Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

It was with considerable dismay that I learned about the South Carolina Supreme Court decision in All Saints v. Campbell , the property disp...

This is another of a series of posts on the proposed Anglican covenant. Earlier posts include “ No Anglican Covenant ” and “ Why No Anglican...

I have been preparing a blog post on the recent Supreme Court ruling in South Carolina ( All Saints v. Campbell ). I discovered this morning...

Mary Travers, the “Mary” of Peter, Paul & Mary, died Wednesday from complications of treatment for leukemia. She was 72. When I heard th...

We are surrounded by media of all sorts, and our artificial creations sometimes play tricks on us, momentarily confusing us about what is re...

Like many Americans, I was appalled by the crazed, right-wing reaction to the prospect of the President’s addressing school children. From t...

I have been slow to deliver on my promise to elaborate on my opposition to an Anglican covenant made in my August 6, 2009 post “ No Anglican...

Yesterday, I finished writing an article on Lionel Deimel’s Farrago about adjectives ending in ly , that is adjectives that look like adver...

I read an Anglican Journal article the other day titled “ Re-thinking how we do church .” (For the benefit of those who are unfamiliar with...

My friend and copyeditor Jane had an operation last week and seems to be facing a long hospital stay. This has given me much experience with...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church just voted to allow partnered gay clergy. In particular, the Lutherans voted to adopt the following (or some...

Due to the press of other obligation, I’ve not gotten around to making some of the posts I have been meaning to write. My post “ No Anglican...

I have never thought that an Anglican covenant was a good idea. Although some ground rules about how Anglican churches should behave toward ...

When I read Rowan Williams’ “ Communion, Covenant and our Anglican Future ” (CCAF) at the beginning of the week—it is now Friday—it pushed a...

Ann Rodgers wrote a story a couple of days ago for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette headlined “ Episcopal gay bishops decision confounds activis...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to a seat on the Supreme Court seems most threatened (though perhaps not seriously) by her remarks to stu...

For its 76th General Convention in Anaheim, which is going on now, The Episcopal Church touted its “ Media Hub ” as an effective tool to fol...

NOTE: Apparently, I posted this essay after the House of Deputies passed the resolution in question. (The Web site tracking legislation appa...