Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

NPR broadcast a typically brief report on an Iraqi bombing this morning. “Most of the victims,” listeners were told, “were women and childre...

The bottled water industry has come under increasing criticism of late, and not always from predictable sources. Its most obvious vulnerabil...

The odd story of how consents are actually obtained for consecrations in The Episcopal Church that I wrote about yesterday saw further deve...

Not every church has the formal legal structure of The Episcopal Church. Its ultimate governing authority, a triennial gathering of bishops,...

Because my Web site and blog were always intended as outlets for my own work, I am not in the habit of calling attention to what others have...

Episcopalians have a reputation for—and perhaps even pride themselves on—having names for everything. Every architectural detail of a church...

If truth is the first casualty of war, perhaps language is the second. I am thinking about “troop,” a veteran English word that is daily mis...

I’ve spent a good deal of time the last couple of days answering the questions asked by The Episcopal Church in “A Short Study Guide to Aid ...

A bit less than a month ago, the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church issued “ A Short Study Guide to Aid The Episcopal Church in Resp...

I drove to a client’s house this morning and encountered an unusual number of curious signs. A major intersection is just over a mile from m...

The April 8 issue of The Living Church carried a story about Mark Lawrence’s failure to receive adequate consents to be consecrated as Sout...

To hardly anyone’s surprise, the Standing Committee of the Diocese of South Carolina has announced that it will attempt again to make the Ve...

The Anglican Communion is out of control, and The Episcopal Church doesn’t look too well-ordered, either. Outrageously bad behavior is being...

In his radio address today, President Bush repeated his promise to veto any bill providing additional funding for the Iraq war if it include...

Sue Boulden, a widely-known activist for various causes, particularly for an inclusive Episcopal Church, died on March 27, 2007, on the eve ...

Three days after the announcement of the failure of the Very Rev. Mark Lawrence to achieve the consents necessary to be consecrated Bishop o...

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori delivered the news to the Diocese of South Carolina this afternoon that its bishop-elect, the Ver...