HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- Several congregations in Huntsville and other cities have found tangible ways to wrap people in prayer through making and giving away crocheted shawls and hand-knit blankets. The ...

Shawl is not only a gift to the receiver, but also of unimagined value to the giver. A sign outside a church in the US that says `Prayer Shawl Ministry' intrigues me. As it adds details about ...

Ten women put down their knitting needles, pushed their yarn bundles aside and stretched arms across a table. They placed their palms onto the bright fibers of a newly knitted prayer shawl. “Everybody ...