-Attended 2 workshops by Mark Moore from Springfield, VA on social justice at Abilene Christian University’s Summit. Malnutrition kills at 3 times the rate of the Rwandan Massacre. You can check out his latest project at mananutrition.org; they are making nutrition packed peanut butter to distribute.
-”In our souls we long for a resolution to the conflict we experience.” Donald Miller at Summit
-Got to hang out with an old friend, David Klein. Things are always more interesting when DK is around.
-I discovered how bad it can be to have an outdated GPS.
-Ordered Donald Miller’s new book, “A Million Miles In A Thousand Years” from Amazon for $11.69.
-Finally finished reading “ReJesus” by Alan Hirsch & Michael Frost. Review coming soon.
-Started reading a little Kierkegaard (”Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing”). Currently wrestling with one of his thoughts.
Therefore, do not raise objection against the confession that there is no point in confiding to the all-knowing One that which he already knows. Reply first to the question whether it is not conferring a benefit when a man gets to know something about himself which he did not know before. A hasty explanation could assert that to pray is a useless act, because a man’s pray does not alter the unalterable. But, would this be desirable in the long run? Could not fickle man easily come to regret that he had got God changed? The true explanation is therefore at the same time the one most desired. The prayer does not change God, but changes the one who offers it…. Not God, but you, the maker of the confession, get to know something by your act of confession.
Since then, I have become aware of Christian versions of this, like mysecret.tv (from LifeChurch.tv) and ivescrewedup.com (of Flamingo Road Church). I’m sure there are more out there, but these are among the more popular.
I still have a nagging question. “Have we traded transparency for anonymity?” Maybe it’s too late. Maybe that ship has sailed.
Questions of forgiveness and redemption are at the core of what it means to be human. The issues stirred up by this short film are simultaneously disturbing and moving. It is well filmed, thoughtfully written and provocatively presented. Watch. Respond.
*WARNING: This film is for mature audiences only! It contains material of a serious nature, adult themes and language.
It seems for many people anonymous confession is quite liberating and cathartic. Sometime back, I was at my friend Jordan Clark’s house when I discovered, what I thought at the time to be, an interesting coffee table book: Post Secret.
Basically, Post Secret is a community art project started by Frank Warren. People anonymously send original art, which reveals a secret, to Frank and he composes books and runs a blog to display them. Each week, Frank posts dozens of new pieces. So far there are the volumes of Post Secret with a forth scheduled for this October.
The art (a secrets behind them) range from funny to frightening. People have confessed social faux pas and criminal activity alike. While I have not submitted art to the project, I must admit I am enthralled in it. I find myself being consumed with the secrets of others. Anonymous confession seems to be a social phenomenon. People says thing on the web, under a pen name, that they would likely never say even to their closest confidant. Sometime back I stumbled across a site built off the Blue October song, “Hate Me” where people posted [mostly anonymous] apologies to those they have hurt. Of course I couldn’t find it when I sat down to type this post. You do not have to look hard to find a YouTube Video with the face in the shadows.
I guess this all leaves me asking, as a culture have we traded transparency for anonymity?
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