The art of prayer: Learning to be still in a noisy faith
March 29, 2026
by Dudley McLean II - Contributor
The art of prayer: Learning to be still in a noisy faith
In an age where prayer is often reduced to hurried words, urgent requests, or public performance, we may have forgotten something essential: prayer is not first what we say to God, but how we respond to God. The Anglican Catechism, particularly as received in the Church in the Province of the West Indies, offers a richer vision. Prayer is a holistic response – of thought, feeling, and action – expressed with or without words. It is less a transaction than a relationship; less a script than a posture of being.