As Rafael Alvarez takes a closer look at praying the rosary, he shares how the religious discipline – a slow, methodical meditation with prayer beads – brings him comfort, peace and insights ...

FORT PAYNE, Ala. — The prayer beads project started when Connie Phillips saw an advertisement and got an idea. Now the United Methodist Women — Mary Hannah Circle at St. Paul United Methodist ...

For over a thousand years people of faith have used a variety of methods to keep track of their prayers. Whether knots in a rope, stones in a pouch, or beads on a string, the simple movement of ...

Prayer beads can be used by many religions, including Buddhists, Muslims and Christians, or anyone else looking for ways to mark off and keep track of prayers, or a meditative practice.

Several years ago a friend, knowing I worked in beads, asked me to create three sets of Episcopal prayer beads for a class she was teaching. Four billion people -- over half the world's population ...

Writing in the New York Post, columnist Kirsten Powers notices something that’s been bugging at least one editor of a Jewish news agency for weeks: President -elect Obama is going with an all ...