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People at an Exhibition

People at an Exhibition

Jul 28, 2019

My 10-year old twin granddaughters, their mother, Kate, and I were standing with my wife, Paula, waiting for awards to...

Eleven Is Weird

Eleven Is Weird

Jul 21, 2019

So my 10-year-old granddaughter Angie is sitting beside me as we drive back to Shepherdstown from Boonsboro after returning her...

Biking the Rails. (Wyatt trilogy, part 3)

Biking the Rails. (Wyatt trilogy, part 3)

Jul 14, 2019

Wyatt loves trains and bikes. He has a bike and knows to wear a helmet. And he always does. Once...

Story Time. (Wyatt trilogy, part 2)

Story Time. (Wyatt trilogy, part 2)

Jul 7, 2019

My grandson Wyatt loves trains. When he sees or hears a train his body quivers. Once when he was two...

BACK SEAT DRIVER (Wyatt trilogy, part 1)

BACK SEAT DRIVER (Wyatt trilogy, part 1)

Jun 30, 2019

So, I’m driving my 4-year-old grandson Wyatt home after an all day visit at our house. He’s strapped snugly in...

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Thanks to Old Scratch I’ll be posting a reflection on something I find remarkable in and around our world most every Sunday morning.

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WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE

October 25, 2026

Something notable happened this month that merits an early return from my sabbatical.

SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER

July 26, 2026

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

O JOGO BONITO

July 19, 2026

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

BEYOND REASON

July 12, 2026

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

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Randall Tremba was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. He took a bachelor of arts in philosophy at Wheaton College, Illinois (1969), [delete extra space]a master’s of divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California (1973)[comma] 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[comma]* he married Paula, became a parent (Jonah, Nathanael, Amanda) and a grandfather as well as founding[comma] founded the Rumsey Radio Hour (1990), and co-founded the Shepherdstown Good News Paper with Ed Zahniser (May 1979). You can follow the author on his blog, thedevilsgift.com.

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