Bead One, Pray Too: A Guide to Making and Using Prayer Beads

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Church Publishing, Inc., Mar 1, 2008 - Crafts & Hobbies - 173 pages

An inspirational, hands-on how-to guide for making and praying with beads, for people of all faiths and traditions.

In stories and pictures, this book shows how people of all faith traditions use prayer beads as a spiritual tool and a means of expressing their creativity. Every major world religion has a tradition of praying with beads and all are explored here, including the history and use of beads and specific prayers. Describes in detail and with diagrams how to make sets of prayer beads for personal use.

 

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Contents

Acknowledgments
Beads of Faith
Prayers of Faith
Beads of Faith
Afterword
An Invitation

Other editions - View all

Bead One, Pray Too: A Guide to Making and Using Prayer Beads
Kimberly Winston
Limited preview - 2008
Bead One, Pray Too: A Guide to Making and Using Prayer Beads
Kimberly Winston
No preview available - 2016

Common terms and phrases

3–5 connector beads ancient Anglican rosary Basic beginning believe Blessed called Catholic rosary CHAPTER charm Christian Church circle close colors comes connector beads contemplative counted craft crimp bead cross crucifix cruciform bead Decades Beads described faith Father Father bead feel four give glass Hail Mary hand heart hole Holy invitatory bead Jesus Jesus Christ John keep kind knot known larger light lives look Lord Lutheran meaning medal move Mysteries needle pass path peace Pearl person pliers practice praise pray prayer beads prayer rope Protestant Psalm recite repeat represent Saint seed Set of Weeks Spirit stem step stone strand String symbol tail thing thought thread tool traditional weeks beads wire writing

About the author (2008)

Kimberly Winston is the recipient of the 2005 American Academy of Religion Award for Best In-Depth Reporting on Religion. She has written extensively on knitting as a spiritual practice, and is the author of Fabric of Faith: A Guide to the Prayer Quilt Ministry and Faith Beyond Faith Healing: Finding Hope after Shattered Dreams. She lives in Pinole, California.

Bibliographic information

TitleBead One, Pray Too: A Guide to Making and Using Prayer Beads
AuthorKimberly Winston
PublisherChurch Publishing, Inc., 2008
ISBN0819220922, 9780819220929
Length173 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Crafts & Hobbies / General
Crafts & Hobbies / Jewelry
Religion / Christianity / Anglican
Religion / Christianity / Catholic
Religion / Spirituality
  
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