| Date | Title | Summary |
| 2/9/2002 | Web Log | Introduction to Web log |
| 2/9/2002 | How Much Power Can It Take to Run a Map Light? | How I killed my battery by leaving the map light on |
| 2/9/2002 | Out of This World | Why doesn’t the space station spin? |
| 2/9/2002 | Historicity | Opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics |
| 2/10/2002 | Windows Update | How I zapped my computer by using Microsoft’s Windows Update |
| 2/10/2002 | Tech Support | How Microsoft helped me restore my computer |
| 2/14/2002 | Wire | Discovering a landscape with fewer overhead wires |
| 2/19/2002 | On-line | Pronunciation in an American Online TV commercial |
| 2/22/2002 | Sarah Hughes | A figure skater makes watching the Olympics worthwhile |
| 3/1/2002 | Steel | Commentary (and prediction) about the upcoming presidential decision on steel tariffs |
| 3/4/2002 | On- and Off-line | Pronunciation and origin of “on-line” and “off-line” |
| 3/16/2002 | Ins and Outs of Completing Forms | Idioms regarding the use of forms |
| 3/19/2002 | World Premier | My hymn “O Lord the Invisible” is sung in church for the first time |
| 3/19/2002 | How’s That Again? | NPR trouble with word order in a report |
| 4/2/2002 | Gloomy Words | Words related to “Tenebrae” |
| 4/18/2002 | Things Might Have Been Different | Conciseness vs. precision in a pharmaceutical industry ad |
| 5/18/2002 | Back Again! | How a Web hosting migration kept me away from this log (and other things in life) |
| 5/21/2002 | Did I miss the coup? | President Bush’s use of the war to suppress criticism |
| 6/11/2002 | Homeland Security | Let’s call the new cabinet department something else |
| 6/13/2002 | ADM as God? | Can one “make” something natural? |
| 6/17/2002 | Unpatriotic? | Corporate income tax and plans to move the headquarters of The Stanley Works to Bermuda |
| 6/18/2002 | Quotation | You never know what you say will be quoted |
| 7/5/2002 | Puns | An interesting class of puns |
| 8/5/2002 | Too Fond of a Good Thing? | Hanging on to titles that are no longer appropriate |
| 9/18/2002 | Inspections in Iraq | A proposal for effective weapons inspections in Iraq |
| 10/4/2002 | Letter on Iraq | Advice to Congress on the Iraq situation |
| 12/6/2002 | Deconstructing an Icon | What’s in a Federal Express logo? |
| 1/5/2003 | Far Apart | Symmetry in negotiating positions |
| 1/5/2003 | Where Did the Other Calorie Go? | How did sugar lose one calorie per teaspoon? |
| 1/6/2003 | Where Do They Come From? | Why did I see no goldfinches before getting a goldfinch feeder? |
| 1/9/2003 | A FrontPage Story | Microsoft changes a program and almost nobody notices |
| 1/23/2003 | On Reaching Consensus | Another noun gets verbed |
| 1/27/2003 | Travel Tip | How to “lock” your checked airline luggage |
| 2/24/2003 | Thought Experiment | Is NASA being completely forthright about risk analysis during Columbia’s mission? |
| 3/18/2003 | Thanks, But No Thanks | Why we stand on the brink of war with few allies |
| 3/20/2003 | No Protest Today | As war in Iraq begins, I find myself supporting it and hoping for the best |
| 4/9/2003 | Man-to-man | Are the feminist language police asleep at the switch? |
| 4/14/2003 | Looting | Why we must stop the looting in Iraq now |
| 4/15/2003 | The Next Battle for Iraq | First steps toward a new government for Iraq |
| 4/26/2003 | Incest | What do you call a person who engages in incest? |
| 5/7/2003 | All New | How does an “all new” program differ from a simply “new” one? |
| 5/12/2003 | Bucking the Odds | George W. Bush risks our President’s life |
| 5/13/2003 | Chicken or Egg? | Why don’t the Democrats attack the President? |
| 5/15/2003 | Constituent Services | Senator Rick Santorum reveals his sensitivity |
| 5/22/2003 | Some Random Thoughts on Iraq | Where do we go from here? |
| 5/23/2003 | Thought Experiment Redux | NASA answers a hypothetical question regarding Columbia |
| 6/5/2003 | Repartee | Some recent witty conversations |
| 6/12/2003 | Cannot | Are “can not” and “cannot” synonymous? |
| 6/20/2003 | More Ambiguity | Ambiguity in a hotel commercial |
| 7/16/2003 | Disconnect | Congressman Jim Nussle demonstrates the Republican thought process |
| 7/31/2003 | Church and State in the Bush Administration | The President speaks out against gay marriage |
| 12/13/2003 | Back Again | An explanation of why it has been so long since the last post |
| 12/15/2003 | Ground Zero Memorial | A proposal for a less abstract memorial on the World Trade Center site |
| 6/24/2004 | Surprising Old Usages | Archaic meanings in historic Anglican texts |
| 6/28/2004 | Senate Indecency | How sincere is the Senate about indecency? |
| 7/5/2004 | Independence Day Thought | Why separation of church and state is such a good idea |
| 8/25/2004 | Is “Both” Really Necessary? | Why do people insist on using “both” when speaking of symmetric relations? |
| 9/15/2004 | Lower Manhattan | A name takes on new significance |
| 11/15/2004 | Reflection on the Recent Election | Post-election thoughts offered to members of Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh |
| 1/4/2005 | Charitable Diversion? | Tsunami relief provides another opportunity to play politics |
| 5/23/2005 | Nuclear Option | A letter to my senators on attempts to circumvent the filibuster |
| 7/7/2005 | From Yellow to Orange | Did Homeland Security really raise the threat level? |
| 7/28/2005 | E-commerce at eMusic | Aggressive marketing at a music download site |
| 7/28/2005 | Space Shuttle Design Flaw | Is the Space Shuttle the victim of a bad early design decision? |
| 7/31/2005 | Finding the Right Noun | NASA or CNN is imprecise |
| 8/3/2005 | John Bolton | From the Democrat’s point of view, the outcome isn’t so bad |
| 8/16/2005 | Another Comma Problem | J. K. Rowling omits a comma |
| 9/6/2006 | Favicon | Explaining a new feature of Lionel Deimel’s Farrago |
| 9/8/2006 | Apply Directly to the Whatever | How do you pronounce “forehead”? |
| 9/11/2006 | Bishops Meeting Again | Thoughts on the meeting of Episcopal Church bishops (September 11–13, 2006) |
| 9/14/2006 | Update on New York Meeting | A brief post-meeting report |
| 9/23/2006 | Trying Too Hard | Odd pronunciations |
| 9/29/2006 | Eat How? | Does “eat healthy” make any sense? |
| 10/7/2006 | Trying Too Hard II | Another odd pronunciation |
| 10/25/2006 | What, Me Worry? | The White House has no plans for dealing with the aftermath of an election that does not go its way |
| 10/31/2006 | What Does the Diocese of Pittsburgh Really Want? | Is the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh asking for alternative primatial oversight, appointment of a Communion Commissary, or both? |
| 11/25/2006 |
Unqualified Accession | Can a diocese modify its accession to the constitution and canons of The Episcopal Church? |
| 11/27/2006 |
Three Parents? | More on problems that commas (or their absence) can cause |
| 1/2/2007 | Public Reading | How I read better in church |
| 1/5/2007 | Blog Improvements | Some recent blog changes and other administrivia |
| 1/7/2007 | Syndication Joys and Woes | Thoughts on syndicating my blog |
| 1/7/2007 | Unity Collect | My collect on the theme of Christian unity is again on the Anglican Cycle of Prayer for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. |
| 1/8/2007 | Can You Hear the L? | Another word for my list of words in which an L is silent |
| 1/9/2007 | Do We Need the Anglican Communion? | Maybe not |
| 1/11/2007 | Advice for the PB for the Primates’ Meeting | The new Presiding Bishop will be severely challenged at the upcoming meeting of the primates, but she may be able to turn things around. |
| 1/11/2007 | Just to Be Clear ... | A brief note reiterating the point made in the last essay, namely, that The Episcopal Church must be willing to walk away from the Anglican Communion is it is to have any hope of saving it |
| 2/7/2007 | Going to Hospital | A plug for my essay in Language Notes. |
| 2/10/2007 | High Anxiety in Pittsburgh | Parishes in the Diocese of Pittsburgh could be affected by the upcoming primates’ meeting more than other Episcopalians. |
| 2/14/2007 | Nonbinding Resolutions | Efforts by Democrats to pass nonbinding resolutions about the Iraq war are not pointless. |
| 2/15/2007 | Latest Improvements | Some recent blog changes and thought on what I do with my blog |
| 2/17/2007 | The Consents Question, Again | A review of the saga of obtaining consents for the consecration of Mark Lawrence as Bishop of South Carolina, along with an analysis of the recent letter from the South Carolina Standing Committee |
| 2/18/2007 | Last Minute Thoughts on Consents | A few more thoughts on the Mark Lawrence matter that didn’t find their way into the previous post |
| 2/20/2007 | A New Urgency | At the risk of seeming obsessive, I relate the matter of Lawrence consents to the communiqué from the Tanzania primate’s meeting |
| 2/22/2007 | Lambeth 1998 1.10 | Some initial thoughts on the outcome of the primates’ meeting in Tanzania |
| 2/28/2007 | Anglican Ambiguity | Thoughts on communiqués from the Anglican primates and the process that produces them |
| 2/28/2007 | Arkansas’s | What is the singular possessive of “Arkansas”? |
| 3/3/2007 | Can We Trust Our Bishops? | Consent to consecrate Mark Lawrence by the House of Bishops raises concerns about whether its bishops will protect The Episcopal Church. |
| 3/4/2007 | And the correct date is … | What is the deadline date for standing committees to respond to the request for consent to consecrate Mark Lawrence? |
| 3/7/2007 | Down to the Wire | Traditionalists are lobbying for consents for Mark Lawrence. They cannot say that only the election process, and not Mark Lawrence himself, is fair game for consideration, however. |
| 3/8/2007 | Unconvinced | Mark Lawrence has tried, in a letter to standing committees, to assure the church of his loyalty. I am unconvinced. |
| 3/14/2007 | Some Mathematical Reflections on Communion | I look at communion relations within the Anglican Communion from a mathematical point of view. Perhaps only mathematicians will want to read this one. |
| 3/15/2007 | And the correct date is …, Part II | A look at the three-day extension gratuitously given the Diocese of South Carolina to obtain consents for Mark Lawrence |
| 3/15/2007 | Lawrence Bid Fails | Mark Lawrence’s quest for consents to has consecration has failed. This item contains a link to my press release on the matter. |
| 3/18/2007 | Reflections on the Mark Lawrence Affair | Thoughts on the Mark Lawrence consent process |
| 3/30/2007 | “Bovine Sue” | My latest poem honors Episcopalian activist Sue Boulden, who died on 3/27/2007. |
| 3/31/2007 | Stupid Chess | President Bush is likely to lose the current battle with Congress over a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. The loss will not be pretty. |
| 4/1/2007 | The Covenant We Do Need | A covenant defining how the Anglican Communion works might not be such a bad idea. |
| 4/18/2007 | Here We Go Again | Will South Carolina choose Lawrence again? Will The Episcopal Church reject Lawrence again? |
| 5/2/2007 | Following the Rules | Letters in The Living Church respond to coverage of Lawrence rejection |
| 5/2/2007 | Reading the Signs | Odd signs I’ve encountered lately |
