Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

Both the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh and Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh have now posted responses to the vote last week by the Chapter o...

Sign designating Trinity as the Episcopal and Anglican cathedral (click for larger view) Pittsburgh’s Trinity Cathedral is once again ...

Although all American fighters will not be out of the country until the end of the month, a ceremony was held in Iraq today formally ending ...

Having both participated in and observed the power struggles that have taken place in The Episcopal Church in recent years, I have often wis...

I bought a semi-boneless ham the other day. Isn’t semi-boneless an odd term? My ham does have a very conspicuous bone through its center. A...

Because of some technical problems with one of my computers, it is very difficult at the moment to post anything to my Web site. Normally, ...

I attended a wonderful Service of Nine Lessons & Carols for Advent at Pittsburgh’s Calvary Episcopal Church this afternoon. Music was ...

As regular readers know, I seldom offer guest postings. The essay below is one of my exceptions. It was written by my friend Mary Roehrich,...

I was upset earlier this week when I learned that Bishop of South Carolina Mark Lawrence would not be charged with abandoning the The Episco...

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has again used a pastoral letter to argue for the adoption of the Anglican Covenant . His Advent let...

I was opening a jar of pickles today and noticed that Mt. Olive Pickle Company, Inc. , is located at Cucumber and Vine, Mt. Olive, North Car...

Today, the United States celebrates Thanksgiving, for which I offer the poem below. I wrote this poem for Thanksgiving 2002. You can find...

Drilling for natural gas by means of hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale formation has been a controversial issue for some time in P...

I’ve updated a couple of pages on my Web site, Lionel Deimel’s Farrago . In response to various comments from readers, I have updated my p...

I had mixed feelings when WDUQ-FM was sold, changed its format, and morphed into WESA-FM . On the whole, however, I have been pleased with t...

Earlier this month, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to reaffirm “In God we trust” as the official motto of the United Stat...

The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh held its 146th annual convention Friday and Saturday, November 4–5, 2011. Ironically, the Anglican Dioce...

On Friday, I visited Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, to ride the East Broad Top Railroad (EBT). In fact, I was to be an “Engineer for an Ho...

I was changing the toilet paper in the bathroom of a friend with whom I was staying the other day. The thought suddenly struck me that the s...

In my recent post, “ I Told You So , ” I suggested that the present disciplinary inquiry involving Bishop Mark Lawrence of South Carolina sh...