When reflecting on her award, Eva told us: “When I was asked if I’d like to design this Bible, I immediately said yes. Not only do I love working with the NavPress team, but the description of The Message Women’s Devotional Bible really resonated with me: “Contemporary, not trendy. Beautiful but not fluffy. Earthy, warm, rich, and human. No pink or flowers.”

 

I wanted to create a mark to use both on the interior and on the leatherlike cover. While researching landscape imagery, something I once heard in a sermon came back to me — that God often meets with people in high places: He met with Abraham and Isaac on Mount Moriah, Moses saw the back of God on Mount Sinai, and of course, the Sermon on the Mount. The triangle in the mark represents us — earth-bound creatures — meeting with our God. The circle is a shape that represents unity, wholeness, and perfection. Here, it signifies the presence and holiness of God. Together, these two shapes illustrate God reaching down in relationship to us. I like to picture this overlap between us and God happening whenever we open a Bible.

 

I love the devotionals and how this Bible turned out, and it’s nice to see that I’m not the only one who thinks
it’s award-winning!”