| 5/14/2007 | Helping Episcopalians Put in Their Two Cents’ Worth | PEP has issued a worksheet to help Episcopalians respond to the Study Guide to the draft Anglican covenant |
| 5/22/2007 | Reflecting on Responding to the Study Guide | Having posted my answers to the questions in the Episcopal Church’s Study Guide to the draft Anglican covenant, I have taken the opportunity to reflect on the process of developing those answers. |
| 5/26/2007 | “Troops” | Why do reporters misuse this word? |
| 7/4/2007 | Missing Episcopal Words | Some thoughts and information about nomenclature in The Episcopal Church. |
| 7/5/2007 | “Why Others Stand as Well” | I recommend an essay to counter the distorted essay of the Rev. Dr. Leslie Fairfield “Why We Stand.” |
| 7/23/2007 | Doing Consents Right | The Rev. Dan Martins has reported that the San Joaquin standing committee has questioned the consistency of the Presiding Bishop in handling the consent process for bishops. San Joaquin has a point, though I think it is too early to be talking about Consentgate. |
| 7/24/2007 | Doing Consents Right Redux | This a a follow-up post to the one above, based on additional information. |
| 7/28/2007 | Aquafina Scandal | Do you know where your bottled water comes from? Do you care? |
| 8/6/2007 | And/Or | Can one be both a woman and a child? |
| 9/6/2007 | Agreeing to Agree | Analysis of a curious compact from the Diocese of Pittsburgh |
| 9/10/2007 | Pittsburgh Mystery | Diocesan Council of the Diocese of Pittsburgh will be discussing changes to its constitution and canons related to the accession clause Tuesday night. There is unusual secrecy surrounding this discussion. Is something dramatic afoot? Or not? |
| 9/11/2007 | “... the bishop didn’t say that.” | Did Bishop Duncan say that he was going to try to take his entire diocese out of The Episcopal Church or not? Audio is included. |
| 9/12/2007 | Something Dramatic | The Diocesan Council meeting did live up to its billing. The end of the Anglican Communion, The Episcopal Church, or both might be near. |
| 9/13/2007 | Controlling the Message | The diocese gets out its message. |
| 9/24/2007 | The Church Waits | Thoughts as the House of Bishops considers its response to the Anglican primates |
| 9/28/2007 | Bishop Salmon’s Solution | Bishop Salmon thinks the church needs more grace and less law. I disagree. |
| 10/3/2007 | One Vestry Takes a Clear Stand | My own parish vestry has written a letter to parishioners in support of The Episcopal Church. |
| 10/31/2007 | Congratulations, Bishop Lawrence | Mark Lawrence has finally received consents. |
| 11/13/2007 | The Faith Once Delivered | An oft-used phrase could not possible mean what it is supposed to. |
| 11/30/2007 | A Pittsburgh Lament | Friend Jane Little muses on the situation in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. |
| 12/10/2007 | Now what? | What is the church going to do about San Joaquin? |
| 12/12/2007 | “Schism” | A limerick about the goings-on in San Joaquin? |
| 12/23/2007 | Welcome to my church... | A new Web site displays ads for The Episcopal Church that have been appearing in newspapers in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. |
| 1/11/2008 | What Didn’t Happen | The Episcopal Church has brought abandonment charges against Bishop John-David Schofield. No charges have been brought against Bishop Robert Duncan or Bishop Jack Iker, however. What’s going on here? |
| 2/9/2008 | What to Call Her | What do you call a female gunman? |
| 2/10/2008 | The Pittsburgh Laity Speaks | A letter from “Pittsburgh Laity” is less than what it seems. |
| 3/3/2008 | Playing by the Rules? | Do Hillary Clinton’s campaign tactics suggest that we would do well to keep her out of the White House? |
| 3/12/2008 | Random Linguistic Oddities | Related sentences with different meanings |
| 3/17/2008 | Duncan Responds | Bishop Duncan has responded to the charges of abandoning the communion of The Episcopal Church. His response is unconvincing, but what does he have to lose? |
| 3/17/2008 | Duncan’s Defense | Analysis of Bishop Duncan’s letter in his defense (see previous item) |
| 3/17/2008 | Legal Matters | Analysis of legal matters related to Bishop Duncan’s case |
| 3/19/2008 | A Punctuation Oddity | Punctuating a troublesome sentence from Trains Magazine |
| 3/29/2008 | Is Obama Applying for the Wrong Job? | Obama should not look to George Bush as his presidential role model. |
| 3/31/2008 | A New Service | A new Web site, Pittsburgh Update, will help Pittsburgh Episcopalians keep abreast of developments in the church that could affect them. |
| 4/9/2008 | Even I Am Not That Paranoid | The disappearance of a diocesan magazine from the Web seems to have been a simple clerical error. |
| 4/23/2008 | Has Anyone Looked at the Numbers? | The percentages being reported for the Pennsylvania presidential primary are not quite right. |
| 5/9/2008 | The Ignorant Vote | Clinton touts her advantage with whites who have not graduated from college. |
| 5/14/2008 | A Pittsburgh Conversation | A conservative priest opposed to realignment in the Diocese of Pittsburgh speaks at a Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh meeting. |
| 5/19/2008 | Realignment Reconsidered | A new document from Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh, “Realignment Reconsidered,” of which I am principal author, is being announced today. It attempts to correct the misinformation being disseminated by the Diocese of Pittsburgh. |
| 6/3/2008 | Resigned to Realignment | Episcopalians in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, whether for or against realignment, seem resigned to a coming division of the diocese. |
| 6/16/2008 | Which Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh? | The Bishop of Pittsburgh registers a new Pennsylvania corporation. |
| 6/26/2008 | Whither Pittsburgh? | What will the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh that is part of The Episcopal Church be like after realignment? Pittsburgh Episcopalians are working on that. I offer an unofficial preview of where the Diocese of Pittsburgh may be going. |
| 7/5/2008 | Scary Women | Are men more afraid of crime than women? |
| 7/9/2008 | Calvary’s Cavalry Again Rides to the Rescue | Calvary Church has returned to court to ask that a “monitor” be appointed to oversee the assets of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. The court papers also ask that parishes be allowed to pay their assessments into escrow accounts for the time being. |
| 7/15/2008 | A Collect for Lambeth | A Douglas LeBlanc essay inspires a collect for the Lambeth Conference that begins in England tomorrow. |
| 7/18/2008 | The more things change … | The Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh membership-renewal letter of August 2005 seems very contemporary three years later. |
| 8/2/2008 | Realign with Me | A defense of a satirical song |
| 8/6/2008 | Lies and Dodges | Bishop Duncan’s lawyers file a response in the Calvary lawsuit. |
| 8/9/2008 | Let’s Get It Over With | Why the House of Bishops should depose Bishop Duncan at their September meeting |
| 8/11/2008 | Mistaken Primate | Archbishop Rowan Williams seems confused about his role in the Anglican Communion. |
| 8/12/2008 | Another Take on Rowan’s Thinking | Savitri Hensman offers another example of the odd moral calculus of Archbishop Rowan Williams. |
| 8/22/2008 | Fallback Position | Trinity Cathedral considers a resolution of “generosity” |
| 8/26/2008 | Fallback Position Redux | More on the Trinity Cathedral proposal, mostly from a member of the Cathedral Chapter |
| 8/29/2008 | Sarah Who? | John McCain surprises everyone |
| 9/1/2008 | Good Grief! | It’s bad enough when the Archbishop of Canterbury speaks of the “Anglican Church.” It is more disturbing when Episcopalians do so. |
| 9/3/2008 | Across the Aisle Sponsors Unity Event | Episcopalians supporting their church announce an event opposing schism (i.e., “realignment”) |
| 9/4/2008 | Designing a Logo | How I came to design an Across the Aisle logo |
| 9/10/2008 | Kill that picture! | A new control for a TV remote |
| 9/13/2008 | A Hopeful Event | Across the Aisle’s first public event a grand success |
| 9/18/2008 | Is The Episcopal Church Hierarchical? | An introduction to a paper by Joan Gundersen responding to a paper by Mark McCall that was published by the Anglican Communion Institute |
| 9/19/2008 | Reflections on the Deposition Vote | Some thoughts in light of the decision of the House of Bishops to consent to the deposition of the Bishop of Pittsburgh |
| 9/20/2008 | Across the Aisle Web Site | Across the Aisle now has a real Web site (sort of). Find it here. |
| 9/22/2008 | On Pride and Priests | An essay by Conroy Guyer makes the moral case against “realignment.” |
| 9/22/2008 | Done | Bishop Duncan’s deposition is official. |
| 9/29/2008 | Gundersen Offers Pittsburgh Update | Joan Gundersen describes the present situation in the Diocese of Pittsburgh |
| 10/1/2008 | Petty | Why does a diocesan convention have to be so inconvenient? |
| 10/4/2008 | Realignment Blues | Realignment passes, and the diocese distributes a brochure explaining its version of reality. |
| 10/8/2008 | Christian Unity | Reflection on a poem written six years ago |
| 10/11/2008 | Recycling Warning | The hidden hazards of recycling |
| 10/12/2008 | Grace and Charity in Wonderland | Pittsburgh realigners try to intimidate loyal Episcopal Church parishes |
| 10/16/2008 | Stewards, Not Owners | Dean George Werner offers a lesson in stewardship of church property |
| 10/17/2008 | Robbery on the Rails | Sic transit gloria transit |
| 10/17/2008 | Moving Forward with Grace | A modest report on the first public meeting of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh following “realignment” |
| 10/26/2008 | The Ground War | A “realigned” parish launches an attack on my own parish |
| 11/8/2008 | The Anglican Neighborhood of Make-Believe | Bishop Duncan’s triumphal return |
| 11/11/2008 | Lessons from an Overeager Buyer | How not to purchase tickets on the Web |
| 11/19/2008 | You’ve got to be kidding! | Bishop Wantland tries to fly under the radar |
| 11/19/2008 | Training at the Donut Shop | Helping to train the new staff for Dunkin’ Donuts |
| 11/25/2008 | A Tex Question | Is Bishop Duncan’s “diocese” tax-exempt? |
| 12/8/2008 | Those Pesky Silent Ls | Cokie Roberts gets her pronunciation wrong |
| 12/12/2008 | Diocese of Pittsburgh Special Convention About to Begin | What I've been doing on the eve of the convention |
| 12/12/2008 | So Far, So Good | A report of the beginning of the special convention |
| 12/15/2008 | Special Convention | Reflections on special convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh |
| 12/22/2008 | Change It Now! | It’s time the Anglican Communion Office acknowledged the real Diocese of Pittsburgh (not to mention Fort Worth and Quincy). |
| 12/31/2008 | Let It Be | Governor Rod Blagojevich has done everyone a favor by appointing Roland Burris to the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama. |
| 1/2/2009 | Modest Success | The major goal of my “Change It Now!” campaign has been achieved |
| 1/8/2009 | The Other Shoe Drops | The Diocese of Pittsburgh and Calvary Church positions the court to deliver its property |
| 1/17/2009 | Neither in Hand nor in the Bush | Chasing a bird out of the house |
| 1/19/2009 | Inauguration Poem | Writing a poem for Barack Obama |
