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Back The Camera Never Lies Save as PDF
Chapters (54)
  1. Cover
  2. Epigraph
  3. One
  4. Two
  5. Three
  6. Four
  7. Five
  8. Six
  9. Seven
  10. Eight
  11. Nine
  12. Ten
  13. Eleven
  14. Twelve
  15. Thirteen
  16. Fourteen
  17. Fifteen
  18. Sixteen
  19. Seventeen
  20. Eighteen
  21. Nineteen
  22. Twenty
  23. Twenty-One
  24. Twenty-Two
  25. Twenty-Three
  26. Twenty-Four
  27. Twenty-Five
  28. Twenty-Six
  29. Twenty-Seven
  30. Twenty-Eight
  31. Twenty-Nine
  32. Thirty
  33. Thirty-One
  34. Thirty-Two
  35. Thirty-Three
  36. Thirty-Four
  37. Thirty-Five
  38. Thirty-Six
  39. Thirty-Seven
  40. Thirty-Eight
  41. Thirty-Nine
  42. Forty
  43. Forty-One
  44. Forty-Two
  45. Forty-Three
  46. Forty-Four
  47. Forty-Five
  48. Epilogue
  49. A Note from the Author
  50. Discussion Questions
  51. Acknowledgments
  52. About the Author
  53. Acclaim for David Rawlings
  54. Also by David Rawlings

I’d like to ask you a question. How did you respond when Daniel or Kelly looked to take a shortcut or a step in the wrong direction to preserve a lie or to keep the truth hidden for slightly longer?

Remember your response, because it’s important. That response was your own response to truth. It can be much easier to see it in someone else’s life. I know it is for me, and it may be the case for you as well.

It certainly was for a hotshot marriage counselor with a bestselling book.

So what do you do when you’re faced with both the path of truth and another path? Do you decide to face the truth in your life? Or do you weigh the consequences of your preferred path to see if it’s worth it—the pain of revelation outweighing the peace of truth?

These are age-old questions. The answers might not be easy to hear, but that doesn’t mean the questions aren’t worth asking. If you’d like to explore this further, I have some starter questions on the next page. It isn’t homework—think of it more like flicking through a series of photos and finding a deeper truth within them.

Take care,

Discussion Questions

  1. What power do secrets hold over people, and why do so many people choose to keep their secrets hidden?
  2. How did you respond when Daniel or Kelly looked to take a shortcut or a step in the wrong direction to preserve a lie or keep the truth hidden for slightly longer?
  3. Simon sometimes held on to the envelopes with Daniel or Kelly’s photos for a little too long. What do you think is the significance of that?
  4. Do you have friends or family who are carrying a secret they should perhaps deal with? If so, how can you best support them in dealing with it?
  5. Why do people hide from the truth they try to keep secret?
  6. What do you do when you’re faced with truth and another path? Do you weigh the consequences of your preferred path to see if it’s worth it? Or do you decide to face the truth in life?
  7. What is the one secret you hold that would devastate you the most if a camera mysteriously revealed it to those around you? What is that secret doing to your future, and what is it doing to your present?
  8. If you were given a camera that revealed secrets, would you be tempted to use it to uncover other people’s secrets like Daniel was tempted?
  9. Which person (or people or group) would be the first you’d take photos of? Should you perhaps deal with anything in your answer, even if you’re camera-less?
  10. Reflect on Simon’s statement: