A bracelet that takes you to a Bible verse when you bring your cell phone close to it? This was the germinal idea of GloryBibleBracelets.
The project was imported by Celia, one of its creators, from the United States: "I saw that there they were making a lot of bracelets of this type, with NFC tags that redirect you to the website of a store or a brand, and also to this type of religious content... I thought of making a line of this style with phrases from the Bible in Spanish and, together with a friend, we started up GloryBibleBracelets".
Not only bracelets
Since its launch, more than half a thousand bracelets and accessories have been sold in these months. Their buyers are teenagers, parish youth groups, etc.
Although they began with a series of bracelets, through their website GloryBibleBracelets also offers key chains, fun stuffed animals of Jesus and Mini Jesus, figurines of just five centimeters.
GloryBibleBracelets has become known, mainly, for its social networksand also by social networks have received numerous criticisms or disrespectful comments that their creators take with good humor: "We knew that in Spain it would be less well received than in the United States. There, religion is very much respected. Even if you are not a believer, people don't usually make fun of you; in Europe, and especially in Spain, this is often not the case." .
What makes this initiative special?
Wristbands, key chains and soft toys are equipped with an NFC tag system, a short-range wireless communication technology that enables data exchange between devices in close proximity, usually within a few centimeters of each other, such as the one used for mobile payment.
In this case, what this tag does is to send a link to the cell phone that, when opened, shows a Bible verse on a beautiful image. A way to "take the Word of God" with you and that can serve as an accompaniment or inspiration.
For the young creators of GloryBibleBracelets "the purpose of the bracelets is to evangelize, but in a more modern and fun way".
"The idea is that everyone can access the Word of God whenever they need or want it. There are those who every day, when they wake up, put on their bracelet to see a verse, or those who look for it when they are having a bad time at work....", they emphasize. A simple way to start prayer at any time of the day.