| 1/21/2009 | “Hail Barack Obama” in the Post-Gazette | My poem for Obama’s inauguration is printed in the local newspaper |
| 1/26/2009 | Habits Are Hard to Break | Working on two computers at once can be frustrating |
| 1/28/2009 | Ketchup in the Fridge | Heinz offers a new ketchup bottle |
| 2/10/2009 | Acer’s Technical Non-support | How not to do technical support |
| 2/13/2009 | Episcopal Church Asks to Join Calvary Lawsuit | The Episcopal Church is finally asking to join with Calvary Church to protect the assets of the Diocese of Pittsburgh |
| 2/15/2009 | Further Analysis | Additional analysis of the 2/13/2009 fi on 2/13/2009 |
| 2/18/2009 | Coming Together | A progress report on the Diocese of Pittsburgh |
| 2/19/2009 | Pittsburgh Standing Committee Writes to Diocese | The Diocese of Pittsburgh updates leaders on recent developments regarding property disputes |
| 3/1/2009 | Duncan Letter Decoded | My take on Robert Duncan’s latest pastoral letter to his flock |
| 3/9/2009 | Another Motion from the Duncan Camp | Analysis of the latest filing by the defendants in the Calvary lawsuit |
| 3/13/2009 | Akinola: Anglican Fundamentalist, Fascist, and Theocrat | I’ve had it with Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria. Here’s why. |
| 3/21/2009 | Shame on You, David Anderson | The AAC’s David Anderson attacks the innocent |
| 3/27/2009 | Oh, That Pittsburgh | The Living Church causes confusion about the Pittsburgh “dioceses” |
| 4/7/2009 | The Big Mistake | There is something wrong with the Palm Sunday liturgy. This is an introduction to my essay “The Big Mistake.” |
| 4/9/2009 | Write to Me | Although my blog does not support comments, readers are encouraged to write about my posts. |
| 4/10/2009 | National Poetry Month 2009 | Announcing a new poem |
| 4/11/2009 | Scripture for the Ridley Cambridge Draft | The latest draft of a proposed Anglican covenant cites a number of scripture passages. I have prepared a document that contains the text of all those passages. |
| 4/14/2009 | Who Represents What | The chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh argues for his participation in the Calvary lawsuit. |
| 4/15/2009 | Major Motion Picture | Thinking about a common phrase |
| 4/16/2009 | Calvary Lawsuit Heats Up | After a month of inactivity, the court sees a flurry of filings |
| 4/19/2009 | A Hearing at Last | Things are looking good for the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh in its dispute with Robert Duncan. |
| 4/26/2009 | Praying for Communion | A monthly prayer service is helping to rebuild community in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. |
| 4/26/2009 | Catching Up on Calvary Litigation Documents | More court documents from the Calvary Church litigation, but no new news to report. |
| 4/30/2009 | Communion Partner Bishop’s Statement | My take on the statement from Communion Partner bishops on Episcopal Church polity |
| 5/2/2009 | The Real Case Against Gay Marriage | The real issues are seldom discussed. |
| 5/3/2009 | The ACC Begins Its Meeting | What, exactly, will the Anglican Consultative Council decide to do with the Anglican covenant draft? |
| 5/6/2009 | Not So Fast | The General Convention should have no response to the draft Anglican covenant. |
| 5/7/2009 | Two New Moratoria | As long as the Anglican Communion is waiting for consensus, we should sit on the sidelines until that consensus emerges (or until hell freezes over, whichever comes first). |
| 5/16/2009 | Still No Reason for a Covenant | The Rev. Jim Stockton has written a perceptive commentary on the proposed Anglican covenant. |
| 5/17/2009 | Cuba and Chrysler | Isn’t it time to drop our trade embargo? |
| 5/17/2009 | Streamlining Choir Rehearsals | Reducing the frustrations of choir members |
| 5/20/2009 | More Words from Lala Land | Is Robert Duncan in a world of his own? The latest court filing suggests as much. |
| 5/20/2009 | Accountability | Isn’t it odd that Robert Duncan, who sees himself as supremely independent, advocates for accountability within the Anglican Communion. |
| 5/27/2009 | San Joaquin Clergy Deposed | Bishop Lamb has deposed those priests and deacons who left the Diocese of San Joaquin for the Southern Cone. |
| 5/27/2009 | My Day in Court | A first-person report on the May 27 hearing in the Calvary Church litigation |
| 6/7/2009 | Episcopal versus Anglican | It’s time to take back the mantle of Anglicanism. |
| 6/8/2009 | Saving Anglicanism | My advice to the 76th General Convention is much the same as it was to the the 75th. |
| 6/15/2009 | Who Will the General Convention Be Listening To? | Watching Voices of Witness Africa sends a message to the General Convention. |
| 6/17/2009 | A Computer Science Perspective on the Stipulation | Computer science suggests two different ways one might interpret the stipulation in the Calvary lawsuit. |
| 6/22/2009 | New Via Media USA Web Site | The Via Media USA Web site gets a makeover. |
| 6/22/2009 | Quick Takes for 6/24/2009 | A few comments on news from the Anglican world |
| 6/30/2009 | Kudos for Bonnie | Bonnie Anderson proposes a plan to let the House of Deputies consider strategy before it has to deal with specific legislation. |
| 6/30/2009 | Kudos for Bonnie | Bonnie Anderson proposes a plan to let the House of Deputies consider strategy before it has to deal with specific legislation. |
| 7/12/2009 | D025 | Commentary on a General Convention resolution dealing with B033 of 2006 |
| 7/15/2009 | Nice try, but | General Convention’s Media Hub is a source of frustration. |
| 7/16/2009 | In Support of Judge Sotomayor (maybe) | What the Supreme Court justice nominee should have said |
| 7/18/2009 | What D025 Has Done | Analysis of D025 as passed |
| 7/31/2009 | Deconstructing Rowan | My take on the recent reflection from the Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 8/6/2009 | No Anglican Covenant | It’s time for a campaign to derail the Anglican communion process. The campaign logo is here. |
| 8/20/2009 | Catching Up on Things Episcopal | A quick take on what I have and haven’t written lately related to church matters |
| 8/21/2009 | Lutherans Vote YES! | The ELCA has voted in principle to allow partnered gay clergy. |
| 8/29/2009 | A Tale of Two Parking Lots | How much equipment is needed to control a parking lot? |
| 9/1/2009 | Canadian Math | An article in Anglican Journal suggests that Canadian Anglicans may not compute so good. |
| 9/6/2009 | Adjectives Ending in ly | Some adjectives look like adverbs. |
| 9/9/2009 | Why No Anglican Covenant: Part 1 | A first installment on why the Anglican covenant is a bad idea |
| 9/11/2009 | The Politics of Ignorance | Republicans had good reason to keep children from hearing a presidential address. |
| 9/14/2009 | Illusion and Reality | Media can play tricks on us. |
| 9/18/2009 | Goodbye, Mary Travers | A tribute to the “Mary” of Peter, Paul & Mary |
| 9/25/2009 | Where Did My Opinion Go? | A public service post: where to find a South Carolina Supreme Court opinion that was initially posted in the wrong place |
| 9/25/2009 | Why No Anglican Covenant: Part 2 | A second installment about why we do not want an Anglican covenant |
| 9/27/2009 | A Perspective on the Pawleys Island Case | Attorney Ken Stiles offers his view of a controversial S.C. Supreme Court case. |
| 10/3/2009 | All Things Bright and Beautiful | New verses for a perky hymn. |
| 10/6/2009 | Victory! | Judge awards diocesan property to Episcopal Church diocese |
| 10/9/2009 | Diocese Clarifies Property Status | Parsing a diocesan statement on the status of property of “realigned” parishes |
| 10/10/2009 | What Are the Episcopal Church Canons, Anyway? | Can we trust the Episcopal Church’s canons on the Web? |
| 10/11/2009 | Is Pittsburgh Treating ‘Realigned’ Clergy Properly? | Analysis of the Pittsburgh Standing Committee’s offer to clergy who left for the Southern Cone |
| 10/12/2009 | Episcopal Church Canons and Overlapping Jurisdictions | An interesting discovery in the Episcopal Church canons |
| 10/13/2009 | Once More on Departed Pittsburgh Clergy | Further thoughts on the action of the Standing Committee |
| 10/16/2009 | Doing Things Differently in Pittsburgh | Diversity of opinion still exists in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Perhaps the re-organized diocese is finding more effective ways of dealing with it, however. |
| 10/18/2009 | Munday Logic | The logic of Nashotah House’s president is, to say the least, difficult to follow. |
| 10/20/2009 | Looking on the Bright Side | The Vatican poaches Anglican faithful, and Rowan celebrates |
| 10/22/2009 | Dallas: A Diocese to Watch | A report on the recently completed annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas |
| 11/1/2009 | Questions for the Anglican Diocese | Questions about the decision to appeal the ruling in the Calvary lawsuit |
| 11/3/2009 | Blog Now Supports Comments | The blog has gotten a makeover and now allows visitors to leave comments. |
| 11/4/2009 | Gone But Not Forgotten | Thoughts on the now-departed Pittsburgh clergy |
| 11/6/2009 | Alleged Shooter | Journalists are forced to use “alleged” much too often. |
| 11/6/2009 | Time for “Hooker Hymn” | My hymn “Authorities” would be a good choice for two Sundays from now. |
| 11/7/2009 | Help Wanted | Readers are asked to report errors. |
| 11/8/2009 | Reports from the Anglican Diocese | The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh holds its first annual convention. |
| 11/10/2009 | The Lists | Who was removed from the ranks of Pittsburgh Episcopal clergy? |
| 11/12/2009 | 11/12/2009 Updates | More on the problem I found in the text of Canon III.9.11 and on the release on Pittsburgh clergy |
| 11/15/2009 | Renewed and Guaranteed | Ford had a better idea. |
| 11/16/2009 | Shall the “Orthodox” Anglicans Win? | Harry Emerson Fosdick has a message for Episcopalians. |
| 11/18/2009 | Learning from the Roman Catholics | Do we really want Anglicans to make decisions as the Roman Catholics do? |
| 11/24/2009 | Enough Already | The Episcopal Church should stop hijacking visitors to its own Web site. |
| 11/25/2009 | Seat of Power? | Where is ACNA? |
| 11/26/2009 | Happy Thanksgiving | A Thanksgiving poem |
| 11/28/2009 | Housecleaning | Cleaning up graphics and thinking about cleaning up links |
| 12/1/2009 | The There There | More on the ACNA office |
| 12/5/2009 | Joy and Challenge | An episcopal election promises to be a watershed. |
| 12/7/2009 | Background Press Briefing Concerning L.A. Episcopal Elections | Clarifying some issues the press is getting wrong |
| 12/11/2009 | Leafs | Nissan chooses a different plural |
| 12/13/2009 | Archbishop Duncan and Uganda | Will Robert Duncan make a statement opposing the anti-homosexual legislation in Uganda? |
| 12/18/2009 | Not Again! | When will the Anglican Communion have a new idea? |
| 12/18/2009 | Changes to Section 4 of the Covenant Draft | What, exactly, has been changed in Section 4 of the Anglican covenant draft? |
| 12/19/2009 | Electronics | How do you pronounce “electronics”? |
| 12/19/2009 | It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas | A poem for the season |
| 12/21/2009 | Avatar | A must-see movie |
| 12/21/2009 | Screw the GOP | Republicans have lost the right to govern. |
