One thing that I do not hear discussed is the reasons why you even need a website. In my consulting work, I will frequently ask if the client is sure that they need a website.
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Jesus Wept….do I?
written by stephen.h
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
“All of my life people have told me I’m not special… I’m very easy to replace. After 43 years it has finally sunk in. I finally get it.”
- Anonymous (from PostSecret)
Recently on a business trip I was killing time by clicking through the “Next Blog” button in Blogger (my life is filled with such excitement!). This is how I stumbled across a blog called PostSecret which really touched me. Started as a community art project, the concept is simple: anyone, anywhere can confess their deepest (or more commonly, darkest) secret on a hand-made postcard and have that confession posted on the web for the entire world to see. Sad, angry, humorous and sometimes a little frightening, PostSecret caught me off guard with its raw and transparent display of emotion.
Although the blog’s author, Frank Warren, admits to a certain level of voyuerism in reading other people’s secrets, it is clear by the number of posts he gets that people NEED a safe place. To laugh, to cry and to let other people know how much they are hurting - and what has hurt them. What do you do when a secret is too terrible to hold onto alone and too terrible to share with another? Take it to a place where anonymity finds a home — the Internet. Ironic, isn’t it?
I would encourage you to check out PostSecret for yourself. It may be a reminder that there are many, many people in desperate need of love and healing. It is made clear that Jesus is the hope for all of us. Prepare yourself, because you might find yourself weeping over the pain and loneliness described on those cards. I did - and I believe I was in very good company.
Warning: some of the posts are R-rated.
It was a bitter sweet experience for me as well. Some are very funny as you identify. Others strike you with how sad just a few words can be.
Dave Merwin May 26th, 2005 at 8:29 amI, too, found the postcards both heartbreaking and hilarious. But more, I was blown away by the raw human emotion on display. Reading just a few words gives incredible insight into a life of pain or suffering or deceit.
We are then encouraged to look within ourselves and then outside, at a world much in need of Christ’s influence.
Jason G May 26th, 2005 at 3:10 pm