Many survivors recount how church leaders attempted to pray the gay away, a practice now widely condemned for the harm it causes.

After two too many drinks, she was praying to the porcelain god in the bathroom.

After the company party, he prays to the porcelain god behind the bar.

Every holiday, my mother repeats the saying the family that prays together stays together, and we all feel a little closer afterward.

When the storm raged and the crops failed, thou prayedst for mercy beneath the thatched eaves.