"Few of us are confident that we know how to pray as we ought. .... In recent decades many Christians have found in centering prayer one way to bring their sighing hearts to God. In this article I will use my own search for a deeper prayer life to explore the centering prayer movement, to answer questions about the method, and to suggest support when keeping the discipline becomes difficult" (p. 2).
"Thomas R. Ward, Jr.'s, 'Centering Prayer: An Overview' was originally published in 'Sewanee Theological Review' 40:1 (Christmas 1996), published quarterly by The School of Theology of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee." -- back page.
Author is an Episcopal priest and "university chaplain at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee". -- back page.