Jim, I'm glad that you are featuring Episcopal artists and their books at Episcopal Cafe - but I am uncomfortable with your choice here.

I'd much prefer to see the author and an interviewer, face to face, the interviewer asking questions, the author answering them - in a word, journalism. The production values don't have to be top-notch. Heck, I'll watch a video of somebody making mac and cheese.

This Great Emergence video isn't journalism - it's just a slick, flossy, professionally-made advertisement for a book. And that's what makes me uncomfortable.

Thanks for all the great work you do. This is one of my very favorite websites -

Pamela Grenfell Smith
Bloomington, Indiana

Hi Pamela,

Phyllis Tickle just spoke at our clergy conference, and the response was tremendous. (I wasn't there, myself becaue I had to be in Anaheim for the GC Webcast, but everyone was raving about it.) I think it is importnat to spread the news about this book. So I plan to use a few more of the videos that Phyllis made to promote it. Promotion is all we have to offer the people who make things available to Episcopal Cafe. So I don't mind offering it in exchange for good content.

Thanks for your kind words about the Cafe.

Cheers,
Jim