Guide for Women," which emphasizes prayer, Christian fellowship and the use of "accountability partners" to hold the users to high standards of abstinence.
To some art historians, El Greco is the interpreter of an inward-turning mysticism that sprang up in Toledo during his lifetime and that emphasized private prayer.
It emphasized community prayer and was punctuated by a series of performances (some ribald) to call powerful spirit-beings to the ritual locale, by self-sacrifice through fasting, exertion, and piercing, and by the giving of gifts from supplicants to their spiritual mentors.
After this book had occasioned a renewed interest in Hesychasm throughout the Orthodox churches, Nicodemus edited Macarius' essays on liturgical prayer, emphasizing the Eucharist, or the Lord's Supper.
Changes in these rites, including the use of white vestments and the recitation of prayers emphasizing the notions of hope and joy, were introduced into the Catholic liturgy only following the second Vatican Council (1962 65).
Further, Chapman encouraged Sunday's theological development, especially by emphasizing the importance of prayer and by helping to "reinforce Billy's commitment to conservative biblical Christianity".
The events here have left the congregants of the mosque -- which practices a form of Islam that emphasizes simple living, prayer and meditation -- searching for answers about why the periodic harassment persists.
The campaign against Gore emphasized his opposition to prayer in the schools & his support of gun control & civil rights.
In those 701 words he mentioned God 14 times, referenced the Bible 4 times and emphasized the importance of prayer 3 times.
The Family's activities, which are conducted through a loose network of nonprofit corporations and prayer meetings, emphasize what it calls "leadership development" among members and the recruitment as disciples of current and future leaders in politics and business.
