Smudging is the practice of lighting herbs to create smoke that is wafted around a person or space in order to cleanse and ...

JENA -- An immigration judge on Friday agreed with the Trump administration that Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student activist and legal permanent resident who is accused of speaking ...

"I will have him released." Khalil, dressed in a blue jail gown, sat alone at a table holding a string of prayer beads while his legal team participated via video conference. He spoke briefly at ...

The amber pearl, which may seem insignificant at first, is believed to have once been part of a prayer bead used by priests or deacons. As for the nine needles, their analysis revealed that they ...

Beads, glass, ceramics, wood, recycling, astroturf, found objects, and more are complemented by myriad emotions and memories like “joy,” “languishing,” and “the way that black girls—in my youth—could ...

Last Saturday, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau appeared as the “honorary guest of inspiration” at a Toronto event called the Soulful Divorcée, where she spoke to an audience of dozens of women ...

Her Protestant prayer beads are inspired by Catholic rosaries, but differ in they do not involve a set routine of prayers. “You can also wear them as a statement of faith and rosaries are not ...

Photo shows A close up shot of a prisoner's hands holding prayer beads, known as Misbaha, used to count prayers. Over the month of Ramadan, we explore some of our responses to disappointment with ...