Truth in Advertising

At a local restaurant not too long ago, I got some Zesta saltine crackers with soup I’d ordered. The cellophane wrapper crinkled promisingly as I opened the package with the familiar red logo. But when I bit into the first square cracker, rather than a satisfying fresh c-r-u-n-c-h, I got a disappointingly limp y-u-c-k. The crackers were stale. The outside gave me false expectations about what was inside.

When I show a photograph, whether on the LightJourneys website, in a printed publication, or when speaking to a group, I want it to accurately convey what I saw and experienced in God’s creation at a given moment in time.

The above image may look like it was created by Hollywood. But I assure you, this formation really exists. (Because it is in the backcountry, it does require a Navajo guide to get you there.)

Jesus did not have a particularly high regard for most of the Pharisees he encountered. He called them “white-washed tombs” because their exterior was so different from how they were on the inside. (See Matthew 23:27-28.)

It is clear that Jesus wants my outside (who I am when I’m with other people) to be consistent with my inside (who I am when I am alone). And, Jesus wants both my outside and my inside to be aligned with what he taught and exampled.