Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

This is the first of two parts of an analysis of Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Anglican Covenant. Today, I introduce my critique and discuss S...

The Pirates are playing the Cubs at Wrigley Field this afternoon, and I just heard the national anthem sung before the start of the game. Wh...

In the Lent 2011 issue of Trinity , the newsletter of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh , includes a story titled “ Seven Parishes Join Ang...

After the 10:30 service today, representatives from the diocesan Nomination Committee held a meeting in the undercroft of St. Paul’s, Mt. Le...

The political right seems much better at coining seductive phrases to promote its agenda than the political left. Consider the likes of “dea...

I hate doing laundry—not the washing or drying, but the folding, hanging up, and the occasional ironing. Especially, I hate matching socks. ...

I just received my latest copy of Time . Unsurprisingly, Osama bin Laden’s face is on the cover—with a large red X painted over it. The cove...

One has to be uncomfortable in celebrating the death of anyone. It is difficult not to be happy to learn that Osama bin Laden has been kille...

One of the sponsors of some old radio programs I have been listening to on CDs was the General Mills cereal Wheaties. The breakfast cereal f...

I added another poem on the subject of Christian—and especially Anglican—unity to the Poetry section of Lionel Deimel’s Farrago today. This...

Recently, Bishop John Akao, chair of the Church of Nigeria Theological Resource group, published an essay in Church Times under the title “...

I continue to hear from friends in England that votes on the Anglican Covenant within the Church of England have less to do with the Covenan...

I was intrigued by a couple of Bishop Kirk Smith’s tweets from the recent House of Bishops meeting: Archbishop of Congo is hopeful about th...

A good preacher can offer surprising insights and make them sound completely obvious. This thought occurred to me while reading Presiding Bi...

As I’m sure many readers already know, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court last week rejected Archbishop Robert Duncan’s request for a reheari...

The baseball season has begun, and I have been watching the first two games played by the Pittsburgh Pirates on the television. The Pirates ...

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...