Word: prayerfulness
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...There was the San Diego case against a 43-foot Latin Cross erected in a veterans cemetery in San Diego; the football-game prayer case from Santa Fe, Texas, two Ten Commandments cases, the attempt to remove "under God " from the Pledge of Allegiance and the Intelligent Design case in Dover...
...agenda in the first moments. The film opens with a time-lapse shot of night sky, stars, dawn slowly breaking, finally full daylight, as the? sound track comes alive with loud crickets, braying, mooing and breathy, muffled screams. Brilliant sunshine bathes the family's kitchen as they take morning prayer in a silence broken only by the loud ticking of the clock. Esther raises her eyes, Johan says, "Amen," and the children dive wordlessly into their cereal. After the meal, Esther leaves to shepherd the kids on errands, returning briefly to tell Johan to take some time for himself this...
...dervishes, distinguished by their green and red robes, eclectic prayer beads, charms and Rastafarian-style dreadlocks, represent a kinder, gentler picture of Sudanese society than the one world focuses on in the horrors of Darfur. While Sudan's Islamist government foments war there and disdainfully drags its heels over the implementation of a peace plan, the dervishes follow a mystical Sufi Muslim tradition that seeks harmony and "oneness" with the universe...
...Iraq, is a religious country. The fact that Americans haven’t been killing each other over religion doesn’t negate that fact. Every American president has been Christian—some arguably less than others. The Supreme Court and Congress open every session with a prayer. Oaths from the Pledge of Allegiance to the presidential oath of office include phrases such as “under God” and “so help me God.” Presidential candidates and legislators of all stripes try to make prominent speeches in churches...
However, at the age of 14, in what he says may have been to some extent a fit of teenage rebellion, Clayton underwent a powerful conversion—joining a Presbyterian church and participating in evangelical prayer groups...