| 12/21/2009 | European Bilocation | Can one be stuck on both sides of the English Channel at once? |
| 12/24/2009 | Communion Transparency | How do we even know what the rules of the game are? |
| 12/27/2009 | Communion Transparency, Take 2 | Are secret rules the product of a legal status change of the Anglican Consultative Council? |
| 1/1/2010 | Decades | A decade ends (or not). |
| 1/2/2010 | Bad Fruit from Bad Seed | An essay on the proposed Anglican covenant by the Rev. Jim Stockton |
| 1/7/2010 | Communion Transparency, Take 3 | Further clarification of Anglican Consultative Council rules |
| 1/7/2010 | Communion Transparency, Take 4 | Is there an Anglican Communion Office? |
| 1/14/2010 | Section 4 Decoded | Diagrams and remarks on Section 4 of the final text of the proposed Anglican covenant |
| 1/16/2010 | Glasspool, Bruce, and Consents | The consent periods for Glasspool and Bruce have begun. |
| 1/23/2010 | Eve in a Basket | A picture of my black cat, Eve |
| 1/24/2010 | Question for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany | An important question for Christians |
| 1/26/2010 | Not Lovin’ It | Reflection on the advertising of McDonald’s |
| 1/29/2010 | Judge Orders Asset Transfer? | Judge James has issued an order in the Calvary lawsuit, but I don’t know what it says. |
| 1/29/2010 | Defendants Have 20 Days | A public version of Judge James’s order is now available. More to follow. |
| 1/29/2010 | More on the Court Order | Details of the court order |
| 2/1/2010 | Now What? Part 1 | An initial post on fallout from the 1/29/2010 court decision |
| 2/2/2010 | Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell | A thought for the day about gay bishops |
| 2/2/2010 | The Coming Transition | Blogger is making necessary some technical changes to how this blog is hosted and published. |
| 2/3/2010 | Now What? Part 2 | More thoughts on where the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh needs to go from here |
| 2/9/2010 | Snowstorm | Pittsburgh got hammered and is in for more snow. |
| 2/10/2010 | A Shot Across the Bow | A quick analysis of the ACNA resolution passed by the Church of England General Synod |
| 2/12/2010 | The Winter Olympics Begin | Let the games begin. Remember Sarah Hughes? |
| 2/13/2010 | Declaring Victory and Moving On | ACNA celebrates the action of the General Synod. |
| 2/15/2010 | A Celebration of New Ministry | The Rt. Rev. Kenneth Price gets a proper installation as provisional bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. |
| 2/17/2010 | Ash Wednesday Haiku | Poem for the day |
| 2/18/2010 | Should the Government Get Out of the Marriage Business? | Thoughts on gay marriage |
| 2/18/2010 | Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence | Language has been manipulated to oppress The Episcopal Church. |
| 2/19/2010 | Recycling at Best Buy: Crossed Wires | Best Buy seems to have a management problem. |
| 2/21/2010 | Hosting Problems | This blog has been off-line due to hosting problems. |
| 2/22/2010 | It’s Been a Long, Long Time | Manipulating the reader’s perception of time |
| 2/23/2010 | Back to Normal | Technical problems have been resolved. |
| 2/24/2010 | New and Somewhat Worsened | Why can’t the church’s official version of its constitution and canons be more user-friendly? |
| 2/24/2010 | Thank You, Visa | Visa is not our friend. |
| 2/25/2010 | Calvary Decision Appeal | Defendants appeal at last. |
| 2/27/2010 | Help for Chile? | Who will offer aid, and will it be accepted? |
| 2/27/2010 | Mainline Status Report on Gay Clergy | The AP reports on where churches stand. |
| 3/2/2010 | Anglican Communion Covenant Forum | Church Divinity School of the Pacific presents a forum that provides useful insights into the proposed Anglican covenant. |
| 3/3/2010 | Future Thoughts | Mainline churches are not a lost cause. |
| 3/4/2010 | Beginning Transition | The migration of the blog to a Blogger server is beginning. While it is in progress, a status report will be posted on my home page. |
| 3/4/2010 | Are We Done Yet? | A test post to see if the migration to a Google server was successful |
| 3/5/2010 | Blog Printing Problems | A printing problem involving Firefox apparently has nothing to do with the migration to a Google server. |
| 3/5/2010 | Problem in Blogroll Listings | The migration may have broking links to this blog in blogrolls. |
| 3/7/2010 | Question for the Third Sunday in Lent | A question inspired by today’s Gospel |
| 3/8/2010 | Migration Nearly Done | A single outstanding issue remains. |
| 3/9/2010 | Reviving Cursillo | Reviving Episcopal Cursillo in the diocese begins |
| 3/12/2010 | Reviving Cursillo, Follow-up | Reports from two dioceses |
| 3/17/2010 | A Question of Ordination Vows | A response to a comment by the Rev. David Wilson on my previous post |
| 3/20/2010 | Well, Duh! | The Diocese of New Westminster sees the obvious. |
| 3/22/2010 | Heat and the CPU | There are several causes for an overheated CPU in your computer. |
| 3/29/2010 | Cornell Bridges Get Ugly | Preventing suicides leads to ugly results. |
| 3/29/2010 | Misguided Editorial | The Living Church gets it all wrong in an editorial |
| 3/30/2010 | Two Tiers | Certain aspects of the proposed Anglican covenant are simply stupid. |
| 3/31/2010 | National Poetry Month 2010 | It’s that time of year again! |
| 4/1/2010 | Breakfast at Chick-fil-A | Sometimes you’re surprised by kindness. |
| 4/3/2010 | Photo for Easter | Goldfinches at my tube feeder |
| 4/7/2010 | Welcome to the Store | The Farrago Gift Shop is now open. Initially, all the items display the No Anglican Covenant logo. |
| 4/9/2010 | More Stuff | The Farrago Gift Shop expands. |
| 4/11/2010 | Duruflé Requiem | I am one of the singers for an April 17 performance. |
| 4/13/2010 | Calvary’s Legal Fees | Where have Calvary’s legal fees come from? |
| 4/14/2010 | Still Not Lovin’ It | More strange ad copy from McDonald’s |
| 4/14/2010 | New Blog | I’ve created a blog about my parish. |
| 4/16/2010 | Some Political Observations | Brief commentaries on current news stories |
| 4/20/2010 | New Verses for a Bad Hymn | Some poetry is hard to parody |
| 4/21/2010 | Why Bother? | The Archbishop of Canterbury sends a message. |
| 4/23/2010 | Listening to the Trumpet | Global South Anglicans sound their horn. |
| 4/24/2010 | Neat Bumper Sticker | Seen on the street |
| 4/29/2010 | Another Clever Auto Tag | Something else seen on the street |
| 4/30/2010 | Countdown | This blog begins a countdown to an important event, the consecration of Mary Glasspool. |
| 5/2/2010 | SB 1070 | Why aren’t more citizens upset by the new Arizona immigration law? |
| 5/4/2010 | Progress in Portugal | Gay marriage may become legal in Portugal. |
| 5/5/2010 | Mystery Solved! | I have identified the Armstrong of Armstrong number. |
| 5/6/2010 | A Preamble Proposal | A proposed amendment for The Episcopal Church’s suboptimal Preamble |
| 5/10/2010 | Reviving an Old Proposal | Should The Episcopal Church take a sabbatical from the Anglican Communion? |
| 5/15/2010 | Poem for Mary | Poem in honor of Mary Glasspool’s consecration |
| 5/15/2010 | Let the Handwringing Begin! | Anglican Mainstream is early out with criticism of the Glasspool consecration. |
| 5/15/2010 | Farrago Problem | I’m working at fixing a problem with Lionel Deimel’s Farrago. |
| 5/17/2010 | Making the Headline Perfectly Clear | Do headline writers understand the word “lesbian”? |
| 5/19/2010 | Not an Anti-incumbent Thing | There were good reasons to vote against Senator Specter. |
| 5/19/2010 | Labels | Do mailing labels have to mar the cover of a magazine? |
| 5/24/2010 | ‘Lost’ Loses; ‘Babylon 5’ Retains Title | The big finale was unsatisfying. |
| 5/25/2010 | Strength for the Journey | The church ministers to one of its wounded dioceses. |
| 5/28/2010 | Photos for 5/28/2010 | A bit of silliness on a day that Rowan Williams is going to the empty well yet again. |
| 5/30/2010 | Okoh: Pull Nigeria Out of U.N. | Nigeria’s primate wants Nigeria out of the U.N. because of the alleged promotion of homosexuality by U.N. bodies. |
| 5/31/2010 | English Pronunciation is Often Frustrating | How do you pronounce often? |
| 5/31/2010 | Your Blogger’s New Image | A new portrait of the man behind the blog. |
| 6/2/2010 | Territorial Integrity | Episcopal border crossings are important. |
| 6/2/2010 | Marketing Opportunity? | The Anglican Communion Office now has an on-line store. |
| 6/7/2010 | Too Much Power Already | The Archbishop of Canterbury has gone too far this time. |
| 6/8/2010 | Milestone in Portugal | Gay marriage is now a reality in Portugal. |
| 6/8/2010 | Diocese Distributes Parish Funds | Episcopal diocese releases parish funds to parishes and non-parishes. |
| 6/9/2010 | Ecumenical Discussions and the Anglican Communion | Do such discussions even make sense? |
| 6/13/2010 | National Symbols | Why is the flag so ubiquitous? |
| 6/17/2010 | Advice from Maggie Ross | Advice about getting too close |
| 6/18/2010 | Adjectives Becoming Nouns and Other Linguistic Adventures | “Remote” and other shortened forms |
| 6/19/2010 | National Symbols (Again) | A proposed replacement for the National Anthem |
| 6/23/2010 | Has Rowan Done Us a Favor? | Should we be happy to be out of Communion ecumenical discussions? |
| 6/28/2010 | Thought for 6/28/2010 | Disputing Anglican’s “essence” |
| 6/28/2010 | Barbed Wire and the Anglican Covenant | Katie Sherrod’s vision of the proposed Anglican covenant |
| 7/3/2010 | Ignored | Studio 360 shafts its listener-contributors. |
| 7/12/2010 | PUR vs. Brita | PUR provides a less frustrating installation experience. |
| 7/15/2010 | Anglican Communion Stories | Trinity Wall Street highlights the good work being done in the Anglican Communion. |
| 7/17/2010 | Preserving the Elizabethan Compromise | Reflections on a Giles Fraser essay |
| 7/23/2010 | RIP, Daniel Schorr | The long-time NPR analyst has died. |
| 7/23/2010 | Avoiding the Prickly, Irritating Feeling | All about Dr. Deimel underwear |
| 7/24/2010 | Rules? What Rules? | Transparency regarding the governing rules of the Anglican Consultative Council is virtually non-existent. |
| 7/30/2010 | A Very un-Anglican Covenant | Modern Church offers a concise argument against an Anglican covenant. |
| 7/30/2010 | The Communion and the Archbishop | It is time to remove the Archbishop of Canterbury from the head, spiritual or otherwise, of the Anglican Communion. |
| 8/3/2010 | Rule and Ultimate Standard of Faith | Even some of the seemingly innocuous provisions of the proposed Anglican covenant can be dangerous. |
| 8/5/2010 | Proposition 8 Overturned | U.S. District Court declares California’s Proposition 8 unconstitutional. The opinion can be read here. |
| 8/6/2010 | Pennsylvania Episcopalians to Gather | Members of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania plan to talk in preparation for the not-so-triumphal return of Bishop Charles Bennison. |
| 8/9/2010 | Losing the “E” | Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry has dropped “Episcopal” almost everywhere. |
| 8/16/2010 | Unhappiness in Pennsylvania | The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania calls for Bishop Bennison’s resignation. |
| 8/24/2010 | Big Truck | I saw an amazing truck at an I-79 rest stop. |
| 8/28/2010 | Forward Slash | A slash by any other name is still a slash. |
