APOCALYPSE
My young friend is creating a new world in southern West Virginia. I’m not sure he would put it that...
Randall "Randy" Tremba was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. He took a bachelor of arts in philosophy at Wheaton College, Illinois (1969), a master’s of divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena,California (1973), and a doctor of ministry at Princeton Seminary (1992). He was installed as minister of the Shepherdstown (WV) Presbyterian Church in July 1976. Forty-one years later he retired. In between, he married Paula, became a parent (Jonah, Nathanael, Amanda) and a grandfather, founded the Rumsey Radio Hour (1990), and co-founded the Shepherdstown Good News Paper with Ed Zahniser (May 1979).
My young friend is creating a new world in southern West Virginia. I’m not sure he would put it that...
A friend asked me to explain what Jesus meant by this: Unless you hate your father, mother, brothers, sisters, wife...
My old friend moved away. He didn’t want to but he had to, he said. He’d lost the ranch along...
My young friend is drowning. He can’t keep his head above water. Now he’s under. Now he’s up. I would...
I don’t believe in thoughts and prayers. I don’t believe in tarot, Ouija or I Ching. I don’t believe in...
I read the news today, oh boy. A crazed man killed 22 in El Paso and another killed nine in...
I left the church two years ago. I thought I was just retiring but now I see I left it...
My 10-year old twin granddaughters, their mother, Kate, and I were standing with my wife, Paula, waiting for awards to...
So my 10-year-old granddaughter Angie is sitting beside me as we drive back to Shepherdstown from Boonsboro after returning her...
Wyatt loves trains and bikes. He has a bike and knows to wear a helmet. And he always does. Once...
Thanks to Old Scratch I’ll be posting a reflection on something I find remarkable in and around our world most every Sunday morning.
Read more about the devil’s role in my life in “This Little Light of Mine” under Let Love Arise in the menu bar.

I reached a personal milestone yesterday. Alas, there were no fireworks and no parades.

Soccer is a beautiful game, my sons told me years ago. I couldn’t see what they saw, but I’m beginning to.

I'm a soccer fan but not a fanatic. Alas, the game releases the inner barbarian.

Today is my birthday. I was born in 1947. Let's hear if for the boomers!
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