Gassho-zukuri means construction resembling hands joined in prayer, as these farmhouse’s steeply slanted thatched roofs bear an uncanny resemblance to the clasped hands of a person engaged in ...

"The first of the eight episodes opens with Laurie, a young girl struggling with self-confidence, alone on the bench, her hands clasped in prayer," the Chronicle said. “Dear Heavenly Father ...

It is easy to know when someone is praying. If we see someone with their hands uplifted or their hands clasped in a special way or someone on their knees, we know that they are praying.

The first of the eight episodes opens with Laurie, a young girl struggling with self-confidence, alone on the bench, her hands clasped in prayer. “Dear Heavenly Father, please give me strength ...