| 9/8/2010 | Questions and Slogans | Questions and slogans for The Episcopal Church |
| 9/9/2010 | God and the Universe | What is God’s current relationship to the universe? |
| 9/12/2010 | Armstrong Numbers | After corresponding with Michael Armstrong, I have added a page about Armstrong numbers on my Web site. |
| 9/15/2010 | Blissful Ignorance | Experiences with a “Christian” search engine |
| 9/15/2010 | Saltines | We pronounce “saltine” in a way that is not at all obvious. |
| 9/16/2010 | The Martyrs of Memphis | Remembering Christians heroes and heroines of not so long ago |
| 9/22/2010 | S.C. Via Media Group Calls for Investigation | Episcopal Forum of South Carolina calls for an investigation of its own diocese. Beginning an investigation is the least the church should do. |
| 9/22/2010 | High Winds | Mt. Lebanon is hit by heavy rains and high winds. |
| 9/23/2010 | After the Storm | Mt. Lebanon was hit pretty hard. |
| 9/23/2010 | More on the Goings On in South Carolina | Dr. Joan Gundersen has written a first installment about the resolutions to be considered by the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. |
| 9/24/2010 | Life without Electricity | Enduring a power outage. |
| 9/24/2010 | Blog Changes and Features | A guide explaining some of the features of my blog, including some new ones. |
| 9/25/2010 | Political Logos | I offer some free logos for the political class. |
| 9/25/2010 | Cats and Syringes | A brief plug for “Syringes for My Cat” in Commentary |
| 9/26/2010 | Fantastic but Hazardous | Some kitchen cleaning products should be used with special card. |
| 9/28/2010 | Episcopal Election Plan Gets Chilly Reception | The plan for electing the next Bishop of Pittsburgh has its problems. |
| 9/30/2010 | Standing Committee to Bennison: ‘Consider Spirit of the Law’ | The Pennsylvania Standing Committee again writes to Bishop Bennison. |
| 10/1/2010 | St. Laika’s | Mad Priest has a new Web site. |
| 10/3/2010 | Farm-grown Ingredients | Campbell’s promotes the obvious. |
| 10/5/2010 | Additional Thoughts on the Plan to Select the Next Bishop of Pittsburgh | An analysis of the proposed episcopal search process for the Diocese of Pittsburgh, with recommendations for improvements. |
| 10/6/2010 | Will We Act with Integrity? | The General Convention should act on what our church actually believes and reject the Anglican covenant. |
| 10/11/2010 | Pittsburgh Standing Committee Responds to Concerns | In response to criticism, the Pittsburgh Standing Committee has offered a better plan to find a new bishop. |
| 10/11/2010 | Another Revised Convention Resolution | A resolution is revised, though not obviously improved. |
| 10/15/2010 | No Anglican Tyrant | The Archbishop of Canterbury is exercising power he has not been granted. |
| 10/17/2010 | Convention Report | Observations on the just concluded Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh annual convention |
| 11/1/2010 | Thought for the Eve of Election Day | An appropriate observation comes from the sixteenth century. |
| 11/3/2010 | The Announcement | The new force on the Web today is the No Anglican Covenant Coalition. |
| 11/4/2010 | On the Organizational Proclivities of Anarchists | Profound wisdom from NPR. |
| 11/6/2010 | Pier | A late-night walk on a fishing pier inspires a new poem. |
| 11/14/2010 | A New Blog | The No Anglican Covenant Coalition has created a new blog, “Comprehensive Unity: The Anglican Covenant Blog.” |
| 11/16/2010 | Trick Table | Don’t assume that every table has a 90° edge. |
| 11/16/2010 | Problems with Netgear DSL Modem/Router/Access Point | Netgear illustrates how to lose a customer. |
| 11/17/2010 | If it looks like a duck… | Consider what the Anglican Covenant is, not what its proponents say it is. |
| 11/21/2010 | What will the ‘orthodox’ do? | The Anglican Covenant is insufficiently draconian for the ‘orthodox.’ What options do they see? |
| 11/23/2010 | First Test for the No Anglican Covenant Coalition | The No Anglican Covenant Coalition sends out a news release as England prepares to vote on the Covenant. |
| 11/24/2010 | Sad Day: CofE Synod Approves Anglican Covenant | The Covenant passes easily in the General Synod. |
| 11/25/2010 | Happy Thanksgiving 2010 | My now traditional Thanksgiving poem |
| 11/28/2010 | The Way Forward? | The Anglican Covenant appears to be dead. |
| 12/1/2010 | Evaluation of the General Synod Events | I comment on the No Anglican Covenant Coalition’s analysis of the Church of England’s General Synod action on the Anglican Covenant. |
| 12/6/2010 | Dark Day for the Republic | Obama has failed the country. |
| 12/7/2010 | Two Anglican Thought Experiments | What would we do if we had no bishops or no Anglican Communion? |
| 12/9/2010 | A Brief Meditation on ACNA | ACNA is misnamed. |
| 12/14/2010 | Musings on Communion Agreements | The communion agreement with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America prompts thoughts about the Anglican Covenant. |
| 12/15/2010 | Reasons to Oppose the Covenant | The No Anglican Covenant Coalition has produced a useful list. |
| 12/17/2010 | “Vibrant” Communion | A clarification of the No Anglican Covenant Coalition’s characterization of the Anglican Communion. |
| 12/22/2010 | It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, 2010 | Creating a tradition, I offer a Christmas poem from 2002. |
| 12/26/2010 | On Pressing the Apostle Paul | Robert P. Smith provides a helpful perspective on Paul’s view of homosexuality. |
| 12/28/2010 | Capitalizing “Catholic” | Why are some instances of “catholic” capitalized in the prayer book and some not? |
| 1/1/2011 | Hope for 2011 | The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette highlights the need to save WDUQ as a jazz and NPR station. |
| 1/3/2011 | Why the Archbishop of Canterbury Hates Us | The Archbishop of Canterbury operates from a defective premise. |
| 1/7/2011 | Who Moved My CofE Web Site? | The relaunch of the Church of England’s Web site is not going well. |
| 1/13/2011 | Icon | An animation to brighten your day |
| 1/14/2011 | Hope Fulfilled? | WDUQ-FM has been sold and will remain a public radio station. |
| 1/23/2011 | What to Do with Republicans? | Republican behavior inspires a slogan and logo. |
| 1/23/2011 | Transferring Prescriptions | Limiting prescription transfers is solving the wrong problem. |
| 2/1/2011 | GAFCON and the Covenant | GAFCON’s rejection of the Anglican Covenant is not an excuse to diminish efforts to derail Covenant progress. |
| 2/1/2011 | A Fair Settlement? | The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has struck an agreement with an ACNA parish. |
| 2/2/2011 | St. Philip’s Update | St. Philip’s members have agreed to the agreement with the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. |
| 2/2/2011 | Breaking News: Court Rejects Anglican Appeal | An appeal to the decision to award diocesan property to the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has been rejected. |
| 2/2/2011 | Details of Commonwealth Court Ruling | Analysis of the decision rejecting the appeal of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh |
| 2/2/2011 | Announcements and Clarifications from the Diocese | The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has sent e-mail announcing and explaining the recent news events. |
| 2/5/2011 | Snow? | Odd snow in Pittsburgh |
| 2/5/2011 | Why Bother? | Archbishop Duncan has written a pastoral letter, and his diocese has issued a press release. What’s going on? |
| 2/6/2011 | Honesty I’d Like to See | Is every actor really amazing? |
| 2/7/2011 | A Covenant from New Zealand | A Presbyterian church from Down Under has the right idea. |
| 2/9/2011 | After Dublin—Part 1 | Independency vs. interdependency |
| 2/11/2011 | Freedom! | The Egyptian revolution succeeds. |
| 2/11/2011 | After Dublin—Part 2 | Interdependency is to be avoided. |
| 2/13/2011 | Biblical Insight | Limitations on the utility of the Bible |
| 2/14/2011 | More on the Petition for a Rehearing | It is quite unlikely that the plaintiffs in the Calvary lawsuit will be granted a rehearing by Commonwealth Court. |
| 2/22/2011 | Big Snow | The view from my kitchen window is lovely after 8 inches of snow in Pittsburgh. |
| 2/24/2011 | Unity in Our Time | Rowan Williams as the Anglican Communion’s Neville Chamberlain |
| 2/27/2011 | No Anglican Covenant Coalition: Play Fair | The No Anglican Covenant Coalitions chides Covenant advocates for not playing fair. |
| 3/2/2011 | Anglican Legal Advice | The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh gives legal advice to its parishes. |
| 3/2/2011 | Free Speech | A Supreme Court decision protecting free speech |
| 3/5/2011 | The Quotable John Saxbee | Bishop Saxbee’s speech on the Anglican Covenant to the Church of England General Synod last year contained many rhetorical gems. |
| 3/8/2011 | Church and State | A British jurist could easily have been addressing Americans on the limits of religious liberty. |
| 3/10/2011 | Natural-Cut | Wendy’s new fries are tasty, if badly named. |
| 3/12/2011 | Why Is Rowan Such a Disappointment? | My view of why Rowan Williams’ tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury has been a disaster |
| 3/15/2011 | Pittsburgh Covenant Debate | A parish holds a debate on the Anglican Covenant |
| 3/16/2011 | Out of the Frying Pan | A poem inspired by Japan’s tragedy |
| 3/22/2011 | Why the Anglican Covenant Should Be Rejected | Summary of an anti-Covenant talk I presented |
| 3/27/2011 | Needed: An Anniversary Prayer | Why is there no annniversary prayer in the prayer book? |
| 3/29/2011 | It’s Our Church, Too | Secrecy in the House of Bishops |
| 4/2/2011 | What Part of Speech Is That? | Where does Root Sports get its name? |
| 4/2/2011 | Short and Sweet | Commonwealth Court says no to Archbishop Duncan. |
| 4/4/2011 | Stepping Back and Viewing the Forest | The Presiding Bishop demolishes the argument against female bishops in the Church of England. |
| 4/8/2011 | The Covenant and the Archbishop | The Archbishop has too much power, and the Covenant will give him even more. |
| 4/9/2011 | A View from Nigeria | The original purpose of the Covenant has been compromised, but the agreement is still dangerous. |
| 4/25/2011 | Breakfast of Champions | “Wheaties” seems very old fashioned. |
| 5/1/2011 | Bin Laden Dead | An immediate reaction to the dramatic news. |
| 5/6/2011 | Ugly | Time publishes a particularly ugly page. |
| 5/14/2011 | Socks | An ambitious laundry project. |
| 5/14/2011 | Abortion Vulnerability | Should women really be described as “abortion-vulnerable”? |
| 5/15/2011 | The Bishop Search Comes to St. Paul’s | The Nomination Committee seeking candidates for the next Bishop of Pittsburgh came to my parish today to sample parishioner views on attributes needed in our next bishop. |
| 5/16/2011 | Growth of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh | Does it make sense to take in parishes far away? |
| 5/27/2011 | Getting the National Anthem Right | An inspiring rendition at Wrigley Field |
| 5/31/2011 | A Critique of Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Anglican Covenant - Part 1 | The first three sections of the Anglican Covenant are not innocuous. (First of two parts) |
| 6/1/2011 | A Critique of Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Anglican Covenant - Part 2 | The first three sections of the Anglican Covenant are not innocuous. (Second of two parts) |
