Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

I was delighted to learn of the Supreme Court’s decision this morning declaring that citizens have the right to marry the person of their ch...

Ed Palattella has a story at House of Deputies News titled “ Same-sex marriage: Episcopalians weigh whether now is the time .” There isn’t m...

I have collected a number of links for those who want to follow the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church in Salt Lake City, Utah...

While doing research for my recent post about The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Covenant (“ Time for a Definitive Response to the Anglic...

When I first wrote about General Convention Resolution D022: Response to Anglican Covenant Process, the resolution, though approved for subm...

Tweaking (or massively revising) Episcopal Church polity is an item very near the top of the 78th General Convention’s agenda. Both the TREC...

This post is an abridged and edited version of a longer essay that explores the recent history of the Anglican Communion and that of the An...

I visited my local supermarket today to pick up milk and ham. While I was waiting to be served at the deli counter, I scanned the offerings ...

I attended the 77th General Convention in 2012 as a representative of the No Anglican Covenant Coalition. I didn’t attend all the worship se...

I recently wrote a post titled “ In Praise of Provinces ,” in which I argued against the suggestion made by the Episcopal Resurrection autho...

This essay is really about two pretty much unrelated topics. They are related only in that one led me to remark on the other. I learned some...

A few weeks ago, I reported that my suet feeder had been robbed of its contents. (See “ Squirrels 2, Humans 0 .”) My response was to hang th...

I just listened to the hourly newscast from NPR. The last news item, read by Korva Coleman, began President Obama will posthumously award ...

The Web is replete with pictures of illiterate signs and documents. Often it is easy to identify the confusion or misconception that m...

The 79th General Convention is rapidly approaching, so I’d better say something about the resolutions from the Episcopal Resurrection folks...

This is the sixth and likely last installment in a series of essays on the final report of the Task Force for Reimagining The Episcopal Ch...