Ron O'Grady edits Christ For All People, a celebration of Christian art themes around the world. Over 100 works of modern Christian artists pair gorgeous color plates with explanations of religious symbolism and artistic intention.

The pages of this book consist of four parts: a Biblical passage, a "commentary" on the passage, a piece of art, and a commentary on the art. I put "commentary" in quotes as it is more a response to the Biblical passage - a poem, reflections ...

The art ranges from work that derives from Western sensibilites, to tradition "high culture" Eastern works, to folk traditions. For example, the passage from Isaiah "they will rise on wings like eagles" is accompanied by a New Zealand poem including the lines "Lord, Holy Spirit, / You are as the mother eagle with her young" The art is a Taiwanese brush painting of an eagle. The commentary on the painting includes a statement from the artist on her gratitude to God for her artistic talent.

A particularly effective piece is "The Angry Christ" painted by an artist from the Philippines and accompanied by a poem from Indonesian.

The book is based on a sensibility similar to Jo Milgrom's work "Handmade Midrash". I highly recommend it.