| 6/5/2011 | Covenant Musings | Learning about the Covenant. What should the 2012 General Convention do? |
| 6/7/2011 | Barnett-Cowan, Covenant Advocate | Director for Unity, Faith and Order of the Anglican Communion Office wants an Anglican Covenant to establish a worldwide church. |
| 6/7/2011 | San Joaquin Authorizes Same-sex Blessings | The title says it all. |
| 6/8/2011 | All about Scott Lively | The Public Eye profiles a famous homophobic activist. |
| 6/9/2011 | Hope Fulfilled? Maybe Not | Can jazz on the radio be saved in Pittsburgh? |
| 6/14/2011 | We? | For whom does Rowan speak? |
| 6/14/2011 | Flag Day Thoughts | Flag Day is a good time to reconsider the Pledge of Allegiance. |
| 6/14/2011 | Compact Fluorescent Lifetimes | These lamps do not seem to last as long as they are supposed to. |
| 6/17/2011 | Repaving of Rockwood Avenue | I begin showing pictures of the repaving being done on my street. |
| 6/17/2011 | Canadian Report Proves Text of Covenant Sucks | Canadian report exposes Covenant as incompetently written |
| 6/20/2011 | Let the Mystery Be | More Christians should be listening to Iris DeMent. |
| 6/20/2011 | Pittsburgh Diocese Unexcited by Covenant | Pittsburgh Episcopalians have discussed the Anglican Covenant but don’t seem too excited about it. |
| 6/21/2011 | Release the Report | Executive Council should release the report from the Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons. |
| 6/22/2011 | Clatworthy Trashes Covenant Introduction | Someone finally takes on the Introduction to the Anglican Covenant. |
| 6/23/2011 | The Anglican Mission in England | The Church of England is about to experience the subversion that beset The Episcopal Church with the help of the Archbishop of Canterbury. |
| 6/25/2011 | Report Released | Executive Council releases SCCC report |
| 6/25/2011 | Gazpacho | Indulging in a summer treat |
| 6/27/2011 | Analysis of the Report from the Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons | My take on the report of SCCC on the consequences of adopting the Anglican Covenant |
| 6/30/2011 | Third Congregation Settles with Episcopal Diocese | St. James, Penn Hills, turns over its keys. |
| 6/30/2011 | New WDUQ Schedule | A first take on the new schedule for Pittsburgh’s 90.5 FM |
| 7/3/2011 | St. James’ Episcopal Church Returns | I attend an Episcopal Church service at St. James’, Penn Hills |
| 7/5/2011 | Alvarez Grounded | One bad paragraph from the Post-Gazette |
| 7/5/2011 | New Aphorism | I’ve added a new aphorism to my collection. |
| 7/6/2011 | No Anglican Covenant Coalition Names Episcopal Patrons | Two retired English bishops take a public stand against the Anglican Covenant. |
| 7/7/2011 | The Debt Ceiling Crisis | Opinions from Jim Wallis and me |
| 7/7/2011 | Groupthink and Courage | Jim Beyer explains support for the Anglican Covenant. |
| 7/11/2011 | Buy Merchandise before Price Increase | Apprel prices are about to increase at the Farrago Gift Shop. |
| 7/12/2011 | Clarifying the Rules | For Western churches to adopt the Anglican Covenant simply makes no sense. |
| 7/13/2011 | More Aphorisms | Two more aphorisms for my collection |
| 7/14/2011 | Gay Rights Worldwide | Professor Jonathan Zimmerman pains a bleak picture. |
| 7/15/2011 | Arguments for the Covenant | A contest is on for the best essay favoring the Anglican Covenant. |
| 7/17/2011 | Zucchini | Improving my zucchini recipe |
| 7/19/2011 | Everything You Need to Know about the Anglican Covenant on One Page | The No Anglican Covenant Coalition publishes a one-page handout to educate people about the Anglican Covenant. |
| 7/24/2011 | St. James’ Update | Report on a meeting at St. James’, Penn Hills |
| 7/29/2011 | Activism | I participate in a demonstration. |
| 8/1/2011 | Thought for August 1, 2011 | A bad day for Democrats |
| 8/2/2011 | Thought for August 2, 2011 | Another aphorism inspired by the debt ceiling resolution |
| 8/3/2011 | David Wilson Complains, Warns | David Wilson is disappointed in his former colleagues. |
| 8/3/2011 | Thought for August 4, 2011 | A possible explanation for today’s stock market decline |
| 8/5/2011 | Phrases That Don’t Bear Thinking About | Many English phrases don’t really make a lot of sense. |
| 8/9/2011 | Thieving | Thief and steal are curious companions. |
| 8/10/2011 | A Wonderful Day at St. James | The bishop’s visit is a triumph. |
| 8/15/2011 | Horseshoe Curve | A nice photograph resulted from my trip to the railroad landmark. |
| 8/19/2011 | Let’s You and Him Fight | Another (and, I hope, final) response to David Wilson. |
| 8/21/2011 | The Logic of the (Self-)Right(eous) | Stephen Noll’s goofy logic. |
| 8/21/2011 | A Morning of Worship in Northern Cambria | I report on my visit to St. Thomas Episcopal Church in North Cambria. |
| 8/22/2011 | But Is It Oatmeal? | Chick-fil-A oatmeal contains some surprising ingredients. |
| 8/24/2011 | The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism Is Nasty and Wrong | David Virtue attacks the negotiating strategy of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. |
| 8/26/2011 | Diocesan Profile Posted | The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh posted its diocesan profile for its bishop search late yesterday. |
| 8/27/2011 | A Closer Look at Pittsburgh’s Diocesan Profile | An obsessive look at the profile from the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. |
| 9/1/2011 | Worthwhile Pro-Covenant Essays | Announcing a page of links to pro-Covenant essays from The Living Church. |
| 9/2/2011 | Our Pittsburgh Diocese | Bruce Robison and I are introducing a new blog for the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. |
| 9/2/2011 | Oops! | The look of the blog has changed, but not the content. More changes will be coming. |
| 9/2/2011 | How Is It Now? | Most of the functionality of the blog has been restored, and some new features have been added. |
| 9/3/2011 | Not There Yet! | A problem remains with the list of recent posts, but just about everything else on the blog seems to be working. |
| 9/4/2011 | The New Normal | Tweaking the design of this blog is now over for the time being. |
| 9/4/2011 | All Saints, Wherever | The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh is about to have another property returned. |
| 9/5/2011 | A Labor Day Lament | A poem for Labor Day |
| 9/5/2011 | A Labor Day Tale | A dispute at McDonald’s |
| 9/7/2011 | I Don’t Know, and I Don’t Want to Know Department | Rick Perry and science |
| 9/7/2011 | An Opportunity for Michele Bachmann | How will Michele attack Rick Perry? |
| 9/9/2011 | A Labor Day Lament, Version 2 | A second try at poetic perfection |
| 9/11/2011 | Looking Back to 9/11, Part 1 | Beginning a series revisiting things I wrote in response to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks |
| 9/12/2011 | Looking Back to 9/11, Part 2 | Second installment of my 9/11 review |
| 9/13/2011 | Looking Back to 9/11, Part 3 | Third installment of my 9/11 review |
| 9/14/2011 | Looking Back to 9/11, Part 4 | Fourth installment of my 9/11 review |
| 9/14/2011 | Political Reasoning: Often Not Very Smart | Change may be necessary, but the wrong change can be worse than no change at all. |
| 9/14/2011 | Rockwood Avenue Repaved | The project is done. (Well, almost!) |
| 9/15/2011 | Looking Back to 9/11, Part 5 | Fifth installment of my 9/11 review |
| 9/16/2011 | Looking Back to 9/11, Part 6 | Sixth installment of my 9/11 review |
| 9/16/2011 | WDUQ-FM Becomes WESA-FM | Station adopts call letters of a former FM station |
| 9/17/2011 | Looking Back to 9/11, Part 7 | Seventh installment of my 9/11 review |
| 9/18/2011 | Looking Back to 9/11, Part 8 | Eighth installment of my 9/11 review |
| 9/19/2011 | Looking Back to 9/11, Part 9 | Ninth installment of my 9/11 review |
| 9/19/2011 | Trash Disposal | Chick-fil-A’s hole isn’t big enough. |
| 9/20/2011 | Looking Back to 9/11, Part 10 | Tenth installment of my 9/11 review |
| 9/20/2011 | Don’t Know, Don’t Care | Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is dead. |
| 9/21/2011 | Looking Back to 9/11, Part 11 | Eleventh and final installment of my 9/11 review. |
| 9/21/2011 | A Proposed Resolution for General Convention 2012 | How should The Episcopal Church respond to the challenge of the Anglican Covenant? |
| 9/22/2011 | On Being “Anglican” | “Anglican” does not have a single meaning. |
| 9/23/2011 | Episcopal Church Style Guide | Observations on the recent Episcopal Church publication |
| 9/25/2011 | Victoria Matthews on the Covenant | Magical thinking about the Covenant from New Zealand |
| 9/28/2011 | A Revised Proposal for General Convention 2012 | A second try at proposing a resolution to deal with the Anglican Covenant and with the Anglican Communion itself. |
| 9/30/2011 | Connecticut Supreme Court Rules against Groton Church | The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that the property of Bishop Seabury Church belongs to the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. |
| 10/2/2011 | Object Lesson | Prohibition and the Anglican Covenant have much in common. |
| 10/8/2011 | I Told You So | It is no surprise that charges of abandonment have been brought against Bishop Mark Lawrence. |
| 10/18/2011 | Pa. High Court Rejects Duncan Appeal | The stipulation stands in the Calvary lawsuit. |
| 10/20/2011 | Winemaking at Adams County Winery | My son shows how it’s done. |
| 10/21/2011 | Pittsburgh Property Update | Reflecting on a letter from Bishop Price |
| 10/25/2011 | Just the Facts | The Wall Street Journal and The Episcopal Church lock horns. Everybody looses. |
| 10/26/2011 | P-G: No Supreme Court Appeal | The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the defendants will not appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Calvary litigation. |
| 10/29/2011 | Waldo on Lawrence | Bishop W. Andrew Waldo has written something of a defense of Bishop Mark Lawrence. Waldo missed the mark. |
| 10/30/2011 | Improving Toilet Paper | Is the standard roll of toilet paper the best product we can come up with? |
| 10/30/2011 | Engineer for an Hour | Playing engineer on the East Broad Top |
| 11/7/2011 | Convention Report | The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh holds its 146th annual convention. |
| 11/13/2011 | A Matter of Mottos | Should “In God we trust” really be our national motto? |
| 11/15/2011 | Does Anyone at WESA Know How to Run a Radio Station? | The new radio station idoes not seem to be operated well. |
| 11/19/2011 | Farrago Updates | Announcing additions to pages on my Web site. |
| 11/20/2011 | A Program for All Pennsylvanians | This American Life looks at gas drilling in Pennsylvania. |
| 11/24/2011 | Thanksgiving | A reprint of my poem from 2002 |
| 11/30/2011 | Cute Corporate Addresses | Companies with custom addresses |
| 11/30/2011 | Rowan’s Advent Letter | Canterbury takes another opportunity to hype the Anglican Covenant. |
| 12/1/2011 | Whither South Carolina? | What can The Episcopal Church do about the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina? |
| 12/2/2011 | Mary Roehrich on South Carolina | A guest commentary on the situation in the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina |
| 12/4/2011 | A Hymn for John the Baptist | A hymn from Harold Lewis |
