The one ripple of discomfort comes from Mr. Honeck's practice of praying in his dressing room with some orchestra members before concerts.
The task she set for herself, to invigorate her dulling faith, was accomplished by the deliberate, contemplative practice of praying in her own words.
Daouda is a Salafist, a Saudi-trained scholar who had long preached against the Sufi practice of praying at the graves of holy men.
For instance, the practice of praying for the dead is explicitly mentioned in 2 Maccabees 12.40-46; and the Epistle of James seems to support the idea that human good works are an essential part of God's scheme of salvation.
The common practice of praying would be "insane" if there were no caring God.
Bachmann's husband, Marcus, created a stir earlier this year when an undercover sting video captured his Christian counseling clinic pushing the controversial practice of "praying the gay away".
The practice of praying briefly five times daily confronted many obstacles, ranging from inability to control their own movement when laboring for another on a slave plantation, to knowing the time of day and the direction of Mecca.
The monks at Holy Cross Monastery (where I am an associate) have a practice of praying in silence, amid the tolling of a single bell, when the execution of someone on death row is about to take place.
Now I also have a practice of praying morning and night to God and the ancestors as I seek to make my life one of service, healing and celebration.
The uprising left a shortage of priests, but a faithful following, who fashioned a homespun religion, practiced in private, of praying the rosary, venerating the virgin and their chosen saints, and baptizing their children, though not attending mass or receiving the sacraments.
