Gnarled Olive Tree

Gnarled Olive Tree – This design reminds us that Jesus joins the church in the wilderness for forty days as we begin our Lenten journey.  The tree interwoven into the cross also represents the wood of the tree which becomes the cross of Christ. The symbolism is poignantly expressed in the words of this poem: Three crosses now on death’s hill stood, Three trees killed for a killing’s sake, To kill a woodworker with his wood, Stained now with a carpenter’s blood.