I had one of those weeks last week and the Caring Cross was a great reminder of what I needed to stay focused on.
The cross is amazingly smooth and sleek.
It exudes calmness and stillness if that makes sense.
Caring Crosses are individually carved from a single unique piece of beautifully grained olive wood pruned from the olive trees around Bethlehem the birthplace of Jesus. Christians have been carving crosses like this for hundreds of years, originally for pilgrims and more recently tourists visiting the Holy Land. Each craftsman receives a fair price to support their family and Christian community. The Caring Cross is designed to fit comfortably into the palm of your hand as an aid to prayer or meditation. Ideal as your spiritual companion for easing children’s fears, comforting worries and stresses of adults and focusing the prayer of the sick and elderly, so they can get a good home care service as Partners for Home.
My Caring Cross Mission is to help Christians in Bethlehem.
You can read more about it on their site, but they aim to support them by providing a market for olive wood crosses direct to Christians in America.
My Caring Cross also offers fundraisers as well as being able to purchase 1, 2, or as many as you’d like.
They make great gifts.
Each sale of a caring cross helps a Christian in the Holy Land.
They recently launched a new “Wedding Cross”, the same olive wood cross which can be used as a wedding favor in a cream bag with a personalized card included.
If you can’t wait to see if you win the Caring Cross giveaway, you can purchase your own at MyCaringCross.com
If you’d like to purchase 2 crosses with cards and bag and have them shipped within the US you can get a $2 discount, getting 2 for $10 (which includes shipping!)
Just go to this special page to order yours.
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Contest open until Nov 13, 2011 11:59 p.m.
Winner will be announced on Nov 14, 2011 via email.
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My Caring Cross says
Thanks Tara for the wonderful review of the Caring Cross. We have lowered our prices for Christmas further with 2 olive wood crosses for just $10 delivered within the US or 8 crosses for just $32 ($4 each) also delivered to your door.
Hopefully this will help our friends in Bethlehem and knock some people of your readers Christmas list. Thanks again. Angus
Kathy Detweiler says
I learned Christian craftsmen have been carving the branches thinned from the olive trees since the fourth century. Monks from the Church of Nativity built on the site of the birth of Jesus Christ taught the local Christians how to use the olive wood to carve. The process was passed down from generation to generation.
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