Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

Pittsburgh Episcopalians have just received a letter from Bishop-elect Dorsey McConnell in their inboxes. The subject of the missive is how ...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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 ...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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 ...

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...