Posted in Prayer Beads of the World, Uncategorized, tagged Catholic rosary, Muslim subha, prayer beads on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Earlier this week, I was interviewed by my friend and colleague David Yonke, religion reporter for The Toledo Blade, about the book and prayer beads in general for an article he is very kindly writing pegged to the trunk show of my prayer beads at Bonita Bead Boutique in Maumee, Ohio. David mentioned that his [...]
Posted in Prayer Beads of the World, Uncategorized, tagged Lutheran prayer beads, Pearls of Life on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last time we explored a single form of prayer beads, we looked at those used by Baha’is. Really, no rhyme or reason here - I just feel like exploring the Pearls of Life next.
The Pearls of Life - sometimes called The Wreath of Life - are one of the newer forms of prayer beads. They [...]
Posted in Prayer Beads of the World, tagged Paternosters on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Hey, if you haven’t been there in a while, visit the blog Paternosters. Blogmistress Chris Laning recently came back from a two week trip to Europe and has some interesting posts about historical rosaries she saw there. Also, check out her posts on a two-day rosary making workshop she took in Leiden - hate her!!!! [...]
Posted in Prayer Beads of the World, tagged Baha'i, prayer beads, religion on March 27, 2008 | 17 Comments »
I feel like starting with Baha’is and their prayer beads. Why? Don’t know. Not the oldest religion or the oldest prayer beads. Not the newest, either. Maybe I just feel like going alphabetically. No, I think I saw a picture of a set of Baha’i prayer beads as I was web-surfing the other day and [...]
