Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

As happened in Pittsburgh, the schism of an Episcopal Church diocese and the claims of the resulting parties have made it difficult to know...

Homosexuality is a topic of great interest in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh just now. Like people elsewhere in the country, we have be...

Today, I attended the first structured conversation on sexuality issues that Pittsburgh’s Bishop Dorsey McConnell wrote about to the Dioces...

The new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, did a radio interview last week. It is generally conceded that he softened his stand against...

So, the Roman Catholics have a new Pope. News reports suggest that Pope Francis may have a go at cleaning up the mess in the Vatican. He may...

The bishops of The Episcopal Church met for their spring retreat March 8–12, 2013. Daily reports of their activities have been posted on the...

I thought it unfortunate that, after the schism in the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, the breakaway group led by former Episcopal bish...

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...