The Anglican Rosary

When I first started making and using prayer beads I never conceived the direction they would take, or how people’s lives would be touched by them. Read the rest of this entry »

Part of our community (the Society of St Francis’) rule is to spend at least one hour a day in prayer, a part from our regular office and Eucharist times of prayer. When I first joined the community this was quite a challenge. I often say that my mind has a wonderful travel agent and when I try and spend quite time in prayer my mind would be off in all sorts of places. I joke that I have a birth defect, I lack the meditation gene. I began trying to find some way to keep my mind more focused on prayer. Read the rest of this entry »

AZ Turquoise chip rosary by Wendy Wetzel

While I was writing my undergraduate thesis I made contact with a lady from the US who had written her Master’s thesis on a similar subject. Over the period of my research and writting of my thesis Wendy and I came to be friends and shared a lot with one another; the good and not soo good of life.

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Give more than you make, Br Nathan-James ssf.

This category honours our stories of making, using and giving away Anglican Prayer Beads, together with the category sharing our prayers; prayers composed for use with Anglican Rosaries, these posts are the primary inspiration for this blog on the Anglican Rosary. Read the rest of this entry »