The Coronavirus threat has prompted Jim Naughton to compose two twitter threads on church communication.
The first thread begins:
A few thoughts for #Episcopal leaders who need to communicate about #COVID19 from an Episcopal communications guy (who is neither an epidemiologist or theologian): 1/
— Cloudy, cloudy is the stuff of stones (@JimNaught) March 7, 2020
And, further into the thread,
If you intend, say, to keep the cup available, try to avoid leaning too prominently on liturgical rubrics as justification. Arguments that might that be perceived as putting church law before public safety will be coldly received, possibly w/in the church, certainly without. 3/
— Cloudy, cloudy is the stuff of stones (@JimNaught) March 7, 2020
The second thread begins:
Another brief thread for #Episcopal on #COVID19: Originally I thought church leaders would have time to ramp up responses to the virus as they monitored its progress. I was wrong. Consider… 1/
— Cloudy, cloudy is the stuff of stones (@JimNaught) March 9, 2020
Jim Naughton is the founding editor of The Episcopal Café which he edited from 2007 to 2014.