Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

As I have written a number of times, the Great Vigil of Easter is my favorite church service and the highlight of the church year. In 2001, ...

More than 70 people attended the Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh (PEP) event in the parish hall of Calvary Church last night to hear...

On Monday, June 16, Bishop Dorsey McConnell will be speaking on the state of the diocese at Calvary Church, sponsored by Progressive Episcop...

The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Miami Marlins 8–6 last night in 13 innings thus breaking a streak of 11 consecutive losses on Fridays the th...

I am usually disappointed in movies made from books I’ve read. Such disappointment is not inevitable, but the limited length of movies does ...

Del Glover has published “ Should We Sell the Church Center? Part 1 ” on Daily Episcopalian. Personally, I am undecided as to whether th...

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...