Prayer beads

attended the Masjid Dural Huda mosque located in Springfield VA, 22310. Masjid Dural Huda is an Islamic religious center/service in which followers of the Muslim religion pray, I attended the service on a Tuesday afternoon during the Asr prayer (afternoon prayer). My religious background and up bringing has been taught and molded with heavy Christian influence. My father is a Greek-Orthodox Christian and my mother was brought up a Protestant Christian, I have been raised with the ideologies of…

I learned was the Holy Spirit prayer. The Holy Spirit prayer is a pray that we said in the beginning of each class. As a Pentecostal I was taught that repeating a prayer was less effective than praying to God directly the ability to pray through the bible. I learned that this prayer means a lot. The Holy Spirit prayer ask the Holy Spirit to joins us in the class. This prayer gives us a chance to pray with the Holy Spirit as our instructor. I enjoyed the opening prayer, because it showed the…

There are moments in the life of a Christian that are specially guarded in the deepest of the heart. Moments that mark a before and an after, moments that are extremely touched with the hand of God. Sometimes people go through experiences that makes them wonder if God is trying to talk to them, or if they are mistakenly assuming that something is from God and in reality is caused by human emotions. Truth is that God wants to communicate with us at all times, he wants to talk to us, even through…

benefit, for example, while waiting to hear of Jay’s fate, Hannah displays a genuine deference towards the sacred powers at play. During this instance, Hannah finds herself conflicted on Mary’s prayer at that particular moment, noting that “for the first time in her life [Hannah] suspected how mistakenly prayer can be used” (121). Hannah’s actions reflect an independence from overwhelming spiritual guidance while remaining considerate of her servitude to the Lord. Hannah serves as one of Agee’s…

Augustine to name a few, to reiterate the importance of the meeting of the intellectual and the spiritual at the sacred center of the act of preaching. Oden’s view presupposes the earnest and thorough preparation of the speaker, in both study and prayer. I completely agree with Oden’s thought on the matter. Combing through this particular chapter I experienced a sense of excitement and passion. My excitement may possibly stem from the fact that I would like to become the type of preacher of…

On the evening of October 13th, 2016, I attended my first Alcoholic Anonymous meeting. It was on the second floor of the Fayetteville VA, in the auditorium. As I ran upstairs, I bumped into a person who looked familiar, and told them so. “I was thinking the same thing,” they told me. We spoke briefly and discovered we did not know each other. Inside the auditorium, a large square of tables was surrounded by chairs, most of which were occupied. Behind the tables was a single row of freestanding…

spare time we have in our day to say a quick prayer. We talked about how practicing different religions takes a lot of hard work and dedication. I agree with that. It takes a lot of dedication to get up in the morning and pray or go to church. There are a lot of people that have a lot going on in their lives and still manage to include religion in it. Being honest with yourself, God, and others is a huge part of practicing religion. I heard that prayer is there whenever you need it. God is…

When reflecting on many cultures and societies, you find examples of modernism. The advancement of our species, when it comes to our evolution. Some examples include aspects like: modern transportation, modern medicine, even a modern judicial system and yet many cultures/societies, still to this day, hold on to old age thinking. Where facts and scientific evidence goes out the window and proof has no say; where the role in this Dark Age thinking. Where a higher power decides the will/fate of a…

as broken as anyone, succumbing to even the silliest of temptations and distractions. Presently, eight of my primary spiritual disciplines are – beginning with the usual suspects – prayer, the Holy Scriptures, fasting, silence and solitude, stewardship, worship and thanksgiving, learning, and serving. First, with prayer, I practice this daily. Usually, I strive to make this the very first thing I do upon waking, along with reading the Bible. Likewise, I use…

The day was Monday, February 1, 2010. I left my house for work in the morning, and got on time as usual. The day seemed to progress as usual until I got a meeting request from my supervisor. I finished what I have started, and headed to the little conference room where the meeting was scheduled. I had never gotten such meeting requests from my boss. Our previous meetings have always been pre scheduled. So what is the agenda for this unscheduled meeting? My boss was already in the meeting room…