Archive for January 21st, 2007
A Baptist using prayer beads
To people who are not Roman Catholic, one of the mysteries of Catholicism is the rosary. The rosary in the Catholic tradition has a whole theology behind it, but the simplest definition of a rosary is "prayer beads." A couple of years ago I was exploring the whole ancient/future thing and became intrigued by prayer beads. I discovered Anglican prayer beads, developed by an Anglican priest as an aid to prayer, and offering the same guidance and focus that the rosary offers for Catholics. I also discovered that prayer beads, prayer ropes, and other aids to prayer are ancient practices with origins in Egypt and Ethiopia.
