I had the good fortune to visit two of my best friends in Austin, Tex the weekend before last and while my one friend, Chris, was working, my other friend, Lisa, and I hit the bead stores. Lisa is one of the most talented beaded jewelry designers I know and specializes in Japanese beading. You [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rosary’
3-D Vintage Rosary
Posted in Prayer Beads of the World, Uncategorized, tagged Catholic rosary, rosary on July 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Prayer Beads from Abroad
Posted in Prayer Beads of the World, tagged Egypt, Israel, Jordan, rosary, subhah, Syria, tasbih, Turkey on March 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
All this reading about Ireland and the many faiths there has given me a major case of wanderlust. Alas, I will not be going anywhere til May when my husband and I are off for a month in Italy (yes, you may hate me) where he has a conference and some other work. So I [...]
Bead Boutique Rosaries
Posted in Prayer Bead Makers, tagged prayer beads, rosary on December 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I hope you have noticed that one of the lists I keep on the right side of this blog is of local bead stores in the U.S. that offer classes in rosary and/or prayer bead making. I was updating the list about a week ago – sadly, two or three stores had not only stopped [...]
Bobby Kennedy and the Rosary
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged rosary on June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just wanted to make sure you all saw this brief piece in the New York Times on Sunday. It describes the experience of a busboy at the Ambassador Hotel who saw Bobby Kennedy’s assassination and placed a rosary in the candidate’s hands. I just thought it was a very nice way to remember the event [...]
National Day of Prayer and Yom Hashoah
Posted in My Prayer Bead Practice, Prayers For Beads, tagged National Day of Prayer, Pearls of Life, prayer beads, rosary, Yom Hashoah on May 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today is both Yom Hashoah, the day of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust, we well as the 56th celebration of the annual National Day of Prayer, a holiday created by Congress in 1952. I have never marked the National Day of Prayer before partly because it seemed somehow artificial to pray because Congress [...]
Christmas in San Francisco
Posted in My Prayer Bead Practice, tagged Episcopal, Grace Cathedral, labyrinth, prayer beads, rosary on January 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Two years ago, my friend Daniela and I decided to head into San Francisco on the Saturday before Christmas to play tourists. It was so much fun we decided to do it again this year. So on the Saturday before Christmas, we took BART to the city, got off at Powell Street and headed up [...]
A World of Prayer Beads
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 | 9 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 [...]
