Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

The annual letter requesting donations for the publication of Trinity arrived in the mail yesterday. Trinity has been the magazine of the ...

I have been doing some computer work for the reorganizing Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, and this has required a few trips to Brackenridge...

David Virtue has posted a bizarre story about the retired Bishop of Eau Claire, William Wantland, who has been an assisting bishop in the n...

What would you think if you tried to make a purchase on the Web and, after clicking the button to authorize the purchase, you saw the messag...

Yesterday, deputies of the group that voted at the October convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh to leave The Episcopal Church e...

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...