I guess a little explanation would not hurt for the "SeekingSimple" photo of a pear. It's kind of a long story, going back to a battle that I had with stomach problems for several years. I came to realize that the purer the food I ate (consistently) the better my stomach would respond. For instance, eating an apple would be much better than eating an apple Poptart or apple flavored whatever, full of preservatives. I'm a big fan of analogies, and this idea of pure food eventually struck me as a great correlate to our need for pure truth. I would have to admit I would be hard pressed to prove that I have spent nearly as much time reading the Bible itself as I have Christian books. While there is nothing wrong with Christian books, they are like the apple Poptart, a mere representation of the real source of nourishment. 1 Peter 2:2-3 says, "Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good."
So the pear, like an apple, represents our need for truth from it's original source. I just happened to like that particular picture of a pear, which incidentally came from here:
http://www.kenygalleries.com/images/ac-tolstedt/t-pearprimarycolors.html.
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