But Dr. Herbert Benson's study, which found that strangers' prayers did not help patients recover, may suggest that we not limit spiritual interventions to intercessory prayer, or to prayer at all.
"Tragedy was averted because there was a little delay as the prayers did not commence in earnest and the bomb strapped to the body of the girl went off and killed her," he added.
Trent Duffy, a spokesman for the White House, said those prayers did not reflect the president's views, and noting that the audience assembled for the event in the White House included people of many faiths, including Muslims and Hindus.
We went up to speak to the imam, a man of medium height with a long face, heavy black eyebrows, and a forthright manner… We had one more question to ask [him]: Why, at the end of the prayers, did each member of the congregation look first over his right shoulder and then over his left?
A priest who had swapped his robes for his side's bright yellow and green tracksuit, he was to be found during the GB game praying his team would beat the Brazilians (the prayers did not achieve the desired result: Cameroon were thumped 5-0).
I made calls to ChildLine when prayers didn't work.
When prayers didn't work, she took matters into her own hands.
