The Infographic Bible: Visualising the Drama of God's Word

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She is passionate about engaging a visual generation and reaching both a Christian and non-religious audience. One of the reasons I agreed to take the project on as a single author was to reveal the essence of the Gospel message in this format, but equally to gather a wide range of contributors from different theological backgrounds, people who carry a heart for, and in some instances authority on, that subject. Plus, when I shared Prof Tufte’s challenge for us to see with fresh eyes, I doubt many of you were thinking about revisiting the Bible. I had a powerful moment working on the Ark and Tabernacle, revisiting the level of detail in the design brief and spec given by God, the minutiae that had purpose, meaning and delighted God! When I began to co-create with our Creator God Elohim it was incredible and opened doors in the industry that looked unbelievably impossible, I know his affirming and delight as I create with him.

Silly mistakes like saying that Ammon slept with Absalom's wife, rather than their sister; or Salome not being Zebedee's wife, but a different person altogether.Paul travelled over 10,000 miles on his missionary journeys—the distance from New York City to Rio Grande at the tip of South America.

Jesus is so kind and along the journey he has done some work on affirming my character and ways as a creative. I love detail, meaning and purpose, which is why I love infographics, everything on the page has meaning and purpose down to the minutiae. Carlisle Vineyard church has been such a huge part of this project, supporting me in various ways (see pp218).The Infographic Bible’s aim is to do both: to create a visual image and then support that graphic with text that can be understood by anyone who picks up the book. The second took place in the binding process: a number of pages have graphics or type getting lost in the book's gutter, leading the reader to wonder what information has gotten lost in the margins, unless the reader is willing to crack the books spine. A printed data visualisation achievement that David McCandless describes as “ awesome and ambitious“. In this pioneering book Karen Sawrey shows you the bible as you've never seen it before, using powerful infographics, with data sourced by experts in their fields, to communicate the key biblical themes and narratives. The visuals are overall really beautiful and creative, but the content of some of the pages was questionable.