-year business. In fact, Apple chose a mindfulness app as their app of the year for 2017.
But, should Christians embrace it? Yes, because mindfulness in the Christian tradition has support in Scripture and church history. It’s a lost spiritual discipline that believers should reclaim. I define mindfulness for the Christian with these two words: Holy Noticing. Holy noticing is noticing with a holy purpose, God and His handiwork, our relationships, and our inner world of thoughts and feelings.
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