Schultze says: “There is no virtual equivalent of hospitality,  since [hospitality] occurs in a place”. 

He reveals his biases once again.  Of COURSE there is equivalent.  What about the programmer/developer of a Web site online community that does his work and gives his time to provide a place to host discussion and offer ways for users to write weblogs and collect news (a weblog hosting service) and who also does “aggregation  work” that provides a service of collecting “portal-like information” for a variety of issues to a particular Christian community?  This is hospitality in an online form.  This is also expressed in encouraging civil and appropriately balanced and considerate conversations. This is hard work,  and to find a place of welcome, wit, care,  and personality is a true blessing for which I am always thankful and a people to whom I am often drawn back again and again. 

It seems that he hasn’t explored very many sites done by Christians,  or been interested in “tallying up” the ways that online technologies can “help” rather than hinder.