Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

As every good Episcopalian knows, Christmas does not end on December 25; it begins on that date. Christmas continues through January 5. Ep...

I was driving toward Pittsburgh on the Parkway East a few miles from the Squirrel Hill Tunnel the other day and saw flashing lights ahead of...

I wrote the poem below in 2002 and added it to my Web site , along with a description of its origin. I’ve posted it occasionally at this t...

I read the third lesson at A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols yesterday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church , in Highland Park. I read Isai...

Earlier this year, I took an on-line songwriting course. I’ve only just gotten around to revising and posting the song I wrote as my last as...

The Rev. Kris McInnes From time to time, people ask me how St. David’s, Peters Township , is doing. The diocese does not always give us ...

A few years ago, I wrote a post titled “ Trying Too Hard .” It was all about over-scrupulous (but misguided) pronunciation. For example, I n...

Archbishop Robert Duncan of the Anglican Church of North America has again offered his views on developments in another church. (See also “...

Pittsburgh has three twin-bore vehicular tunnels. Two of these are now being rehabilitated, and the third was recently refurbished. Each car...

I wrote a song back in 2002 called “Where Were You?” I know a whole lot more about songwriting now than I did them—this may not be saying a ...

Posting the poem below, written in 2002, has become a Thanksgiving tradition. I read for the first time at a family Thanksgiving dinner ...

Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Bishop of Pittsburgh, and deposed Episcopal Bishop of Pittsburgh Bob Duncan app...

I was driving home the other day and noticing the disparity in gasoline prices. Usually, the price of gas varies little from one station to ...

I was very pleased with the pastoral letter released by Bishop Dorsey McConnell yesterday. The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has been wai...

The Web server for my Web site, Lionel Deimel’s Farrago , went down earlier today, and the outage caused problems on the site that had to be...

  Over the past few days, those who follow me on Facebook have noticed graphics like the one above on my Facebook page. Of course, the...

As regular readers know, I have been working on a hymn called “Heavens and Earth, All of Creation.” In particular, I have written an alterna...

I have been in extensive consultation with many of you, and I believe I will be able to issue a pastoral letter on the subject in the middl...

From time to time, I receive e-mail from people frustrated by their inability to leave comments on Lionel Deimel’s Web Log . Of course, I am...

This is my fourth and final installment of reflections on the annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh held November 1 and ...