http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_86535_ENG_HTM.htm
[Episcopal Life Online] 5 June 2007--What do Fenway Park, a blue and gold oil rendering of Our Lady of Good Counsel's sacred spaces, international reaction to the Lambeth guest list, and reflections on William Countryman's "Living on the Border of the Holy" have in common?
They're all on the "menu" at Episcopal Café, a nexus that links the "Church of Baseball," Heidi Shott's reflections about the faithful in baseball and congregational venues, with Erin McGee Ferrell's sacred art, spiritual commentary, and breaking news. It presents, hopefully, a broader view of the Episcopal Church and conversation about all of the above, says Canon Jim Naughton, the café's founder.
A ministry of the Diocese of Washington in partnership with the Episcopal Church in the Visual Arts (ECVA), the café, http://www.episcopalcafe.com/, is the church's latest effort at offering the faithful and seekers alike a cyber presence.
Naughton, canon for communications and advancement in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, said the café is a four-blogs-in-one site, inspired by the diocesan blog Daily Episcopalian and a desire to tell the church's entire story.
The "meat-and-potatoes" of the Daily Episcopalian was the news and commentary on the Anglican Communion, "for which there's a pretty sizeable audience," Naughton recalled recently. "At the same time, in my role as a media strategist I was trying to say there's more to our church than this endless bickering over homosexuality. It occurred to me that what we needed was a site that gave a more comprehensive sense of what our church is all about."
"Meat and potatoes"?! Or propaganda?
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