Martin Lönnebo

 
The Pearls of Life™ originally comes from Sweden and were created by Martin Lönnebo, Bishop of the Lutheran Church of Sweden and one of Sweden’s leading spiritual writers.
 
While on a Mediterranean cruise, Pastor Lönnebo was forced by an unseasonable storm to stay on a small Greek island for several days. There he saw Greek fishermen with their beaded string belts, and this gave him the idea.
 
"We may live in a secularized time, but that doesn’t stop people from wondering about God’s existence and the Holy presence. The wreath is about slowing down and taking time."
 
At first, Pastor Lönnebo made a string of beads for his personal devotional use, but when others saw it, they also wanted one. The Pearls of Life™, as they came to be called, were created in cooperation with Verbum, using beads that are produced according to Fair Trade principles.
 
The Pearls of Life™ quickly became a meaningful part of the daily devotional life of
many Christians in Scandinavia and Germany, and are now available in several other countries around the world.