Truth, Life, & Family

It's taken me some time to boil it down to these three words. For the first several years of my business, I tried to keep my personal thoughts, feelings, and beliefs out of the business while still putting "me" into it. The events of this year have made that almost impossible and shown me how futile that philosophy is. What I believe influences all my decisions and actions. There is no separating them from my business.

By this time, if you've been around for a while, you know I am a Christian. My faith informs my worldview and my stances on politics. I can't separate them. I look at everything through that lens.

My opinions are varied and nuanced. I don't even know the full extent of them. They have changed as I've grown and learned more and they will continue to grow and change as I continue to learn and grow. BUT, I think I've finally come down to a core of what drives me and what I really stand up for and stand upon - Truth, Life, & Family.

The "pipeline", if you will, would look something like this:

As you can see, my faith is the foundation. Truth, life, and family are my core principles. My views on anything else stem from those three principles, which are rooted in my faith. It's completely interconnected and I cannot and will not keep them out of my business any longer.

Sarah Jayne Photography stands for truth, for life, and for family. The reasons this business exists and does the things it does are because of those three core values. I can and do love people who hold different views than me. I respect their right to hold those views and I am happy to discuss my views with anyone who wants to respectfully have a discussion.

I have to admit, my reasons for keeping things separate in the past were out of fear. I don't like conflict. I don't like people being mad at me. I want to be liked. There was a part of me that thought being vocal and standing for certain views would kill my business. I'm still a little afraid. I want to please people. But if I really believe that my business exists for God - and I do - then its success or failure is in His hands. I put in the work, I stand for and give a voice to the things He's put in my heart, and then I leave the rest up to Him.

My goal always is to speak the truth in love, to be a voice for life, and to support families. It's okay if you don't agree with me but I hope that you can understand my heart and where I'm coming from. I want to understand and be understood, despite differences.