{"id":8232,"date":"2004-01-06T00:53:11","date_gmt":"2004-01-06T00:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/no_fun_some_games.html"},"modified":"2004-01-06T00:53:11","modified_gmt":"2004-01-06T00:53:11","slug":"no_fun_some_games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/no_fun_some_games.html","title":{"rendered":"No Fun, Some Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Washington Times: Episcopalians grapple on the web<\/a><\/p>\n

Some of Mr. Virtue’s material <\/a> gets distributed by the Rev. Richard Kim, 76, a retired Episcopal priest who runs an informal news service out of Detroit from an America Online account.
\nHe searches newspapers, secular wire services and church Web sites all over the English-speaking world for documents and articles to circulate. He also has an extensive network of church contacts who send confidential reports to him.
\n“Nothing’s a secret anymore,” he says. “Bishops in the church can no longer do things quietly. Anything that’s put out quickly goes around the globe. The Internet has allowed people to challenge assumptions, critique them and given ordinary people a chance to raise questions that would not ordinarily be raised.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While others just Episcopopoly<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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