Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

At the October 4 annual convention of the then-united Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, the Rev. David Wilson preached a surprisingly concili...

As I noted in my last post , I attended the program “ Next Steps: Moving Forward with Grace ” sponsored by the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of...

I attended the “ Next Steps: Moving Forward with Grace ” event sponsored by the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Pittsburgh last night. It was ...

Not surprisingly, the disposition of parish property of dissident Episcopal congregations repeatedly surfaces as a topic of conversation on ...

This past week, my parish church, St. Paul’s, Mt. Lebanon , received a letter from Robert G. Devlin, “chancellor” of the “Episcopal Diocese...

Recycling dumpsters for paper seem to have sprung up in every parking lot lately, and I have begun taking my old newspapers to these cheery ...

A friend of mine has systematically been reading my poetry on Lionel Deimel’s Farrago . Her comments on one poem inspired my rereading a few...

I returned home from the convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh a couple of hours ago. I have been busy updating the Progressive ...

It is a recognized phenomenon that people who have been abused (or think they have been abused) often visit abuse on others when they have t...

In the past few weeks, there has been a good deal of discussion about the situation in the Diocese of Pittsburgh on the House of Bishops and...

Across the Aisle has issued a press release announcing that Bishop Duncan has been formally deposed by the Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jef...

Regular readers of my blog know that I typically offer my own opinions, rather than directing readers to consider the essays of others. When...

Across the Aisle, the group of clergy and laypeople in the Diocese of Pittsburgh opposed to “realignment,” has, for many months, been flying...

Yesterday was a busy day. Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh (PEP) issued two press releases, and I had a part both in writing and dist...

On September 6, 2008, a paper by Mark McCall was posted on the Web site of the Anglican Communion Institute with the improbable title of “...

Across the Aisle’s presentation “A Hopeful Future for the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh: An Alternative Solution” concluded a couple of ho...

Although my usual bedtime ritual is to read before falling asleep, recently, I have been listening to old radio dramas on CDs or watching re...

I am on the committee of Across the Aisle that is responsible for the event we are calling “A Hopeful Future for the Episcopal Diocese of Pi...

Across the Aisle, a group of lay and clergy Episcopalians in Pittsburgh, has announced an event at my church on September 13. The two-hour p...

In my August 11 post “ Mistaken Primate ,” I reproached Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams for speaking of the “Anglican Church”: In hi...