First, I believe tactile prayer is pleasing. Our hands like to be busy and fingers touching each bead connect our body to our mind. Moreover, movement is a simple tool that keeps us focused.

Most of them have a clear-cut meaning but some have been argued to be something entirely different, like the folded hands emoji. The long-standing urban legend is that it's not a prayer or a ...

Local legislators meet at the Alamogordo Senior Center on the morning of Friday, Jan. 3, for the annual Legislative Prayer Breakfast. Newly elected State Senator James Townsend (far right), from ...

removed the scoops visitors used at the shrine's water purification basin to wash their hands to stop them from getting infected. She took the prayer bell down, too, and the rope used to ring it ...

For example, Shi’a Muslims pray with their hands by their sides, whereas Sunni Muslims pray with their hands either folded or by their sides.