July 18, 2008

The more things change …

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I recently received a request from the membership chair of Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh (PEP) to review the proposed request for...
July 15, 2008

A Collect for Lambeth

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An essay by Douglas LeBlanc, “ Lambeth unplugged ,” was posted to Episcopal Life Online today, the day before the opening of the 2008 Lambet...
July 9, 2008

Calvary’s Cavalry Again Rides to the Rescue

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As the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh heads toward a “realignment” vote on October 4, 2008, when Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan plans to d...
July 5, 2008

Scary Women

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While reading various stories written around the world in the aftermath of GAFCON , I happened into a story from a South African paper. Clic...
June 26, 2008

Whither Pittsburgh?

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In October, like the Diocese of San Joaquin before it, and, presumably, the Diocese of Fort Worth after it, the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsbu...
June 16, 2008

Which Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh?

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I just posted the latest news summary on Pittsburgh Update , a Web site intended to keep people in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh aware...
June 3, 2008

Resigned to Realignment

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On Sunday, June 1, 2008, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church , in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh, held a forum and panel discussion ...
May 19, 2008

Realignment Reconsidered

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The various groups allied as Via Media USA are notable for quite different reasons. The Episcopal Forum of South Carolina , for example, ha...
May 14, 2008

A Pittsburgh Conversation

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With a vote construed as a mechanism to remove the Diocese of Pittsburgh from The Episcopal Church less than half a year away and a real pos...
May 9, 2008

The Ignorant Vote

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Hillary Clinton is trying desperately to make the case that she is more electable than Barack Obama . I doubt this is true; Clinton had wha...
April 23, 2008

Has Anyone Looked at the Numbers?

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All news outlets are reporting that Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama in Pennsylvania’s Democratic presidential primary by 10%. This is sign...
April 9, 2008

Even I Am Not That Paranoid

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In his introduction to the February-March issue of Trinity , the house organ of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Bishop Robert Duncan’s introducto...
March 31, 2008

A New Service

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A new service aimed at Pittsburgh Episcopalians is being launched today. It should also be of interest to Episcopalians elsewhere. Specifica...
March 29, 2008

Is Obama Applying for the Wrong Job?

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Pennsylvania is receiving a lot of attention from the candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. The battle for votes in the up...
March 19, 2008

A Punctuation Oddity

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Having written several rather serious posts of late, perhaps it’s time for some comic relief, or something completely different, anyway. In ...
March 17, 2008

Legal Matters

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In an earlier post , I analyzed Bishop Robert Duncan’s letter to the Presiding Bishop intended to prevent him from being deposed by the Hous...

Duncan’s Defense

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Below is the letter from Bishop Robert Duncan referred to in my post of earlier today, “ Duncan Responds .” It is instructive to analyze the...