Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

I took this picture of a female downy woodpecker at my suet feeder this morning. This was done with a hand-held camera. I didn’t have time t...

I was in a drug store yesterday when my phone rang. I took out my LG Android cell phone and immediately realized that I had a problem. I cou...

The Episcopal Church is slow to rid itself of schismatic bishops. For example, Robert Duncan was deposed less than a month before the split ...

Today, I received a form letter from the Rev. Lou Hays, rector of my church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The ...

As a representative of the No Anglican Covenant Coalition, along with the Rev. Malcolm French, I worked hard at the 2012 General Convention ...

I am not the only Episcopalian gobsmacked by the report to the General Convention by the Board of Trustees of the General Theological Semin...

This is the third installment in a series of essays on the final report of the Task Force for Reimagining The Episcopal Church. An index to...

This is the second installment in a series of essays on the final report of the Task Force for Reimagining The Episcopal Church. An index t...

This is the first installment in a series of essays on the final report of the Task Force for Reimagining The Episcopal Church. An index to...

I bought a box of Honey Nut Cheerios the other day and opened the box at breakfast yesterday morning. Like every other dry cereal I know a...

I’ve been writing this blog since 2002, that is, for more than 13 years. According to my very first post , I was inspired by an article in T...

The beginning of the baseball season has reminded me of one of my pet peeves—the closing up of compounds that produce spellings that invite ...

I was surprised to read Crusty Old Dean’s blog post “ Why I Boycott the Easter Vigil: This Service Will Not Stand, Man! ” The Easter Vigil i...

In the May 2015 issue,  Trains  columnists Don Phillips and Fred W. Frailey each address the dangers of carrying oil by rail. This is a topi...

One Easter, the Rev. Michael Randolph, who was then interim rector of St. Paul’s, Mt. Lebanon, used the famous Easter sermon by Saint John C...

St. David’s Episcopal Church , in Peters Township, has agreed to allow a Presbyterian group that broke away from the Presbyterian Church (US...

I’m looking at an envelope from a Democratic fund-raising mailing. The front of that envelope can be seen at the left. (Click on the image...

I am a big fan of Bill Maher, the political satirist and host of Real Time with Bill Maher . When I first heard of Bill Maher, however, I wa...

As a railfan, I pay a lot of attention to train accidents. A particularly unfortunate and inexplicable accident happened in Valhalla, New Yo...

The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh has revamped its Web site . Its new incarnation is less cluttered, but I haven’t attempted to inventory e...