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Giveaway: In the Confessional

Submitted by Bethanne on Sun, 01/31/2010 - 6:20pm

Just because I'm calling this giveaway "In the Confessional" doesn't mean it's about Roman Catholicism. Anything but! Acclaimed novelist Mary Gordon, who was raised as a Roman Catholic, now knows her father was Jewish and practices a sort of mindful Christianity that acknowledges many other paths to faith. Frank Warren, the man behind the wildly successful "PostSecret" series, has a new book that includes the word "Confessions" in its title -- but the book has more to do with individual submissions to the project than to any religion in particular.

"Reading Jesus: A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels" is Gordon's attempt to come to terms with why those four Biblical books have remained so important, while "PostSecret: Confessions About Life, Death, and God" is Warren's compilation of other people's perspectives on the essentials -- but both books will help readers to enter their own intellectual confessional.

We've got ten copies of each book -- two books each to ten lucky winners! -- to give away to readers who leave answers in the Comments section to the following question:

Whose secret would you most like to know?

This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to the winners:

Caywood B.
Catherine M.
Amy R.
Ami S.
Colleen Q.
Jennifer L.
Hannah N.
Katy. H.

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon discusses her book, Reading Jesus: A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels.

Listen to the interview »

Frank Warren

Frank Warren

Frank Warren stops by to discuss his latest PostSecret project, Confessions on Life, Death and God.

Watch the interview »

Authors mentioned in this post:

Mary Gordon, Frank Warren

Books mentioned in this post:

Reading Jesus: A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels, PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God

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Comments

Submitted by Raquel (not verified) on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 3:39pm. #

I'd like to know who really

I'd like to know who really was Jack the ripper

 
Submitted by Here Be Dragons (not verified) on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 11:09pm. #

Houdini

I'd love to know all Houdini's secrets!

 
Submitted by Colleen Quill (not verified) on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 10:11pm. #

Secrets

I would like to know:

Who really shot JFK? It still intrigues me and when this recession will really end and the air of depression that goes with it will end in this country.

 
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 3:22pm. #

Whose Secret would I like to Know?

Virginia Woolf's. all of them.

 
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 1:21am. #

Thomas Merton's untimely death

Why did Thomas Merton fail to see the power of that electrical fan on that eventful day in Asia? What was he thinking at that particular moment in time? A host of writing do we miss from him.

 
Submitted by Maritza Cardona (not verified) on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 1:42pm. #

I would love to know the secret...

I would love to know the secret about the Bermuda Triangle...I'm sure it's not just one of the many stories from the Twilight Zone. I just know there's something out there!

 
Submitted by Melissa (not verified) on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:17pm. #

I would like to know...

I would like to know the secret to living a stress free life.

 

Thank you!

 

http://www.indiependentbooks.com

 
Submitted by Erika Robuck on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:45am. #

Pulp Fiction

I'd love to know what was in the briefcase at the end of pulp fiction. 

 
Submitted by tracey rollings (not verified) on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:42am. #

i want to know the secret of

i want to know the secret of a balanced diet without cutting corners

 
Submitted by Ami (not verified) on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 9:35am. #

Secret

I'd love to know the secret to reversing thinning hair and an expanding waistline! :)

 
Submitted by Vivian Deliz (not verified) on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:17am. #

A lot

Did aliens land in Roswell and are they around us? Are we the only ones or are other planets inhabite? Was the Kennedy Assasination perpetrated by a single person or is it a conspiracy by several groups/people? Can animals think and what do they think about us?

 
Submitted by elizabeth (not verified) on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 11:07pm. #

I would love to know my

I would love to know my mothers secrets......i think....

 
Submitted by Jorge Pereira (not verified) on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 10:12pm. #

Secret

I would like to know what FDR really knew about the attack on Pearl Harbor?

 
Submitted by Michelle (not verified) on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 4:35pm. #

secret

What really happened at Roswell, NM in 1947?

 
Submitted by Erica (not verified) on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 2:46pm. #

I'd love to know why bacon is

I'd love to know why bacon is so darn addictive!

 
Submitted by Will (not verified) on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 9:00am. #

Hoffa

What happened to Jimmy Hoffa?

 

 

 
Submitted by Catherine (not verified) on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 11:18pm. #

I-Pad

 What were those people at Apple thinking when they named their new invention the I-Pad???

 
Submitted by Alisa (not verified) on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 9:23pm. #

Secret

I'd love to know Harper Lee really thinks of Truman Capote, after all these years!

 
Submitted by Amy (not verified) on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 5:33pm. #

Contest

Wow, how to choose! OK: did Sylvia Plath really mean to kill herself 47 years ago this month, or did she intend to be found and saved? People have been guessing for decades.

 
Submitted by Joanne (not verified) on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 5:23pm. #

Secret

I'd love to know the secret to keeping a house orderly with two kids, two full-time working parents, and lots and lots of books (as well as a few other things!).

 
Submitted by Katy (not verified) on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 3:25pm. #

The secret I would like to know is...

 ...what happened to Amelia Earhart?

 
Submitted by LuAnn Morgan (not verified) on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 3:21pm. #

Secret

What really happened to Amelia Earhart?

 
Submitted by ellie (not verified) on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 1:49pm. #

SECRET

Thanks for this amazing. giveaway. I would like to know where God was hiding during the Holocaust.

 
Submitted by Caren (not verified) on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 11:48am. #

I want to know how new crumbs

I want to know how new crumbs and debris appear every day on my kitchen floor even during the days when I have solid proof that kitchen has not been used.

 
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 11:31am. #

Easy ... the Kentucky Fried

Easy ... the Kentucky Fried Chicken secret recipe

 
Submitted by WordLily (not verified) on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 11:06am. #

Secret

Hm, that's a hard question! I'd love to know what thoughts and theories went through Ben Nelson's head when I made his decision on the health care vote a few months ago. Of course, this pales in comparison to knowing why God does the things God does ...

 
Submitted by Josh Schaidt (not verified) on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 11:00am. #

 I'd love to know the secret

 I'd love to know the secret as to why my biological father didnt show up in court that day...

 
Submitted by Silvia (not verified) on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 10:46am. #

Agatha Christie's disappearance

I'd like to know the truth behind Agatha Christie's 11-day disappearance in 1926!

 

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