The Bible contains information that is timeless, every bit as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago. The messages in it are not just relics of the past meant for our ancestors. They are also intended for us, today. What better way to show this than using infographics to display some key bits of Biblical wisdom in a way that speaks to today's audience? This clergy stole uses infographics to pull essential information off the printed page and into a format that we in our visual culture can readily absorb.

This stole is designed to be visually intriguing from a distance and easily readable up close. It contains seven infographics that provide modern representations of Bible verses that many of us know well.

Design notes: I am a librarian by training, which means I love connecting people with information. One day as I looked out at a beautiful, sunny Vermont morning, I had the idea for a pie chart infographic for Psalm 118 (“this is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it”). I wondered whether I could come up with enough other infographics to fill a stole. I also wondered how exactly to design the infographics, and whether there was any way to get them onto fabric. It took me two years to come up with the other infographics on this stole, learn how to create infographics, and figure out how to get custom fabric printed, but once I had the idea, I just knew that I had to make it a reality.

The fabric for the front of the stole is printed in small batches by a small, US-based company that prints my designs onto high-quality 100% cotton material using eco-friendly, water-based pigment inks and dyes. It is lined with flannel for stability, and backed with a high-quality cotton material. This stole uses shades of green, making it perfect for Ordinary Time, and is available in either 52" or 55" in length, measured from the center back to the end of the stole.

Packaged in a flip-top box, ready for gift-giving.