Unanswered prayers for sale

This CNN.com story describes a sack of letters found by a man and his son who were fishing on the Jersey shore. The letters, mostly unopened, were addressed to a pastor who, it turns out, died two years ago. While some were badly damaged from their time in the ocean, some were still legible, and father and son spent some time reading them together before attempting to contact the pastor to whom they were addressed.

CNN describes the letters as fraught with the usual human mix of humor and pathos: some are about the lottery and other frivolities, while others contain confessions of a more serious nature and a need for forgiveness and letting go.

The more "heartbreaking" part of this story to me was the following quote:

"Lacovara said he is sad that most of the writers never had their letters read. But he hopes to change that soon: He is putting the collection up for sale on eBay."

I can think of a million other ways to put this material to good use - or not to.