We had to send troops against our evil nemesis Ho Chi Minh, the anti-colonialist president of the North, or see all of Asia populated by oppressed automatons in gray jumpsuits, mouthing Maoisms rather than prayers, owning nothing, mindlessly obeying State orders, hating Americans, and ready to storm across the Pacific and do us in.
Rather than offering prayer reluctantly, find peace from it, as a break from your busy life.
It centres largely on the exposition of the Scriptures in a sermon and emphasizes extemporaneous, rather than set, prayers.
I'm the kind of Catholic who attends mass on the holidays and the kind of friend who says, "My thoughts are with you," rather than "my prayers".
Mormons do temple work rather than saying prayers so that those in "Spirit Prison" can move to "Spirit Paradise" and associate with other believers.
It is very easy for a prayer meeting to turn into a discussion about prayer rather than a time for actual prayers.
According to the traditional account, on 11 February 624, while praying in the Masjid al-Qiblatain in Medina, Muhammad received revelations from God that he should be facing Mecca rather than Jerusalem during prayer.
Imagine knights in armor covered with shit, fighting for a world in which everyone has the right to fuck each over with impunity and we all recite the Devil's rather than Lord's Prayer at meetings of our covens.
It's a gospel that laments the loss of prayer in schools, rather than the lack of prayer at home.
Rabbi Sandler-Phillips said that during preparations, some people, herself included, prefer to sing rather than speak the prayers, which are mainly psalms and readings from the biblical Song of Solomon.
