The graphics lure you in and you find yourself peering more and more closely as different layers of information are revealed. If journaling seems like work disguised as fun—like washing a car or shearing sheep—do not be afraid! Karen Sawrey’s obvious labour of love visualises the biblical story for its readers through wonderful graphics that illustrate aspects of what the Bible is describing. Karen Sawrey and her team of contributors have created a Bible resource that will be referenced time and time again.

The Infographic Bible focuses on the meta narrative, the key points of the major stories and themes, to give the reader insight into the bigger story and help you understand the complex or abstract themes in a relevant way. For anybody who wishes to understand the bible whether they be scholars or just for their own faith or understanding - this treasure chest of a book is an absolute must have.This book shows us the Bible in a unique way, visualising data from and about the Bible to reveal new beauty, meaning and connections in the key Biblical themes and narrative. We live in a world often described as a global village, in which we are constantly absorbing information. Postage-stamp size, this doesn’t tell you much; but, seen as a large two-page spread, it would reveal itself as a diagram ( see above) about the “wisdom, initiative, and opportunity” of women of influence in the Old Testament, produced with the aim of “engaging a visual generation”. Some of the information included is just plain wrong, and when I find myself editing a brand new book, there's something wrong.

The Infographic Bible collection celebrates beauty and faith, believing the Bible is one of the key places we connect with God and His heart for relationship with us. Ancient scriptures from the most popular book of all time, revolutionised to reveal its themes and narratives for a modern generation. Covering important topics of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, “The Infographic Bible” contains graphics ranging from simple to complex, and will take varying levels of concentration and effort to decipher. It was a difficult process proving hard to get off the ground, the result of which was HarperCollins asking me to consider taking on the project as a single author.In another parallel with the approach Tufte took in “ Seeing with fresh eyes“, Karen also uses visual summaries throughout the book. Rhoda played several roles in the project to support me including data contributor and supporter (see pp 86-87 for example). Jesus is so kind and along the journey he has done some work on affirming my character and ways as a creative.