Best practice? Richard Eddleston makes a case for ‘Centering Prayer’

‘Real change requires a slow, lifetime process.’

by Richard Eddleston 3rd January 2025

There appears to be a growing interest in spirituality. This is not just among religious groups, but also among secular people, too. The rise of interest in practices like mindfulness is just one example. The 2021 census suggested that, for the first time, fewer Britons identified as religious than non-religious, but further investigation from the Christian think-tank Theos discovered that only about half of those who identify as non-religious (or ‘nones’) say they do not believe in God; a fifth say they definitely or probably believe in life after death; almost one in six (of the ‘nones’!) believe in the power of prayer.