BEAD ONE PRAY TOO: A GUIDE TO MAKING AND USING PRAYER BEADS

Kimberly Winston

An inspirational, how-to guide for making and praying with beads, Bead One, Pray Too takes everyone - from novices to accomplished craftspeople - through the steps of fashioning lovely sets of beads to enhance their spiritual journey. Easy-to-follow instructions, complete with diagrams, are provided for Anglican prayer beads, Catholic rosaries, and more.

Church Publishing

Cover: Hardcover

Pages: 173

Dimensions: 8.54 x 8.66 x .75

 $28.00  

Paths to Prayer: Finding Your Own Way to the Presence of God

Patricia D. Brown

With step-by-step instructions for over forty ways to pray, this valuable guide contains a wealth of timeless spiritual prayer practices that Christians have used over the last 2000 years from cultures around the world. Among the prayer practices you'll encounter in this book are the daily office, the prayer shawl, praying with icons, centering prayer, fasting, prayer beads, walking a labyrinth, pilgrimage, anointing for healing, and praying the scriptures.

"Paths to Prayer" offers a whole-person approach to prayer that takes into account each person's individuality and doesn't assume we all relate to God in the same way. A prayer styles self-assessment will help you reflect on your life, your preferences, and your unique way of interacting with the world. Try new dimensions of praying-- innovative, searching, relational, and experiential-- to deepen your encounter with the divine.

Jossey-Bass

Cover: Hardcover

Pages: 343

Dimensions: 7.28 x 7.36 x 1.12

 $19.95  

Strength For The Journey: A Guide To Spiritual Practice

Renee Miller

This collection of 20 specific spiritual practices are grouped into the categories "Meditative Practice," Ministry Practice,'" Media Practice," "Mind Practice," and "Movement Practice." Each entry is aimed at achieving mindfulness in simple activities. Because there is no one-size-fits-all practice, each piece concludes with a brief discussion of the personality types that might be drawn to a given practice.

In addition, the foreword by Brian Taylor lays out the theological underpinnings of spiritual practice in general.

I like to recommend this to customers looking for a spiritual practice to go with healing.  Lots of good options that are "doable" even for beginners.  Sue

Morehouse Publishing

Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.9 x .4

 $16.00  

String & A Prayer: How to Make and Use Prayer Beads

Eleanor Wiley & Maggie Oman Shannon

Eleanor Wiley and Maggie Oman Shannon have taken an ancient practice and made it new. A String and a Prayer recounts the history and symbolism of prayer beads, teaches basic techniques for stringing beads and a host of other objects into prayer beads, and offers a variety of prayers and rituals to use those beads on a daily basis. Beads have appeared throughout history. Prayer beads are used in the spiritual practices of cultures as diverse as the African Masai, Native Americans, Greek and Russian Orthodoxy, as well as the religious rituals of Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, and Buddhism. But prayer is highly personal. By infusing prayer beads with personal associations, we can keep our spirituality fresh. The beads are a device to help build and rebuild meaningful ritual in our lives. With myriad ideas about what makes objects sacred and where to find sacred objects -- from the personal, perhaps beads from a grandmother's broken rosary, to the unusual, maybe seashells from far away found in a thrift store -- A String and a Prayer offers many suggestions for different ways that beads can be made and used, exploring the creative roles they can play in our relationships, ceremonies, and rituals. "You are the expert, trust yourself. Let the instructions be a guide to your own creativity," write the authors.

Red Wheel/Weiser

Cover: Paperback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 7.02 x 6.34 x .52

 $16.95