Walk into many a meditation or yoga studio here in Los Angeles and beyond and you’ll see a treasure-trove of malas, made from all variety of gemstones and crystals. At heart, these prayer beads are a ...

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 of ...

I received my first rosary when my second grade class at a Catholic school in Baltimore received the sacrament of the first Holy Communion. The boys were given black rosaries and a prayer book, the ...