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June 28, 2012

A Letter from Pittsburgh’s Bishop-elect

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Pittsburgh Episcopalians have just received a letter from Bishop-elect Dorsey McConnell in their inboxes. The subject of the missive is how ...
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Alternatives to “No”

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The Episcopal Church’s 2012 General Convention begins next week, a fact that has me thinking more than usual about what the governing body o...
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June 26, 2012

Getting Ready for General Convention

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Brochures for General Convention (click for larger image) Yesterday, I picked up two boxes of No Anglican Covenant Coalition brochures I...
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June 22, 2012

Help the No Anglican Covenant Coalition Tell Its Message at General Convention

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The No Anglican Covenant Coalition will have a presence at the 2012 General Convention in Indianapolis next month. We hope to convince the c...
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June 21, 2012

June 21, 1788, and the Anglican Covenant

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I was reminded by NPR this morning that the United States Constitution was ratified on this day, June 21, in 1788. The Constitution was comp...
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June 14, 2012

Uganda: Another Reason the Anglican Covenant Makes No Sense

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In the past, there has been some question about just how much the Church of the Province of Uganda supported the anti-homosexual legislatio...
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June 10, 2012

Fosdick, Again

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A few days ago, Elizabeth Kaeton, on her blog Telling Secrets, wrote about Dr. Willie J. Parker, whom she called a “Giant of Justice.” Parke...
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June 7, 2012

A Comparison of General Convention Resolutions on the Anglican Covenant

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On April 11, 2012, Mark Harris, on his blog Preludium, published a comparison of the three General Convention resolutions dealing with the ...
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June 5, 2012

Thoughts on the Standing Committee Meeting

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The Standing Committee met last week. Anglicans Online had this to say about the meeting: 30 May 2012: Anglican Standing Committee meets;...
May 27, 2012

Pentecost at St. David’s

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St. David’s sign. The old church can be seen at the right. Episcopal Church services returned to St. David’s in Peters Township on this ...
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May 24, 2012

What’s Wrong with My Oxalis?

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My Oxalis—see picture below—seems to be sick. In many ways, the plant seems fine, but the leaflets have developed white spots. Can anyone su...
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What to Do about Pakistan?

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An interesting thought occurred to me yesterday. What sparked the idea was the news story that Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afrid had been co...
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May 15, 2012

PEP Meets with Bishop-Elect

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Pittsburgh’s bishop-elect was in town yesterday for a brief visit, and Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh (PEP) took the opportunity to...
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Changes Coming to Pittsburgh Diocese

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Calvary Rector to Retire The Rev. Canon Dr. Harold T. Lewis has announced that he will be retiring from his current position as rect...
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May 13, 2012

Three Silly Poems

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Every now and then, my inner Ogden Nash comes to the fore and I begin thinking of poems lacking, well, gravity. Having written no poetry sin...
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May 8, 2012

Is It Possible to Reject the Anglican Covenant?

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In its upcoming General Convention in July, The Episcopal Church will have to decide how it will deal with the Anglican Covenant . Although ...
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May 4, 2012

The Pope and the Saints

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I am listening to a discussion on NPR about the bounties offered to New Orleans Saints defensive players to take out opposing players and ab...
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April 30, 2012

Making Commenting Easier

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I made some changes to Lionel Deimel’s Web Log today that should make commenting easier. I had received a number of complaints from people ...
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Let the Confessing Anglicans Confess—Somewhere Else

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Paul Bagshaw has been reading the FoCA tea leaves over on his blog Not the same stream . FoCA, of course, is the Fellowship of Confessing A...
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