Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

Automobile dealers have long sought to make used cars attractive to customers. Often this has involved branding or characterizing the produc...

I want to update a couple of recent posts. Canonical Problem On October 10, 2009, I posted “ What Are the Episcopal Church Canons, Anyway?...

As has been reported , the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh recently “released” 135 priests and deacons who had left the diocese for the “Ang...

The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh , the “realigned” group led by now-archbishop Robert Duncan, held its first annual convention November 6–...

A few days ago, I announced that Lionel Deimel’s Web Log had been given a new look, with new features. Since then, I have made a few minor...

I was reminded Tuesday that The Episcopal Church celebrates sixteenth-century theologian Richard Hooker on November 3. Alas, this is a feast...

Not surprisingly, NPR has devoted a good deal of air time on Morning Edition to the mass killing that took place at Fort Hood yesterday. At...

An Episcopal News Service story yesterday explained that 135 priests and deacons have been “released” from The Episcopal Church. The story ...

When I began blogging in February 2002, I characterized Lionel Deimel’s Web Log by the tagline “Random quick takes by Lionel Deimel.” At th...

This past week, the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh (Anglican) announced simultaneously that it was going to appeal the decision of Judge Jo...

The 113th annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas held this past weekend did not make much news. Episcopal News Service covered...

I woke up this morning to learn that the Vatican announced today that it will allow Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church while mainta...

Episcopal News Service (ENS) recently reported that the former Bishop of Quincy, Keith Ackerman, wrote the Presiding Bishop to say that he ...

The first time I got involved in trying to influence legislation being brought before the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh’s convention was i...

I understand that some readers in Pittsburgh were none to pleased by my post on how the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Pittsburgh is t...

Searching through the constitution & canons of The Episcopal Church sometimes leads to interesting discoveries. Today, I ran into Canon...

Loose ends from the October 4, 2008, split in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh are gradually being tied up. A judge recently declared th...