| 12/7/2011 | Reciprocity | A new poem |
| 12/12/2011 | Semi-boneless | Does it have bones or not? |
| 12/14/2011 | Changes Needed in the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church | Ideas resulting from observations of the church for many years |
| 12/15/2011 | United States–Iraq War Ends | Questions at the end of an era |
| 12/16/2011 | Trinity Cathedral Casts Its Lot with TEC | Pittsburgh’s cathedral returns to being only an Episcopal cathedral. |
| 12/19/2011 | Dioceses React to Trinity Cathedral Decision | Episcopal and Anglican dioceses comment on Trinity Cathedral decision |
| 1/2/2012 | Running the Government Like a Business | What does the promise to run the government like a business really mean? |
| 1/3/2012 | Rick Santorum for President | Go for it, Republicans. |
| 1/7/2012 | A Response to the Jeremy Bonner Narrative of the Trinity Cathedral Decision | Correcting some distortions about the decision of Trinity Cathedral to be exclusively Episcopal |
| 1/15/2012 | Pittsburgh Episcopal Candidates Announced | Four candidates nominated as the next Bishop of Pittsburgh have been announced. |
| 1/23/2012 | Where Oh Where Has My ENS Story Gone? | Frustration with the ENS site design and with communications at the Episcopal Church Center |
| 1/28/2012 | A (Very) Close Look at Doll’s Pro-Covenat Essay | A detailed analysis of a pro-Covenant paper recently sent by the Archbishop of Canterbury to Church of England bishops |
| 1/31/2012 | Anglican? Mission in the Americas | Thoughts on the AMiA meltdown |
| 2/1/2012 | Thinking about Sex outside the Box | A helpful graphic about our gender/sexual identity |
| 2/6/2012 | Cat Owners Unite! | Doritos Super Bowl commercial was offensive. |
| 2/6/2012 | What About Iran? | We should not let Israel determine U.S. policy. |
| 2/11/2012 | Obama and the Contraceptive Mandate | Obama is showing some welcome determination. Let’s see more of it. |
| 2/13/2012 | Pearl of Wisdom for 2/13/2012 | Paul Krugman explains the Tea Party phenomenon. |
| 2/14/2012 | Pittsburghers Nominate Episcopal Candidate by Petition | Unwelcome development in the search for the next Bishop of Pittsburgh |
| 2/17/2012 | Unhelpful | Another example of The Episcopal Church’s not getting things right on its Web site |
| 2/18/2012 | Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler! | More Church of England dioceses reject the Anglican Covenant |
| 2/18/2012 | Thought for 2/18/2012—Take 1 | Reflection on the conflict between Obama and the Catholic Bishops |
| 2/18/2012 | Thought for 2/18/2012—Take 2 | Another take on the conflict between Obama and the Catholic Bishops |
| 2/19/2012 | Trinity Cathedral Shows Its Colors | Trinity gets new signs |
| 2/20/2012 | Additional Thoughts on an Internal Episcopal Candidate for Pittsburgh | Electing a bishop from within a diocese may not be bad in general, but it would be a mistake for Pittsburgh in 2012. |
| 2/21/2012 | A New Player in Town | There is now a Web site favoring adoption of the Anglican Communion (other than the Anglican Communion site, of course). |
| 2/23/2012 | As Oil Prices Rise … | Obama can’t win. |
| 3/1/2012 | Diocese Announces Candidates | The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has announced the full slate of episcopal candidates and released more information about them. |
| 3/1/2012 | Time Off for Good Behavior | IASCUFO consultants are rehabilitated. |
| 3/3/2012 | Diocesan Leadership Day | Among other things, the diocese considers questions to ask the episcopal candidates. |
| 3/10/2012 | What If England Votes Against the Covenant? | What would it mean if Church of England dioceses vote against returning Covenant adoption to the General Synod? |
| 3/13/2012 | Candidate Résumés Posted | The Diocese of Pittsburgh has released résumés of episcopal candidates. |
| 3/13/2012 | Late Winter Evening on the Deck | Photos from a clear night |
| 3/16/2012 | Goodbye, Rowan | Initial thoughts on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s retirement announcement |
| 3/19/2012 | Questions for Episcopal Candidates Announced | Some thoughts on questions all candidates to be the next Bishop of Pittsburgh will answer |
| 3/21/2012 | Walkabout Reflections | A report from an evening with the Pittsburgh episcopal candidates |
| 3/24/2012 | VE Day | Church of England dioceses reject the Anglican Covenant |
| 3/24/2012 | Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive; Ig-Nore the In-Con-Ve-Ni-Ent | Anglican Communion News Service serves up propaganda |
| 3/26/2012 | Peters Township Property to be Returned to Episcopal Diocese | St. David’s to be returned to the Episcopal diocese |
| 3/27/2012 | Episcopal Election Procedures for Pittsburgh | Clarification of the rules for the upcoming episcopal election |
| 3/28/2012 | Musings on the Candidacy of the Rev. Canon Scott Quinn | Scott Quinn is the wrong person to be our next bishop. |
| 3/31/2012 | Missing the Point | The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette neglects to explain to readers just who Bishop Frank Lyons is. |
| 4/1/2012 | Whither the Communion? | What is the Anglican Communion really for, and is the Anglican Covenant needed for that? |
| 4/10/2012 | A Twitter Poem | A poem in 138 characters |
| 4/11/2012 | On Giving Advice about the Next Archbishop of Canterbury | The request for comments on the next Archbishop of Canterbury may not be an altogether good sign. |
| 4/12/2012 | More Analysis of the Pittsburgh Episcopal Candidates | A look at some of the more objective measures of the candidates |
| 4/14/2012 | An Episcopal Bridge Too Far | Bishop Price signs on to a controversial statement |
| 4/15/2012 | A Final Look at Our Episcopal Candidates | A closer look at the candidates |
| 4/20/2012 | Advice to the Crown Nominations Commission | What I said about the selection of the next Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 4/20/2012 | “Discussing” the Candidates | A not completely successful forum on the candidates to be the eighth Bishop of Pittsburgh |
| 4/22/2012 | Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory: How Not to Elect a Bishop | A reflection on the Pittsburgh episcopal election |
| 4/25/2012 | Bumper Sticker Riposte | A response to a Roman Catholic bumper sticker |
| 4/27/2012 | No Anglican Covenant Coalition Offers Model Covenant Resolution for General Convention | An explanation of the resolution the No Anglican Covenant Coalition would like to see the 2012 General Convention pass |
| 4/30/2012 | Does Congress Need a More Anglican Approach? | Anglicanism could be a good guide for Congress |
| 4/30/2012 | Let the Confessing Anglicans Confess—Somewhere Else | Communion and the unity of the Anglican Communion |
| 4/30/2012 | Making Commenting Easier | Changes to the blog should make leaving comments less burdensome. |
| 5/8/2012 | Is It Possible to Reject the Anglican Covenant? | Saying no definitively may not be so easy. |
| 5/13/2012 | Three Silly Poems | Some humorous verse |
| 5/15/2012 | Changes Coming to Pittsburgh Diocese | News about Calvary and St. David’s |
| 5/15/2012 | PEP Meets with Bishop-Elect | Dorsey McConnell attends a meeting of Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh. |
| 5/24/2012 | What to Do about Pakistan? | Is it time to change our relationship to Pakistan? |
| 5/24/2012 | What’s Wrong with My Oxalis? | Can someone help me get rid of those white spots? |
| 5/27/2012 | Pentecost at St. David’s | Report on the first day of St. David’s, Peters Township, as a restored parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh |
| 6/5/2012 | Thoughts on the Standing Committee Meeting | Perhaps some actions of interest actually did occur at the Standing Committee meeting. |
| 6/7/2012 | A Comparison of General Convention Resolutions on the Anglican Covenant | Analysis of the seven resolutions on the Covenant thus far offered for consideration by the General Convention |
| 6/10/2012 | Fosdick, Again | It’s time to reread Harry Emerson Fosdick’s “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” |
| 6/14/2012 | Uganda: Another Reason the Anglican Covenant Makes No Sense | Maybe Anglican churches don’t have that much in common. |
| 6/21/2012 | June 21, 1788, and the Anglican Covenant | The process for adopting the Anglican Covenant is ill-conceived. |
| 6/22/2012 | Help the No Anglican Covenant Coalition Tell Its Message at General Convention | The No Anglican Covenant Coalition needs money to tell its story at General Convention. |
| 6/26/2012 | Getting Ready for General Convention | General Convention starts next week. |
| 6/28/2012 | Alternatives to “No” | The Anglican Covenant is a pig in a poke. A simple “No” is the right answer. |
| 6/28/2012 | A Letter from Pittsburgh’s Bishop-elect | A disappointing missive from Dorsey McConnell. |
| 7/1/2012 | Oxalis Healed | My Oxalis problem seems to be solved. |
| 7/3/2012 | Off to General Convention | Tomorrow, I go to Indianapolis to attend General Convention. |
| 7/5/2012 | New Anglican Covenant Resolution Offered | D046 declares adoption question moot. |
| 7/6/2012 | Covenant Resolutions Under Consideration | First report from the legislative subcommittee considering resolutions related to the Anglican Covenant |
| 7/6/2012 | Friday AM Report on Covenant Discussion | Second report from the legislative subcommittee considering resolutions related to the Anglican Covenant |
| 7/7/2012 | Hearing Report | Report on the public hearing on Anglican Covenant resolutions |
| 7/7/2012 | Yet Another Covenant Resolution at General Convention | Resolution C115 seeks more study of the Covenant. |
| 7/8/2012 | Subcommittee Meeting This Afternoon | Will the testimony at the open hearing have much influence on the legislative subcommittee? |
| 7/8/2012 | Observations and Thoughts about the Legislative Progress of the Anglican Covenant Resolutions | The legislative subcommittee seems determined to duck the Covenant-adoption issue. |
| 7/9/2012 | Legislative Committee Finishes Work on Anglican Covenant | The legislative subcommittee reports out a resolution in support of the Anglican Covenant and another declaring that we cannot make a decision about the Anglican Covenant now. |
| 7/9/2012 | Revised B005 and D008 Resolutions Available | The resolutions from the subcommittee are now available to be read. |
| 7/18/2012 | Are We Preserving or Obscuring General Convention Legislative History? | The General Convention Web site is not all it could be. |
| 7/20/2012 | Legislative Action on the Anglican Covenant: Narrative and Analysis | What happened on the floor of the House of Deputies and why. |
| 7/21/2012 | Showing the Flag at General Convention | The No Anglican Covenant Coalition display in the General Convention exhibit area |
| 7/24/2012 | The Quecreek Mine Disaster | My poem about the Quecreek accident and mine rescue that began 10 years ago |
| 8/1/2012 | Uneven Bars | Some history and perspective on the uneven bars |
| 8/1/2012 | Sarah Hughes Reprise | The greatest Olympic performance I have ever seen was turned in 10 years ago. |
| 8/2/2012 | “Forcasted” | What is the past tense of forecast? |
| 8/3/2012 | New Way of Allocating Deputies to be Proposed | The Committee on Constitution and Canons will propose a new way of allocating convention deputies to parishes. |
