Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

I was delighted this morning to learn via The Lead that the Rt. Rev. Kirk Smith, Bishop of Arizona, was tweeting from the House of Bishops...

An innovation brought to my parish by our current rector is the commemoration of birthdays and anniversaries on the first Sunday of each mon...

Having just reported on a presentation of the pros and cons of the Anglican Covenant—see “ Pittsburgh Covenant Debate ”—I was a presenter my...

The news from Japan seems only to get worse. A nuclear catastrophe seems each hour more probable. This morning, I reflected on events of the...

Sunday afternoon (March 13, 2011), St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh held the first parish foru...

Yesterday, some friends and I were discussing how Rowan Williams has been such a disappointment as Archbishop of Canterbury. Whereas many of...

I got hungry while running errands today and decided to grab a meal at Wendy’s. My meal came with Wendy’s new “Natural-Cut Fries with Sea Sa...

I have long been interested in the relation of church and state. The principle of separation of church and state is one of American’s greate...

One of the highlights of the debate in the Church of England’s General Synod last November was the address of the Bishop of Lincoln, John Sa...

Let’s get one thing out of the way immediately. I think that the activities of Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church are totally repre...

In its e-mail newsletter yesterday, the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh , led by Archbishop Robert Duncan, announced a new section on its Web...

The No Anglican Covenant Coalition has issued a press release dated February 28, 2011. (It’s five hours earlier in London than in Pittsburgh...

In September 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned home from Munich. Having appeased a bully, he famously declared that ...

I was supposed to attend a meeting last night, but, as the day wore on, the weather report became increasingly worrisome. About 4:30, I deci...

I recently wrote that the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh announced that it would ask the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court to rehear its appea...

No, I’m not in the hospital, but a friend of mine is. I’ve written a poem for her called “In the Hospital,” which you can read in the Poetry...

The Lead recently called attention to three essays on the On Faith blog of The Washington Post . The author of the essays is American Bapt...

As I noted in my last post in this series, Peter Carrell has suggested that the Anglican Communion must choose between interdependency and ...

Congratulations to the people of Egypt. Pray for the Egyptian democracy.

Peter Carrell recently wrote a telling post called “ Global Forum of Independent Anglican Churches ” on his Anglican Down Under blog. Peter...