Katie & Jacob Love- Elopement Buddhist Blessing Ceremony at Kamala Beach, Phuket, Thailand. 14-12-14

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Santuario de Chimayo, a famous Church in Chimayo, New Mexico. This is a shrine where people from all over the world visit for faith and healing.

This is the crucifix at the outdoor chapel behind the Santurario. People have left rosaries, pictures and prayers behind hoping for miracles, healing and to give thanks for prayers answered.

The prayer baton exchange between Southampton and Portsmouth on Sunday 15th July.

Iain Anderson, far left, representing Southampton Churches, passing the Baton to The Church of England's Bishop of Portsmouth, the Rt Rev Christopher Foster, far right.

Prayer candles inside a Church in Canterbury, South East England.

Being an atheist doesn't keep me from going inside Churches and other religious places. They are some of the best places to find and photograph great compositions & architectures.

Prayer time in Suleymaniye Mosque

You saw me standing by the wall,

Corner of a main street

And the lights are flashing on your window sill

All alone ain't much fun,

So you're looking for the thrill

And you know just what it takes and where to go

But fear is in your soul...

Caty Weezles knelt down beside her very quietly, pressing her hands together after making a cross against her body. She mimicked her actions very carefully but continued to speak the whispers louder than normal, bouncing off the hollow walls, "I prays to God and I tells my daddy." She breaked in and prayed out loud, "Dear God make Hope not sad and cause if your sad you can't make sandcastles cause they just don't come out right." And with that she bowed her head down even more, eyes still on Hope. "I comes here to light candles for my mommy." The flamed stick poofing out as it falls to the ground. Thankfully, not starting a fire.

Hope Naxos stifles a choking sob as the girl starts to speak, her knuckles pressed hard into her teeth. Too much, just too much. She murmurs a quiet "amen," before her hands fall limp before her again, dangling between her thighs as she looks down at Caty. She didn't have to look down far. "That's very good.. it's good to tell your daddy when something scares you." Never mind that her daddy was exactly what scared Hope right now. She looks away, aware of the girl's eyes on her. "A very good prayer, sweets. Very good. I know God's listening- I feel better already." It's only when the stick falls and the flame goes out that she notices its presence, smiling faintly to herself. "God sees those too, don't he? It's nice to know he's watching."

Prayer in the morning, perhaps to let God help her to lots of customers. Ratchaprarop Road, Bangkok.

Lovely quote from Lonely Planet: "Bhutan is a world that you had only hoped existed. Prayer flags flutter in the breeze and men dresses in a traditional Gho and Argyle socks stroll past yellow-roofed shrines."

A prayer wheel at Coronation Throne, Sikkim, India

Paper prayers at Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine in Kyoto, Japan December 13, 2014. Photo by Tim Chong

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Mala prayer beads from Nepal are inlaid with turquoise and coral. In this bracelet, I use more turquoise, coral, copper and leather to compliment the rich red mala beads.

For a donation, one can write a prayer on an piece of wood called an ema, and hang it on the board for the spirits to hopefully read.

Detail of a new Prayers and Weaves series work in the 'Tactility' exhibition curated by Arlene Bujese at the Levitas Center for the Arts in Southampton, NY. Reception Thursday July 24th 5-7pm

Delegates gather for a prayer breakfast with territorial and international leaders

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This is a prayer box necklace a dear friend made, and gave to me. Inside is a stone that one of the autistic children she used to work with, gave her. She can no longer work with them, due to developing RSD from an injury she recieved when one of the children slammed her hand in the door. Working with those kids was her life, and it is tearing her apart inside to not be able to do so any longer. She is talking about doing volunteer work with them, even though another similar injury is very likely. Every day I say a prayer for her, that the doctors will find something to ease her constant physical and emotional pain.

" All ritual must be a prayer " - ( Robert Cochrane / Roy Bowers 1931-1966 )

During Islamic prayers, worshippers bow, kneel, and prostrate on the ground in humility before God. The only requirement in Islam is that prayers be performed in an area that is clean.

Paintings from 2001 by Susan Roth with cross cultural spiritual references.

Muslim

Mohagama, SrI Lanka

This was on sale at a little bookstall. It's a prayer mat with a built in compass.

The smell of oil was overpowering, it was everywhere, on the floor, in the air... and right in the center of it all were there 'Diyas'... light seemed to have a strange aura in those closed surroundings. It seems to be more radiant, it seemed to flicker less, for some reason, it looked like it wanted an outlet to show to the world how bright life really is. But for some, the oil would only lasted that long...

A dance of lights

Only the moths were missing

We watched with awe

As each flame flickered to a different tune

This is first of three shots I took while in a boat, on Clear Lake, during 4th of July celebration. The trails of light are actually boats.

Tibetan prayer flag at 1993 Seattle AIDS vigil.

Prayer for Future Happiness and nice life ...

This is the very common thing in the Marriage Ceremony of Muslim's in Bangladesh

eid prayer in coimbatore

Prayers in the Western Wall Jerusalem, was a retaining wall for the Great Temple that held the Ark of the Covenant