| 8/3/2012 | Chick-fil-A | News and comment from the culture wars |
| 8/5/2012 | Reviewing the 77th General Convention | Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori’s analysis is a bit too rosy. |
| 8/7/2012 | Why Don’t Evangelicals Embrace Regulation? | If people are sinful, why not try to ameliorate sin’s evil effects? |
| 8/11/2012 | Romney Makes His Choice | Thoughts on Paul Ryan |
| 8/11/2012 | Thoughts on Mark Harris’s “Last Thoughts” | A response to Mark Harris’s explanation of how adoption of the Anglican Covenant was dealt with at General Convention |
| 8/12/2012 | Bumper Sticker | What a Romney/Ryan bumper sticker ought to be |
| 8/14/2012 | You Can Run, but You Can’t Hide | Romney cannot distance himself from the Ryan budget. |
| 8/16/2012 | The Party Is Over | Read from Mike Lofgren’s new book on American politics. |
| 8/23/2012 | Bumper Sticker Version 2 | A bumper stick to promote Romney’s energy plan |
| 8/24/2012 | The Library up the Street | A mini library comes to the neighborhood. |
| 9/2/2012 | A Preëmptive Political Post | Truths for the 2012 presidential campaign |
| 9/3/2012 | A Sill Relevant Labor Day Poem | My 2011 labor day poem is particularly relevant in this election year. |
| 9/7/2012 | Words as Weapons | Thoughts about political rhetoric |
| 9/9/2012 | St. David’s Community Cookout | A church newly returned to the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh holds a successful event. |
| 9/10/2012 | Bird Feeder Claims First Victim | A bird died at my bird feeder. |
| 9/15/2012 | If You Just Tuned In | A sentence one hears on the radio all the time is silly. |
| 9/15/2012 | God and the Pennsylvania Constitution | The Pennsylvania constitution discriminates against non-Christians. |
| 9/19/2012 | Thoughts on the Struggle to Allow Women Bishops in England | It is not at all clear what the effect of General Synod’s approving the women bishops legislation will be. |
| 9/20/2011 | Where Have All the Comments Gone? | Why don’t readers leave more comments on this blog? |
| 9/23/2012 | Why We Need a Businessman in the White House | Carrying Romney’s statements to their illogical conclusions |
| 9/28/2012 | Paying the Water Bill | I stumble across an ongoing denial of service attack. |
| 9/30/2012 | Biblical Marriage | “Biblical marriage” is nonsensical. |
| 9/30/2012 | Thoughts on Choosing an Archbishop of Canterbury | Rowan Williams handled his job badly. The Church of England should concentrate on its own needs. |
| 10/1/2012 | A Tribute to the Prices | Joan Gundersen offers lyrics to a hymn in tribute to Pittsburgh’s retiring provisional bishop and his wife. |
| 10/5/2012 | Why Not Practice? | Did the President not thake the first debate seriously enough? |
| 10/7/2012 | Is This Apostrophe Really Necessary? | Why is there an apostrophe in the Oakland Athletics’ logo? |
| 10/11/2012 | GS 1878 | Thoughts on the Church of England’s report to General Synod concerning the referral to the dioceses of the motion to adopt the Anglican Covenant |
| 10/11/2012 | A Close Call | My bird feeder almost claims another victim. |
| 10/15/2012 | The Shepherd’s Heart Fellowship Agreement | Thoughts on the arrangement between Pittsburgh Episcopalians and “Anglicans.” |
| 10/18/2012 | An Election Proposal | Allowing early voting without too many disadvantages |
| 10/23/2012 | Support for Democrats: A Clarification | Why I’ll not vote for any Republicans |
| 10/25/2012 | Don’t Show Your ID When You Vote in Pennsylvania | Protesting the Pennsylvania voter ID law |
| 11/2/2012 | Living in Safety | Bishop Victoria Matthews misses the real problem with the Anglican Covenant. |
| 11/4/2012 | Campaign Rallies | What is the point of campaign rallies? |
| 11/4/2012 | Mendacious Mitt | Do we want to elect a liar? |
| 11/6/2012 | Vote | Today is the day. |
| 11/6/2012 | Primer | How do you pronounce primer? |
| 11/8/2012 | The Dog That Didn’t Bark | The Anglican Consultative Council takes no action on the Anglican Covenant. |
| 11/9/2012 | Two Language Observations | Thoughts about language from the world of politics |
| 11/9/2012 | Facing the Republicans | A random encounter with two Republicans |
| 11/11/2012 | Hope for the New Archbishop of Canterbury | Justin Welby, the next Archbishop of Canterbury, might just be a welcome change from Rowan Williams. |
| 11/16/2012 | Deconstruction? | Does one actually deconstruct a building? |
| 11/17/2012 | The Deimel Conjecture | My work with digital invariants leaves a nagging question unanswered. |
| 11/20/2012 | Church of England Rejects Women Bishops Legislation | The women bishops measure fails to pass in the General Synod. |
| 11/23/2012 | Friendship | A poem about Facebook and friendship |
| 11/26/2012 | Further Thoughts on the Church of England’s Failure to Authorize Women Bishops | Analysis of the failure of the women bishops measure in the General Synod |
| 11/29/2012 | In (Rare) Praise of Rowan Williams | The Archbishop of Canterbury defends his actions and suggests possibilities for the future of the Anglican Communion. |
| 12/4/2012 | “Hawk!” the Herald Angels Sing | A parody of a Christmas hymn |
| 12/7/2012 | Blog Updates | Recent blog improvements |
| 12/9/2012 | “Jingle Bells” Misunderstood | Who knew that “Jingle Bells” and “Dashing Through the Snow” were the same song? |
| 12/12/2012 | TSM and The Episcopal Church | Should Trinity School for Ministry really be considered an Episcopal seminary? |
| 12/14/2012 | Right to Work | Michigan screws unions. |
| 12/16/2012 | For Gwen | A poem for Gwen Santiago’s ordination |
| 12/19/2012 | Whither Sandy Hook Elementary? | What should be done with the school building that was the site of the latest gun massacre? |
| 12/19/2012 | Café au Lait | Enjoying New Orleans coffee. |
| 1/3/2013 | Patti Page RIP | The world loses a fine singer. |
| 1/12/2013 | Air Force Women | Should women in the Air Force really be called female airmen? |
| 1/15/2013 |
Days
for Baptisms |
Another reason for restricting the
opportunities for performing baptisms. |
| 1/16/2013 |
On Expanding the First Amendment |
Strategy of the religious Right |
| 1/17/2013 |
A Contribution to the Gun Discussion |
Thoughts on the regulation of firearms |
| 1/21/2013 |
Second
Inauguration |
A poem for the second inauguration of Barack
Obama |
| 1/24/2013 |
Spiking
Down the Pages |
A good use for a railroad spike |
| 1/27/2013 |
Week of Prayer for Christian Diversity |
A new Christian celebration |
| 1/30/2013 |
More on Christian Diversity |
Thoughts on and resources for the
Week of Prayer for Christian Diversity |
| 2/2/2013 |
Changes to Lionel Deimel’s Farrago |
A description of my updated Web site |
|
2/3/2013 |
God and Gender/Sex |
Inclusive language and The Episcopal
Church |
|
2/4/2013 |
Gun
Registration |
A graphic making fun of the NRA |
|
2/5/2013 |
Seeing the Future Clearly |
Why have the lessons of Pittsburgh
not been applied in South Carolina? |
|
2/6/2013 |
Unity vs. Justice |
Will the Church of England do the
right thing respecting women bishops? |
|
2/6/2013 |
? |
An old, unfinished poem |
|
2/7/2013 |
Calvary Wonderland |
Another old poem; this one a musical
parody for a cold snap at a summer camp |
|
2/8/2013 |
Resolution 1 Again |
Another look at a critical resolution
in the history of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh |
|
2/10/2013 |
Does Barnes & Noble Have Its Nook Support Together? |
A sad tale of poor tech support |
|
2/12/2013 |
Good for Benedict! |
Pope Benedict XVI is right to retire. |
|
2/15/2013 |
The Peaceable Kingdom |
Peace and vegetarianism |
|
2/17/2013 |
Persons of the Trinity |
“Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier”
goes back a long way. |
|
2/20/2013 |
Understanding the Links |
An explanation of the material in the
right column of the blog |
|
2/24/2013 |
A Challenge to Organist/Composers |
A suggestion for a suite of brief
organ meditations |
|
2/25/2013 |
“Episcopal” vs. “Episcopalian” |
How are these words properly used? |
|
2/27/2013 |
Another Shrinking Container |
The Heinz 40-ounce ketchup bottle has
been transformed in to a 38-ounce ketchup bottle. |
|
3/5/2013 |
The Episcopal Diocese Strikes Back |
Bishop vonRosenberg has sued Mark
Lawrence in federal court. |
|
3/13/2013 |
A Disappointing Message |
The message resulting from the
retreat of Episcopal bishops in underwhelming. |
|
3/14/2013 |
Thoughts on the New Pope |
The choice of Pope Francis is a mixed
blessing. |
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3/17/2013 |
Not Ready for Prime Time? |
Justin Welby gives a
bad interview. |
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3/23/2013 |
A Day of Dialogue |
Report on my
participation in the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s
sexuality dialogue. |
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3/29/2013 |
A PEP Address and Readings on Homosexuality |
The
April 29 PEP meeting will feature a talk on
homosexuality. Some background reading is suggested. |
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3/30/2013 |
South Carolina Update |
Episcopalians have filed responses and counterclaims to
the Lawrence lawsuit in state court. |
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4/2/2013 |
Whither the Sexuality Dialogue? |
People
are beginning to worry about the diocese’s sexuality
dialogue. |
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4/4/2013 |
Googling |
Maybe a
new word isn’t so new. |
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4/5/2013 |
Rules Have Reasons |
Beginning a sentence with a number can lead to
misreading. |
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4/5/2013 |
Was León’s Sermon Inappropriate? |
Did a
sermon heard by President Obama attack the religious
right? |
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4/12/2013 |
Remembering the Bad Ol’ Days |
An old
essay from Harold Lewis suggests how the diocese was run
under deposed bishop Robert Duncan. |
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4/14/2013 |
Democracy in the Diocese of Pittsburgh |
More
about what happened in the diocese in 2004. The church
should take a lesson from the Pittsburgh experience. |
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4/21/2013 |
The Ground Game |
Are Mark
Lawrence and his allies better at public relations than
are Episcopalians? |
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4/21/2013 |
Scots Engage Marriage Questions Seriously |
The
Scottish Episcopal Church issues an excellent essay on
marriage. |
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4/23/2013 |
Time to Sign Up |
Pittsburgh Episcopalians can now sign up to be part of
the sexuality dialogue. |
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4/28/2013 |
Click to Help Repair Washington National Cathedral |
On-line
voting can help repair Washington National Cathedral. |
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5/1/2013 |
A Teenager’s Sermon |
My
youthful sermon. |
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5/1/2013 |
Wash Prom |
A photo
from college days at the University of Chicago. |
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5/13/2013 |
The United States of Conspiracy |
Crazy
things some Americans believe |
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5/17/2013 |
Jabberwocky |
Enjoy a
choral rendition of the famous Lewis Carroll poem. |
