I've got a secret

Just had the latest issue of "Divinity" magazine plopped on my desk, published by Duke University. Cover story is about www.postsecret.com, and how (if?) it relates to the church. People send in postcards to the Web site, writing down their deepest secrets. The Web master, Frank Warren, sifts through the 1,000 or so he gets every week and posts the 20 most relevant/poignant/funny/sad entries. Warren was at Duke for a lecture last March, according to the magazine, and drew a large crowd. My favorite quote from the article came from Paul Griffiths, who teaches Catholic theology at Duke. He said that PostSecret and the Catholic sacrament of penance are different. "The urge behind [sending in a postcard] is the same as what developed the Catholic tradition, but with one fundamental difference," he said. "For Catholics, it's not about making public announcements, but firmly intending an amendment to one's life. That second aspect is lacking in PostSecret."