Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anglican prayer beads, Anglican rosary, Episcopal prayer beads, Episcopal rosary on July 4, 2008 | No Comments »
In my last post, I showed you how I made a set of prayer beads suitable for brides. Now we move on to the prayers.
As I said in the previous post, I used the Anglican rosary form to create these bridal prayer beads, but I was inspired to add three beads on the stem, between [...]
Posted in Making Prayer Beads, tagged Anglican prayer beads, Anglican rosary, bridal prayer beads, Catholic rosary, prayer bead making, Protestant prayer beads, Protestant rosary, rosary making on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
June is the month of weddings (yeah - I was married in May) and so I thought some of you out there might be interested in making a special set of prayer beads for the brides-to-be in your lives.
As I have a friend getting married soon (yeah - not in June) I decided to make [...]
Posted in My Prayer Bead Practice, tagged Anglican prayer beads, Jewish Healing Movement, prayers for healing on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
About eight years ago I had the pleasure of writing about the Jewish Healing Movement in my first book, Faith Beyond Faith Healing: Finding Hope After Shattered Dreams. The JHM draws on the rich tradition of Jewish prayer and ritual to create eclectic and creative healing services and prayers.
When I was reporting the book, Rabbi [...]
Posted in My Prayer Bead Practice, tagged Anglican prayer beads, cancer, Catholic rosary, prayers for healing on February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Friday (Feb 1), I received some bad news. My mother, who is 63, had broken a hip and fallen - in that order - while out with my stepfather and his parents. An x-ray at the emergency room appeared to show a tumor on her bone that had worn away the joint, causing the [...]
Posted in Introduction, tagged Anglican prayer beads, Anglican rosary, Catholic rosary, Episcopal prayer beads, Episcopal rosary, Pearls of Life, prayer beads, rosary on November 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Every major world religion has some tradition of counted prayer. And in all of these religions save one, these prayers are counted on beads. For Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Catholics and Protestants, prayer beads form a link between these diverse faiths and varied cultures.
My name is Kimberly Winston and I am a freelance religion reporter and [...]
