SUPER BOWL 2021
Much to my surprise, I was there.
Much to my surprise, I was there.
Who knew?
I saw Jesus hanging from a cross. And I saw what was to come.
I saw Jesus napping in a hammock in my backyard.
I saw Jesus in the tomb today. (I thought it would be empty, but it wasn’t.)
This is it. World War III. Every nation on the battlefield again. But this time, everyone is on the same side.
Zoom is a contagion. Everybody’s getting it.
I let the cat out this morning. She never bolts out the door. She ponders the risk.
Is this pandemic an “act of God” as some claimed HIV/AIDS, Hurricane Katrina, and the Black Death were?
There actually is such a place. It’s just outside of Huntington on the Ohio River Road heading north.
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.

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

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.
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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