Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

I returned home Sunday from the Episcopal Relief & Development 2014 Network Meeting, which took place in Atlanta, Georgia. This annual ...

It’s about the fact that I’ve stood by a grave side in Africa of a group of Christians who’d been attacked because of something that had ...

I got into a discussion of race on Facebook the other day. Well, the discussion was not really about race per se; it was about how one shoul...

I have been reading “ Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment: Seeking a Unified Moral Witness ,” a recent product of the Anglican-Roman Catholic...

I heard a radio report this morning of a Republican plan to “reform” the Pennsylvania tax system. The plan would involve reducing or abolish...

Some visitors have no doubt noticed the list of “Popular Posts” to the right of my blog posts. The first post listed is usually “ A Preëmpti...

Ever since he became Archbishop of Canterbury, Episcopalians and other Anglicans have been trying to figure out what Justin Welby believes a...

National Poetry Month is here again. I invite readers to sample my poetry on Lionel Deimel’s Farrago . You can find all my poetry here . ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of Fox’s new series Cosmos , made a very interesting point in yesterday’s episode. It should not, of course, be ...

I attended a conference at Allegheny College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Friday and Saturday. It was the first time I had spent time on cam...

The Task Force for Reimagining the Episcopal Church (TREC) released its first “study paper” for public comment last momth. (It has now re...