In September, while attending the Religion Newswriters Association convention in Washington D.C., I found myself in the gift shop of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception – more about that in a future post. I have never in my life seen so many rosaries (you can see a few here) – [...]
Archive for September, 2008
St. Paul Medal
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Anglican Communion’s Day of Prayer
Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am just this morning back from a ten-day trip to Charlotte, Va., Washington, D.C. and New York City. And while I have much to blog about from my trip, I came home to find this in my email box this morning and thought it was worth passing on: Dear Friends, On Thursday, September 25, [...]
Praying in Washington, D.C – Part Two
Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am sorry it has taken me so long to get this post up, but my computer crashed! For a freelancer, this is disaster! But somehow – perhaps a miracle (see my upcoming blog post on laying on of medals) – it started up today just right! Keep your fingers crossed. In an earlier post, [...]
RNA Conference – Day One
Posted in Uncategorized on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am in Washington DC this week, here to attend the Religion Newswriters Association annual conference. Today was the first official day of the conference (there were pre-conference events) and it started this morning with a press conference given by The Institute for the Study of Religion at Baylor University, a Southern Baptist school. The [...]
Praying in DC – Part One
Posted in Uncategorized on September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have just arrived in Washington DC for the three-day Religion Newswriters Association conference, an event I travel to every year. The conference actually begins tomorrow afternoon, so I had almost a full free day to roam the city and find some good places to pray with beads. Sometimes, when I visit a city, I [...]
Pandit’s Prayer Beads
Posted in Making Prayer Beads, Prayer Beads of the World, tagged Hinduism, japa mala, prayer beads on September 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Several months ago, I posted a link here to a great radio story I heard on National Public Radio about Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, a 36-year-old Hare Krishna monk and Hindu chaplain at Columbia University. I loved the story, which was kind of a day-in-the-life feature, and was thrilled when a photo accompanying the story showed [...]
Choosing Colors for Prayer Beads
Posted in Uncategorized on September 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Lutheran chaplain John Dorheim posted the following comment to the last blog entry: “While serving as a hospital chaplain, as a Lutheran, I learned how to make prayer beads and three or four years later, I am still making them and encouraging other Lutherans to adopt them. I buy most of my beads locally which [...]
Prayer Beads from Australia
Posted in Prayer Bead Makers, Prayers For Beads, tagged Anglican rosary on September 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I came home today and opened the mailbox to find a package inside from Brother Nathan-James, an Anglican brother in Buranda, Australia. When I opened it up, inside was this lovely Anglican rosary he made just for me. I first connected with Brother Nathan-James more than year ago when I was researching Bead One, Pray [...]
