Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

I have written a number of poems in haiku form. (See “ Haiku Meditations on the Church Year ,” “ More Haiku ,” “ Columbia Homecoming ,” and ...

I was running out of ketchup the other day, so I picked up a bottle while I was at the super market. When I got home, I discovered that the ...

I recently put a note on my Facebook page referring readers to a Grammarist blog post on the words “preventive” and “preventative.” I had t...

As many of my friends know, I am a big fan of the Great Vigil of Easter. (See “ An Easter Vigil Memoir ” on my Web site.) The Easter Vigil...

No doubt, most people reading this blog pay little attention to the text and graphics to the right of actual posts. I thought it might be he...

I suggested in my recent post “ God and Gender/Sex ,” that conservatives do not like referring to the persons of the Trinity as “Creator, ...

Episcopal Relief & Development has again published a booklet of Lenten meditations this year. The meditation for Ash Wednesday is fr...

I have never been a fan of Pope Benedict XVI. Before he was elected, I considered the election of Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger as the next Pope...

I learned today from the radio program On the Media that Planned Parenthood has decided to drop the term “pro-choice,” but the organization...

 I used to own a Nook Color tablet. It was not my favorite piece of technology, but the price was right and I really liked reading books and...

In two recent posts, “ God and Gender/Sex ” and “ Seeing the Future Clearly ,” I mentioned Resolution 1 that was passed by the Episcopal Di...

I just added a new poem to Lionel Deimel’s Farrago . The words were sung to the tune of “Winter Wonderland,” and they were inspired by a col...

I’ve been sorting through old papers and occasionally uncovering hidden treasures and curiosities. Today, I ran into a page that came off m...

I have watched with great interest the attempt in the Church of England to remove the present bar to female bishops. Last November, the Gene...

A discussion with a friend of my post of two days ago, “ God and Gender/Sex ,” led me to recount the early days of Progressive Episcopalians...

The NRA's Wayne LaPierre said on “Fox News Sunday” that background checks for all gun purchases would lead to a national registry of g...

So-called inclusive language has long been an issue within The Episcopal Church. Although it is a topic of indifference to many, others are ...

Due to a serious computer problem, I have not been able to perform substantial updates to my Web site, Lionel Deimel’s Farrago for some tim...

The Week of Prayer for Christian Diversity has had me thinking about what praying for diversity is all about. I have been asked, for exampl...

The Rev. Bosco Peters, an Anglican priest in Christchurch, New Zealand, writes the Liturgy blog. Bosco has declared, unilaterally it seems,...